Donald Douglas
Biography
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.
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Movies (45)
Gilda
as Thomas Langford
1946
The Truth About Murder
as Paul Marvin
1946
Tokyo Rose
as Timothy O'Brien
1946
Club Havana
as Johnny Norton (as Don Douglas)
1945
Tarzan and the Amazons
as Andres
1945
A Royal Scandal
as Variatinsky (uncredited)
1945
Grissly's Millions
as Ellison Hayes
1945
The Strange Mr. Gregory
as John Randall
1945
Murder, My Sweet
as Police Lt. Randall
1944
Heavenly Days
as Dr. George Gallup
1944
Tall in the Saddle
as Harolday
1944
Show Business
as Charlie Lucas (as Don Douglas)
1944
The Falcon Out West
as Attorney Steven Hayden
1944
Wintertime
as Jay Rogers (uncredited)
1943
Behind the Rising Sun
as O'Hara
1943
Appointment in Berlin
as Bill Banning (uncredited)
1943
Action in the North Atlantic
as Lieutenant-Commander (uncredited)
1943
The More the Merrier
as FBI Agent Harding
1943
He's My Guy
as Kirk (as Don Douglas)
1943
Tales of Manhattan
as Henderson
1942
Little Tokyo, U.S.A.
as Hendricks
1942
Don't Talk
as FBI Agent Jack Sampson
1942
On the Sunny Side
as Mr. George Andrews (as Don Douglas)
1942
Melody Lane
as J. Roy Thomas
1941
The Night of January 16th
as Attorney Polk
1941
Mercy Island
as Clay Foster
1941
Sergeant York
as Captain Tillman (uncredited)
1941
Hold Back the Dawn
as Joe (uncredited)
1941
The Pittsburgh Kid
as (uncredited)
1941
Whistling in the Dark
as Deputy Commissioner O'Neill
1941
The Get-Away
as James 'Jim' Duff (as Don Douglas)
1941
The Great Swindle
as Bill Farrow
1941
A Shot in the Dark
as Roger Armstrong
1941
Dead Men Tell
as Jed Thomasson
1941
Sleepers West
1941
Murder Among Friends
as Joe Ellis
1941
Cheers for Miss Bishop
as Delbert Thompson
1941
Flight Command
as 1st Duty Officer
1940
Gallant Sons
as Hackberry
1940
I Love You Again
as Herbert
1940
Deadwood Dick
as Dick Stanley, aka Deadwood Dick
1940
A Fugitive from Justice
as Lee Leslie
1940
Island of Doomed Men
as Department of Justice Official
1940
Edison, the Man
as Jordan
1940
Dr. Kildare's Strange Case
as Mr. Grayson, Patient losing Eye Sight (uncredited)
1940
