
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.

Hallmark Hall of Fame

トワイライト・ゾーン

End of the Trail

The Roundup

アンタッチャブル

I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang

十戒

Perry Mason

オペラハット

The Ford Television Theatre

バットマン

紅唇罪あり

マルクス一番乗り

ジュリアス・シーザー

The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show

血闘

Castle in the Desert

A Millionaire for Christy

Heroes for Sale

Peter Ibbetson

スター悩殺

It's a Joke, Son!

じゃじゃ馬億万長者

77 Sunset Strip

Hard to Handle

Stand by for Action

Uncertain Glory

Mr. Moto in Danger Island

Road to Utopia

Complicated Women

Charlie Chan at Treasure Island

The Working Man

The Lives of a Bengal Lancer

Michael Shayne: Private Detective

Hi, Nellie!

Letter to Loretta

Screen Director's Playhouse

Treasure Island

The Buccaneer

City in Darkness

Du Barry Was a Lady

The Firefly

The Buccaneer

Son of Paleface

Road to Zanzibar

The Frozen Ghost

Tell It to the Judge

The DuPont Show with June Allyson

Crime and Punishment

The Big Store

Fog Over Frisco

The Witness Chair

Female

Virginia City

Air Hawks

The Princess Comes Across

Plunder of the Sun

High Time

Bat Masterson

Blondie of the Follies

Broadway Bill

Harold Teen

The Kangaroo Kid

The Pride of the Legion

Pardon My Past

The Mysterious Rider

Woman in Distress

The Man Who Dared

凸凹外人部隊

Flame of the West

Dragnet

The Wiser Sex

The Symphony Murder Mystery

The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis

Racket Squad

The Life Of Riley

Thunder Afloat

Ali Baba Goes to Town

The Lone Wolf Returns

Ride 'Em Cowboy

The Secret Bride

The Savage Horde

Ellery Queen and the Perfect Crime

The Three Musketeers

Riding High

Kentucky

Alimony

Ten Gentlemen from West Point

Operator 13

Journal of a Crime

Dishonored Lady

Crossroads

ペチコート作戦

Public Defender

Buccaneer's Girl

Sky Full of Moon

Gypsy Wildcat

Naughty Marietta

Lumberjack

The Catman of Paris

Lost in a Harem

Monsieur Beaucaire

Storm Over Bengal

Captain Fury

A Life at Stake

Christmas Eve

Johnny Cool

World for Ransom

Fast Company

Riders of the Whistling Pines

Under Nevada Skies

The Public Menace

The Lone Wolf and His Lady

Jungle Queen

Washington Melodrama

M'Liss

King of the Jungle

I Married an Angel

The Millionaire

Matinee Theater

Tales of the 77th Bengal Lancers

Jungle Woman

Elmer, the Great

Love Me Forever

The Cat Creeps

Spook Busters

South of Pago Pago

Shake, Rattle and Rock!

The Emperor's Candlesticks

Slightly Honorable

Tell No Tales

Allen in Movieland

I Loved a Woman

A Medal for Benny

Rovin' Tumbleweeds

Jupiter's Darling

The World Changes

Blonde Savage

Night in Paradise

The Fabulous Texan

The Lawless Rider

Jungle Safari

Mobs, Inc.

False Colors

Forty Thieves

Smoke Lightning

What 80 Million Women Want

Cavalcade of America

Dangerous Assignment

His Woman

Apache War Smoke

Captain John Smith and Pocahontas

Air Patrol

The Calling of Dan Matthews

The Daltons Ride Again

A Gentleman After Dark

Last of the Wild Horses

You May Be Next!

Dynamite

Laughter in Hell

The Rustler's Roundup

Murder Among Friends

The Music Goes 'Round

Stolen Heaven

Sangue sul sagrato

Counterfeit Lady

Sharpshooters

King of the Mounties

Joe Palooka in the Counterpunch

That's My Boy

The Way to Love

Beyond Our Own

Crime Takes a Holiday

The Big Brain

China Smith

Studio 57