
Donald MacBride
Born June 22, 1889 · Brooklyn, New York, USA
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Donald Hugh MacBride (June 23, 1893 – June 21, 1957) was an American character actor on stage, in films, and on television who launched his career as a teenage singer (making several recordings in 1907) in vaudeville and went on to be an actor on Broadway, where he appeared in Room Service. He appeared in nearly 140 films between 1914 and 1955. His year of birth is given variously as 1889 or 1893 in the standard reference books, but the latter seems to be the correct one as his New York Times obituary records his age as 63. MacBride was best known for his portrayal of detectives in crime films. One such role was as Sgt. Roberts in the 1941 comedy Topper Returns, starring Roland Young. He also did several slapstick roles in films with comedians such as the Marx Brothers. He had the role of Milton J. Clyde on the television version of My Friend Irma. He was born in Brooklyn, New York, and died in Los Angeles, California. Survivors included his wife and a stepson.
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Here Comes Mr. Jordan

You'll Never Get Rich

The Thin Man Goes Home

The Egg and I

Sailor Beware

The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle

Topper Returns

Buck Privates Come Home

The Invisible Woman

The Glass Key

The Story of Seabiscuit

A Night to Remember

Charlie Chan at Treasure Island

The Dark Corner

The Time of Their Lives

Room Service

Northwest Passage

Love Crazy

Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in Hollywood

The Stooge

Two Tickets to Broadway

The Great Man Votes

A Stranger in Town

You're in the Army Now

Animal Crackers

The Gracie Allen Murder Case

Girl on the Spot

The Amazing Mr. Williams

Hold That Blonde!

Michael Shayne: Private Detective

Out of This World

She Gets Her Man

Murder Over New York

They Got Me Covered

Two Yanks in Trinidad

The Girl and the Gambler

Juke Girl

Annabel Takes a Tour

Blondie Takes a Vacation

Best Foot Forward

Blonde Alibi

The Saint's Double Trouble

Little Giant

The Girl from Mexico

Good News

Joe Palooka Meets Humphrey

The Doughgirls

His Woman

The Flying Irishman

Mexican Spitfire Sees a Ghost

Wayward

My Sister Eileen

Doll Face

Rhubarb

Joe Palooka in the Knockout

Curtain Call

Texas Carnival

Howd' Ya Like That?

A Peach of a Pair

The Brute Man

So You Won't T-T-T-Talk

My Mummy's Arms

Louisiana Purchase

Gobs and Gals

Rise and Shine

The Misleading Lady

Wyoming

Meet Danny Wilson

Twelve Crowded Hours

Jinx Money

Lady Bodyguard

Beat the Band

The Daring of Diana

The Wrong, Wrong Trail

Bowery Battalion

The Capitol

Nut Guilty

Buzzin' Around

Campus Sleuth

The Fettered Woman

Smoked Hams

The Dark Horse

The Fabulous Joe

Footlight Fever

Jane's Bashful Hero

Penthouse Rhythm

Why Nudism: An Expose of Nudism

Holiday Rhythm

The Chemist

Northward, Ho!

Smart Politics

Ghost Buster

By Might of His Right

The Shell Game

That Goes Double

His First Flame

Here Comes Flossie!

Serves You Right




