By Vlad Zakh · September 13, 2026
Douglass Dumbrille was a prolific Hollywood character actor, frequently cast as a villain or authority figure, who appeared in nearly two hundred films across five decades. Son of Paleface finds an outlaw’s hidden gold harder than expected, High Time sends a widowed restaurateur to college, The Working Man saves a rival’s company, and It’s a Joke, Son! runs a political schemer against his own wife. Tell It to the Judge and Charlie Chan at Treasure Island round out the list.
01 Douglass Dumbrille features in this Bob Hope western comedy about a bumbling heir who returns to claim his outlaw father's hidden gold, which proves far harder to find than expected.
Directed by Frank Tashlin · 1h 35m · Rated NR
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02 Douglass Dumbrille appears in this Bing Crosby comedy about a widowed restaurateur who decides it's time to earn his college degree, dorm life and fraternity included.
Directed by Blake Edwards · 1h 43m · Rated NR
03 Douglass Dumbrille features in this George Arliss comedy about a retired shoe manufacturer who secretly steps in to save his late rival's company from the careless heirs threatening to ruin it.
Directed by John G. Adolfi · 1h 18m
04 Douglass Dumbrille appears in this comedy about a political schemer forced to run against his own wife for state senator, who finds himself sabotaged by the very machine that recruited him.
Directed by Benjamin Stoloff · 1h 03m · Rated NR
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Stream: Artiflix
05 Douglass Dumbrille appears in this comedy about a lawyer nominated for a federal judgeship who must navigate her divorce scandal alongside a chaotic reconciliation with her ex-husband.
Directed by Norman Foster · 1h 27m · Rated NR
Stream: fuboTV · Rent or buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
Rent or buy: Apple TV Store, Amazon Video, Google Play Movies, YouTube
Rent or buy: Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube
Rent or buy: Apple TV Store, Amazon Video
Rent: Amazon Video
06 Douglass Dumbrille is in this mystery where Charlie Chan's investigation into a blackmail-driven suicide leads him to a fake psychic.
Directed by Norman Foster · 1h 12m · Rated NR
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