6 Best Douglass Dumbrille Movies

By Vlad Zakh · September 13, 2026

Drama intense

Douglass Dumbrille was a prolific Hollywood character actor frequently cast as villains and authority figures, appearing in nearly two hundred films across five decades.

Son of Paleface (1952) 01

Son of Paleface (1952)

IMDb ★ 6.4

A bumbling heir returns to claim his outlaw father's hidden gold, which proves far harder to find than expected.

High Time (1960) 02

High Time (1960)

IMDb ★ 6.4

A widowed restaurateur decides it's time to finally earn his college degree, dorm life, fraternity, and all.

The Working Man (1933) 03

The Working Man (1933)

IMDb ★ 6.5

A retired shoe manufacturer secretly steps in to save his late rival's company from the careless heirs threatening to ruin it.

It's a Joke, Son! (1947) 04

It's a Joke, Son! (1947)

IMDb ★ 6.6

A political schemer forced to run against his own wife for state senator finds himself sabotaged by the very machine that recruited him.

Tell It to the Judge (1949) 05

Tell It to the Judge (1949)

IMDb ★ 6.6

A lawyer nominated for a federal judgeship must navigate her divorce scandal alongside a chaotic reconciliation with her ex-husband.

Charlie Chan at Treasure Island (1939) 06

Charlie Chan at Treasure Island (1939)

IMDb ★ 6.7

Charlie Chan's investigation into a blackmail-driven suicide leads him into a world of stage magicians and phony spiritualists.

Vlad Zakh

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