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Douglass Dumbrille
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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Douglass Rupert Dumbrille (October 13, 1889 – April 2, 1974) was a Canadian actor and one of the Canadian pioneers in early Hollywood. In 1…
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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Douglass Rupert Dumbrille (October 13, 1889 – April 2, 1974) was a Canadian actor and one of the Canadian pioneers in early Hollywood. In 1913, the East Coast film industry was flourishing and that year he appeared in the film What Eighty Million Women Want, but it would be another 11 years before he appeared on screen again. In 1924, he made his Broadway debut and worked off and on in the theatre for several years while supplementing his income by selling such products as car accessories, tea, insurance, real estate, and books. During the Great Depression, Dumbrille moved to the West Coast of the U.S., where he specialized in playing secondary character roles alongside the great stars of the day. His physical appearance and suave voice equipped him for roles as slick politician, corrupt businessman, crooked sheriff, or unscrupulous lawyer. He was highly regarded by the studios and was sought out by Cecil B. DeMille, Frank Capra, Hal Roach and other prominent Hollywood filmmakers. A friend of fellow Canadian-born director Allan Dwan, Dumbrille played Athos in Dwan’s 1939 adaptation of The Three Musketeers. Dumbrille had roles in more than 200 motion pictures and, with the advent of television, made numerous appearances in the 1950s and 1960s. He had the ability to project a balance of menace and pomposity in roles as the "heavy" in comedy films, such as those of the Marx Brothers or Abbott and Costello.
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2003
Complicated Women
Movie Self (archive footage)
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1966
Batman
TV show The Doctor
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1963
Johnny Cool
Movie Corrupt City Council Member
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1963
Petticoat Junction
TV show Dave La Salle
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1962
The Beverly Hillbillies
TV show
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1962
Air Patrol
Movie Millard Nolan
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1960
Bringing Up Buddy
TV show
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1960
High Time
Movie Judge Carter (uncredited)
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1959
The Untouchables
TV show Judge Ben Harlow
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1959
The Twilight Zone
TV show Mr. Halpert
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1959
The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis
TV show
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1959
The DuPont Show with June Allyson
TV show Warden
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1958
The Buccaneer
Movie Collector of the Port
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1958
77 Sunset Strip
TV show
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1958
Bat Masterson
TV show Gen. Taylor Millard
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1957
Perry Mason
TV show Judge Robert Adler
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1956
Shake, Rattle and Rock!
Movie Eustace Fentwick III
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1956
Tales of the 77th Bengal Lancers
TV show
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1956
The Ten Commandments
Movie Jannes
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1956
Hey, Jeannie!
TV show Gen. Hardwicke
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1956
Mobs, Inc.
Movie Leland Cameron James
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1956
Jungle Safari
Movie Lang
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1955
Life of Vernon Hathaway
Movie Red Beecham
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1955
Matinee Theater
TV show
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1955
Crossroads
TV show
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1955
Screen Director's Playhouse
TV show Red Beecham
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1955
Allen in Movieland
Movie Self- Lawyer
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1955
A Life at Stake
Movie Gus Hillman
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1955
Jupiter's Darling
Movie Scipio
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1955
The Millionaire
TV show B.G. Greenwise
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1954
Studio 57
TV show Goldy
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1954
The Lawless Rider
Movie Marshal Brady (as Douglas Dumbrille)
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1954
Public Defender
TV show Frank Hackman
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1954
World for Ransom
Movie Insp. McCollum
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1953
Captain John Smith and Pocahontas
Movie Powhatan (as Douglas Dumbrille)
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1953
Letter to Loretta
TV show George Haviland
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1953
Plunder of the Sun
Movie Consul
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1953
Julius Caesar
Movie Lepidus
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1953
The Life Of Riley
TV show
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1952
Rapture
Movie W.C. Hutton
