Donald Douglas

Donald Douglas (40)

1905-08-24 - 1945-12-31 | Edinburgh, Scotland, UK

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Donald Douglas (24 August 1905 – 31 December 1945) was a Scottish actor in films and on radio. Douglas appeared in over 100 films from the late 1920s to the 1940s including The Great Gabbo (1929), Life Begins (1932), Men in White (1934), Madame X (1937), Cheers for Miss Bishop (1941), Now, Voyager (1942), Little Tokyo, U.S.A. (1942), Tall in the Saddle (1944), Murder, My Sweet (1944), Show Business (1944) and Gilda (1946). Douglas was a one-man cast on The Black Castle. He played all roles in each episode and was the announcer. A review of The Black Castle in the trade publication Billboard complimented Douglas's handling of multiple roles in the drama. Bob Francis wrote: "Except for the fact that he is inclined to ham the wizard, making the role often seem more silly than awesome, Douglas puts on a good 15 minutes. His vocal changes are sharp and clear, and his characterizations come over effectively." He also had the title role in John Steele, Adventurer and played Chief Jake Workley in Scattergood Baines. He was also a member of the cast of Kelly's Courthouse. Douglas died on 31 December 1945 in Los Angeles, California, aged 40, after emergency surgery for a ruptured appendix. He is interred in the Forest Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery in Glendale, California.

On Movies

  • Gilda
  • The Truth About Murder
  • Tokyo Rose
  • Club Havana
  • Tarzan and the Amazons
  • A Royal Scandal
  • Grissly's Millions
  • The Strange Mr. Gregory
  • Murder, My Sweet
  • Heavenly Days
  • Tall in the Saddle
  • Show Business
  • The Falcon Out West
  • Wintertime
  • Behind the Rising Sun
  • Appointment in Berlin
  • Action in the North Atlantic
  • The More the Merrier
  • He's My Guy
  • Tales of Manhattan
  • Little Tokyo, U.S.A.
  • Don't Talk
  • On the Sunny Side
  • Melody Lane
  • The Night of January 16th
  • Mercy Island
  • Sergeant York
  • Hold Back the Dawn
  • The Pittsburgh Kid
  • Whistling in the Dark
  • The Get-Away
  • The Great Swindle
  • A Shot in the Dark
  • Dead Men Tell
  • Sleepers West
  • Murder Among Friends
  • Cheers for Miss Bishop
  • Flight Command
  • Gallant Sons
  • I Love You Again
  • Deadwood Dick
  • A Fugitive from Justice
  • Island of Doomed Men
  • Edison, the Man
  • Dr. Kildare's Strange Case
  • Charlie Chan in Panama
  • Calling Philo Vance
  • Forgotten Victory
  • Fugitive at Large
  • On Dress Parade
  • Smashing the Money Ring
  • Sabotage
  • Stronger Than Desire
  • Second Fiddle
  • The House of Fear
  • The Zero Hour
  • Mr. Moto in Danger Island
  • Within the Law
  • Fast and Loose
  • Wings of the Navy
  • Jesse James
  • The Mysterious Miss X
  • Pacific Liner
  • Law of the Texan
  • The Spider's Web
  • Convicted
  • Smashing the Rackets
  • The Crowd Roars
  • Fast Company
  • Judge Hardy's Children
  • Special Inspector
  • Headin' East
  • Navy Blue and Gold
  • Madame X
  • The Women Men Marry
  • The Love Department
  • Sequoia
  • Tomorrow's Children
  • Men in White
  • Lazy River
  • A Woman's Man
  • He Couldn't Take It
  • Life Begins
  • Murder in the Pullman
  • The Great Gabbo

On Series

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