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Douglass Rupert Dumbrille (October 13, 1889 [citation needed] – April 2, 1974) was a Canadian actor who appeared regularly in films from the early 1930s.
Actor: The Ten Commandments. Distinguished character villain Douglass (R.) Dumbrille, whose distinctive stern features, beady eyes, tidy mustache, prominent hook nose and suave, cultivated presence graced scores of talking films, was born on October 13, 1889, in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.
Actor: The Ten Commandments. Distinguished character villain Douglass (R.) Dumbrille, whose distinctive stern features, beady eyes, tidy mustache, prominent hook nose and suave, cultivated presence graced scores of talking films, was born on October 13, 1889, in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.
Douglass Rupert Dumbrille (October 13, 1889 – April 2, 1974) was a Canadian actor and one of the Canadian pioneers in early Hollywood.
Apr 4, 1974 · LOS ANGELES, April 3 (AP) —Douglass Dumbrille, the polished character actor who played hundreds of roles on the stage, the screen and television as a Senator, lawyer, father, judge, tycoon and...
Jul 21, 2014 · Douglass Dumbrille, photo courtesy of Mary Mallory. Classic Hollywood studio films employed actors with striking faces and mannerisms as recognizable character types from the 1930s to the 1960s, giving a shorthand to understanding the story as well as a way to add color and spice to films.
Douglass Dumbrille. Full name: Douglass Rupert Dumbrille. 1889 - 1974. Special thanks to Bill Russell for authoring the biography on Douglass Dumbrille. When you add up the number of westerns (26) that this fine supporting and character actor played in compared to his total number of nearly 200 films, the ratio weighs heavily one way.
Oct 5, 2014 · Dishonored Lady (1947) as District Attorney O'Brien (Credited as Douglas Dumbrille)
Actor Douglass Dumbrille, born on Oct 13, 1889 and died on Apr 2, 1974 starred in Mr. Deeds Goes to Town, The Ten Commandments (1956), I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang, A Day at the Races, Broadway Bill, Riding High, High Time, Virginia City, Kentucky, The Buccaneer.
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.
