Donald Douglas
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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.
Known For | Acting |
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Most Rating | 3.473 |
Birthday | 1905-08-24 |
Place of Birth | Edinburgh, Scotland, UK |
Also Known As | Don Douglas, Douglas William Kinleyside, |
1944
Murder, My Sweet
7.2/221
After being hired to find an ex-con's former girlfriend, Philip Marlowe is drawn into a deeply complex web of mystery and deceit.
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Murder, My Sweet
1946
Gilda
7.5/563
A gambler discovers an old flame while in Argentina, but she's married to his new boss.
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Gilda
1940
I Love You Again
7.255/51
Boring businessman Larry Wilson recovers from amnesia and discovers he's really a con man...and loves his soon-to-be-ex wife.
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I Love You Again
1941
The Get-Away
5.2/6
A jailed cop befriends a mob chieftain and stages a breakout with him.
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The Get-Away
1938
Convicted
6.1/4
A nightclub dancer and a detective try and catch the gangster who framed her brother.
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Convicted
1941
The Great Swindle
0/0
In this mystery, an insurance investigator must find the arsonists behind the burning of a warehouse. The detective does get some good photographs as...
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The Great Swindle
1939
Fugitive at Large
6/1
George Storm is a reputable construction engineer but his life changes the moment a bandit trio holds up the company payroll car. And that is because...
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Fugitive at Large
1945
The Strange Mr. Gregory
5.1/7
The title character, played by Edmund Lowe, is a famous magician who fakes his own death -- then reappears as his nonexistent twin brother. It's all p...
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The Strange Mr. Gregory
1944
The Falcon Out West
5.5/11
When a Texas playboy is murdered in a New York City nightclub the Falcon investigates. When he learns that the victim was slipped rattlesnake venom, t...
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The Falcon Out West
1940
Charlie Chan in Panama
6.816/19
Charlie impersonates an employee of the U.S. government to foil an espionage plot which would destroy part of the Panama Canal, trapping a Navy fleet...
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Charlie Chan in Panama
1941
Dead Men Tell
6.281/16
When the elderly woman sponsoring a treasure hunt is murdered on board her docked ship, Charlie Chan must deal with a treasure map in four pieces, the...
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Dead Men Tell
1938
Law of the Texan
0/0
Ore shipments are being stolen and the Rangers send Buck and his men to guard the next shipment. When that is stolen also, Buck is kicked out of the R...
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Law of the Texan
1941
Whistling in the Dark
5.8/14
The operators of 'Silver Haven', a cultish group bilking gullible rich people out of money, is set to inherit a large sum after the deceased woman's h...
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Whistling in the Dark
1945
Club Havana
5.7/6
A number of different characters unfolding love, hate, and death problems during an evening in a fashionable Latin nightclub.
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Club Havana
1941
The Night of January 16th
5/5
Accused of killing her employer, financier Bjorn Faulkner, Kit is championed by wisecracking sailor-on-leave Steve Van Ruyle, who has a vested interes...
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The Night of January 16th
1935
The Love Department
6/1
In this musical short, a love columnist can't find her own love connection.
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The Love Department
1940
Flight Command
5.4/10
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Flight Command
1942
Little Tokyo, U.S.A.
0/0
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Little Tokyo, U.S.A.
1934
Men in White
6/13
A dedicated young doctor places his patients above everyone else in his life. Unfortunately, his social register fianceé can't accept the fact that he...
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Men in White
1942
Don't Talk
5.6/5
This Crime Does Not Pay series entry dramatizes the idea that during wartime, people should not discuss anything related to their work when in public....
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Don't Talk
1938
Come Across
6/1
A bank robber pulls off a heist and comes out with a good haul. However, he winds up being forced to give most of it to his gangland "friends" to hide...
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Come Across
1929
The Great Gabbo
5.545/22
For the ventriloquist Gabbo his wooden dummy Otto is the only means of expression. When he starts relying more and more on Otto, he starts going mad.
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The Great Gabbo
1941
Murder Among Friends
0/0
A society doctor helps an insurance-company file clerk check deaths related to a big policy.
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Murder Among Friends
1934
Tomorrow's Children
5.2/6
Young Alice Mason wishes to start a family, but because her own has been deemed "defective" by the state health authorities—her parents are lazy alcoh...
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Tomorrow's Children
1940
A Fugitive from Justice
3.5/2
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A Fugitive from Justice
1932
Murder in the Pullman
5/1
Noted team of detective and criminologist solve the murder of a new bride, in her compartment, on the train on which they are travelling.
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Murder in the Pullman
1946
The Truth About Murder
5/3
A young attorney (Bonita Granville) is convinced a murder suspect is innocent in the killing of his wife.
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The Truth About Murder
1941
Mercy Island
5/1
The beautiful Florida Keys provide the setting of this adventure that tells the tale of a fun-filled fishing trip that becomes a nightmare when the ch...
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Mercy Island
1943
The More the Merrier
6.9/78
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The More the Merrier
1944
Heavenly Days
0/0
Fibber McGee and Molly innocently get mixed up with the federal government.
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Heavenly Days
1937
The Women Men Marry
5.5/1
A newsman with a no-good wife exposes a religious racket with a newswoman who loves him.
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The Women Men Marry
1939
The Zero Hour
4.5/2
A celebrated Broadway actress and a wealthy widowed businessman are brought together through their shared affection for a young orphan.
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The Zero Hour
1935
Sequoia
6/1
A wilderness girl raises a deer and a mountain lion to be friends.
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Sequoia
1938
Smashing the Rackets
5.5/2
Jim 'Socker' Conway, former boxer and FBI hero, is maneuvered for political reasons into a do-nothing job in the district attorney's office. Meanwhile...
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Smashing the Rackets
1934
Lazy River
7/1
Ex-convicts try to stop a Chinese smuggling ring.
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Lazy River
1937
Madame X
6.2/5
An alcoholic woman was charged and tried for murder and a young defense attorney, unaware that she is his mother, takes the assignment to defend her i...
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Madame X
1939
Stronger Than Desire
5.8/6
An attorney handling a murder case in unaware his own wife played a crucial role in the killing.
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Stronger Than Desire
1939
Smashing the Money Ring
5/3
T-Man Brass Bancroft goes undercover in a prison which has a secret counterfeit operation set up in the print shop.
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Smashing the Money Ring
1938
Judge Hardy's Children
6.1/4
Judge Hardy takes a business trip to Washington, DC, where Andy promptly falls for the French ambassador's daughter.
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Judge Hardy's Children
1938
The Crowd Roars
6.5/6
A young boxer gets caught between a no-good father and a crime boss when he starts dating the boss's daughter, although she doesn't know what daddy do...
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The Crowd Roars
1934
A Woman's Man
4/1
A temperamental movie star storms off the set of her latest picture in order to carry on a fling with an ambitious, publicity-hungry prizefighter.
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A Woman's Man
1938
The Spider's Web
6/1
Pulp hero "The Spider" seeks to destroy all criminals. In this serialized adventure, he battles The Octopus, who intends to replace the government of...
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The Spider's Web
1938
Fast Company
5.4/8
Married book-dealers Joel & Garda Sloane try to clear a friend in the murder of a rival book-seller.
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Fast Company
1939
Pacific Liner
5.2/11
An outbreak of cholera threatens a luxury liner in this surprisingly low-budget melodrama from RKO. En route from Shanghai to San Francisco, chief eng...
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Pacific Liner
1939
The Mysterious Miss X
5.3/5
After being mistaken for Scotland Yard detectives, two vaudevillians (Michael Whalen, Chick Chandler) try to solve a murder in a Midwestern town.
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The Mysterious Miss X
1939
Jesse James
6.42/94
After railroad agents forcibly evict the James family from their family farm, Jesse and Frank turn to banditry for revenge.
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Jesse James
1939
Wings of the Navy
6/5
Jerry tries to out compete his older brother Cass, a lieutenant Naval aviator. Cass is both tough on and protective of his brother, but Jerry can give...
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Wings of the Navy
1939
Fast and Loose
5.7/6
The Sloanes tie murder to the theft of a Shakespeare manuscript.
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Fast and Loose
1939
Within the Law
6/5
A wrongly convicted woman studies law and seeks her revenge.
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Within the Law
1939
Mr. Moto in Danger Island
7/17
In Puerto Rico to investigate a glut of contraband diamonds that are flooding the world's jewel market, Mr. Moto and his sidekick, a wrestler, find th...
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Mr. Moto in Danger Island
1937
Navy Blue and Gold
5.9/7
Three Navy Cadets become friends, support each other and struggle to survive the rigorous training.
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Navy Blue and Gold
1939
Second Fiddle
5/5
Studio publicist discovers Minnesota skating teacher and takes her to Hollywood. She goes back to Minnesota but he follows her.
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Second Fiddle
1939
The House of Fear
6.5/2
A detective goes undercover as a producer to investigate an actor's murder, which occurred during the performance of a play...
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The House of Fear
1944
Show Business
5/4
Musical about vaudeville performers, from 1944.
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Show Business
1943
Appointment in Berlin
6.4/4
The "war of nerves" which gripped the European continent in 1938, is the background for this war thriller starring George Sanders.
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Appointment in Berlin
1944
Tall in the Saddle
6.477/65
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Tall in the Saddle
1939
Sabotage
7/3
The night before his grandson, Tommy Grayson, a mechanic at the Midland Aircraft Corporation, is to marry Gail, a former showgirl, Major Matt Grayson,...
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Sabotage
1937
Headin' East
0/0
A cattle rancher comes to the aid of farmers by heading to NYC to stop the racketeers hijacking their produce shipments.
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Headin' East
1938
Special Inspector
5/1
U. S. Customs Agent Tom Evans is given the assignment of running down a smuggling ring which hijacks Canadian fur-shipper's trucks and sells the loot...
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Special Inspector
1943
Wintertime
3.5/2
Nora and her uncle get railroaded into spending the night at a broken-down hotel in Canada. After Nora falls for the handsome owner, she convinces her...
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Wintertime
1946
Tokyo Rose
5/1
Lotus Long plays the title role, an American-educated Japanese woman broadcasting enemy propaganda to American troops. Captured GI Pete Sherman is one...
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Tokyo Rose
1940
Calling Philo Vance
5.8/11
Philo is in Vienna working for the US Government to see if Archer Coe is selling aircraft designs to foreign powers. He grabs the plans with Archer's...
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Calling Philo Vance
1940
Edison, the Man
6.7/20
In flashback, fifty years after inventing the light bulb, an 82-year-old Edison tells his story starting at age twenty-two with his arrival in New Yor...
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Edison, the Man
1941
Hold Back the Dawn
6.598/41
Romanian-French gigolo Georges Iscovescu wishes to enter the USA. Stopped in Mexico by the quota system, he decides to marry an American, then desert...
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Hold Back the Dawn
1943
Behind the Rising Sun
5.7/6
A Japanese publisher urges his American-educated son to side with the Axis.
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Behind the Rising Sun
1941
Melody Lane
0/0
In this musical, four entertaining farmboys from Iowa head for the Big Apple to find fame and fortune but find themselves in trouble when a radio spon...
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Melody Lane
1943
He's My Guy
6/1
The former members of a vaudeville team meet up again in a defense plant during WW II.
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He's My Guy
1945
Grissly's Millions
6/1
An eccentric wealthy man is murdered, and the police set out to find his killer.
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Grissly's Millions
1941
A Shot in the Dark
5.2/5
A reporter and a police detective sort through the clues in a night-club owner's murder.
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A Shot in the Dark
1940
Deadwood Dick
0/0
Columbia's 11th serial and the first western serial that James W. Horne solo-directed.
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Deadwood Dick
1941
Sergeant York
7.212/203
Alvin York a hillbilly sharpshooter transforms himself from ruffian to religious pacifist. He is then called to serve his country and despite deep rel...
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Sergeant York
1940
Gallant Sons
7.2/5
When a teenager's father is accused of murder, the boy and his high-school classmates set out to find the real killer.
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Gallant Sons
1940
Dr. Kildare's Strange Case
4.8/13
Kildare tries brain surgery, advised by Dr. Gillespie, and faces a rival for nurse Lamont.
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Dr. Kildare's Strange Case
1940
Island of Doomed Men
5.3/13
An undercover agent wrongly punished for murder is paroled to a remote tropical island with a diamond mine slave labor run by a sadistic foreigner.
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Island of Doomed Men
1941
Cheers for Miss Bishop
5.9/14
Ella Bishop is an inhibited girl whose frustrations grow as she approaches womanhood. As a women, her ambitions to teach cause her to lose her only op...
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Cheers for Miss Bishop
1929
Tonight at Twelve
0/0
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Tonight at Twelve
1932
Life Begins
6/7
A day in the maternity ward from the lens of accepted morals and medical attitudes of 1932. The ward includes women from all walks of life and situati...
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Life Begins
1942
On the Sunny Side
6/1
Because of the war, a 12-year-old boy from England, Hugh, is sent to live with the Andrews family in Ohio. Don, the Andrews' 11-year-old son, eagerly...
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On the Sunny Side
1945
Tarzan and the Amazons
6.34/81
A group of archaeologists asks Tarzan to help them find an ancient city in a hidden valley of women. He refuses, but Boy is tricked into doing the job...
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Tarzan and the Amazons
1943
Action in the North Atlantic
7/51
Merchant Marine sailors Joe Rossi (Humphrey Bogart) and Steve Jarvis (Raymond Massey) are charged with getting a supply vessel to Russian allies as pa...
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Action in the North Atlantic
1939
On Dress Parade
6.3/3
The final feature in the "Dead End Kids" film series finds a youth trying to adjust to life at a military school.
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On Dress Parade
1945
A Royal Scandal
6.9/18
Catherine the Great falls in love with an army officer who is plotting against her.
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A Royal Scandal
1939
Forgotten Victory
0/0
This MGM John Nesbitt's Passing Parade series short tells the story of Mark Carleton, a worker for the USDA who travels across the world trying to fin...
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Forgotten Victory
1941
Sleepers West
6.3/15
Private eye Mike Shayne encounters a large amount of trouble while attempting to guard a murder witness.
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Sleepers West
1942
Tales of Manhattan
6.2/30
Ten screenwriters collaborated on this series of tales concerning the effect a tailcoat cursed by its tailor has on those who wear it. The video relea...
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Tales of Manhattan
1933
He Couldn't Take It
0/0
Jimmy Kelly, who can't hold on to a job because of his hot temper, finds his calling as a process server. He serves process on a gangster and exposes...
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