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
Petticoat Junction
Mr. Wilson
Budgie
Tony Pringle
Gilda
Thomas Langford
Sergeant York
Captain Tillman (uncredited)
Jesse James
Infantry Captain (uncredited)
Mr. Palfrey of Westminster
Bunny Kingston
Tall in the Saddle
Harolday
Murder, My Sweet
Police Lt. Randall
The More the Merrier
FBI Agent Harding
Men in White
Mac
Action in the North Atlantic
Lieutenant-Commander (uncredited)
Island of Doomed Men
Department of Justice Official
Tales of Manhattan
'Hen 'Henderson (Robinson sequence) (as Don Douglas)
On the Sunny Side
Mr. George Andrews (as Don Douglas)
Come Across
Special Agent Thomas
Charlie Chan in Panama
Captain Lewis
Hold Back the Dawn
Joe (uncredited)
Cheers for Miss Bishop
Delbert Thompson
I Love You Again
Herbert
Little Tokyo, U.S.A.
Hendricks
Tarzan and the Amazons
Andres
Sleepers West
Madame X
Mr. Edison
Flight Command
1st Duty Officer
Calling Philo Vance
Philip Wrede
Navy Blue and Gold
Lt. North (uncredited)
A Royal Scandal
Variatinsky (uncredited)
Life Begins
Medical Student (uncredited)
Mr. Moto in Danger Island
Ship's Officer - Fight Referee
The Great Swindle
Bill Farrow
Second Fiddle
Film Director
Edison, the Man
Jordan
Behind the Rising Sun
O'Hara
Dead Men Tell
Jed Thomasson
Tokyo Rose
Timothy O'Brien
Dr. Kildare's Strange Case
Mr. Grayson, Patient losing Eye Sight (uncredited)
A Woman's Man
Walter Payson - Horseback Rider
The Great Gabbo
Frank
Moonstrike
Flight Lieutenant Bill Crawford
Deadwood Dick
Dick Stanley, aka Deadwood Dick
Mercy Island
Clay Foster
Lazy River
Officer
The Mysterious Miss X
Clarence Fredericks
Pacific Liner
Ship's Officer (uncredited)
Grissly's Millions
Ellison Hayes
Smashing the Money Ring
Gordon (uncredited)
Fast and Loose
Forbes
Don't Talk
FBI Agent Jack Sampson
The Pittsburgh Kid
(uncredited)
Wintertime
Jay Rogers (uncredited)
On Dress Parade
Col. Wm. Duncan
The Get-Away
James 'Jim' Duff (as Don Douglas)
Wings of the Navy
Officer of the Day
Tomorrow's Children
Dr. Brooks
Club Havana
Johnny Norton (as Don Douglas)
Sabotage
Joe Grayson
Fast Company
Lt. James Flanner
The Women Men Marry
Auctioneer McVey (uncredited)
Judge Hardy's Children
J.J. Harper (uncredited)
The Spider's Web
Jenkins
Whistling in the Dark
Deputy Commissioner O'Neill
Within the Law
Inspector Burke
The Falcon Out West
Attorney Steven Hayden
A Shot in the Dark
Roger Armstrong
A Fugitive from Justice
Lee Leslie
The Strange Mr. Gregory
John Randall
Appointment in Berlin
Bill Banning (uncredited)
Headin' East
Eric Ward
Tonight at Twelve
Tom Stoddard
The Zero Hour
Stewart Brewster
Law of the Texan
Chet Hackett
Stronger Than Desire
Mack Clark - Flagg's Investigator (uncredited)
The Night of January 16th
Attorney Polk
The Crowd Roars
Murray
Smashing the Rackets
Harry Spaulding
Heavenly Days
Dr. George Gallup
Sequoia
Forest Ranger (uncredited)
Special Inspector
Williams
Convicted
District Attorney
Show Business
Charlie Lucas (as Don Douglas)
The House of Fear
John Woodford
The Truth About Murder
Paul Marvin
Melody Lane
J. Roy Thomas
Gallant Sons
Hackberry
He's My Guy
Kirk (as Don Douglas)
Murder Among Friends
Joe Ellis
Fugitive at Large
Stevens
Murder in the Pullman
Vincent Lynch
Forgotten Victory
Mark Carleton
He Couldn't Take It
Oakley
The Love Department
Gooper Goopalowski (uncredited)