Donald MacBride
Biography
Donald MacBride was an American character actor who started in vaudeville and appeared in close to 140 films from 1914 to 1955. Born in Brooklyn, New York, he began screen work in 1930 at East Coast branches of Paramount, Vitaphone, and Educational. After short subjects cast him as a comic tough guy opposite stars like Buster Keaton, he played the hotel manager in the Broadway farce Room Service. He reprised that part when RKO filmed it as a Marx Brothers vehicle and brought him to Hollywood. He became known for playing police inspectors, detectives, and military officers whose patience wore down under comic frustration. His credits included Animal Crackers (1930), High Sierra (1941), My Favorite Wife (1940), The Glass Key (1942), Northwest Passage (1940), and The Killers (1946). In 1947 he took featured roles at Monogram, Republic, and Lippert, and appeared in the early television series Public Prosecutor. His last film was The Seven Year Itch (1955).
67years old at death
- Born Brooklyn
- Died Los Angeles
- Star sign: CancerThe sign runs June 21 to July 22
- Also credited as Donald Hugh MacBride
Movie Career
- Films
- 26
- Career span
- 25 years1930 to 1955
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First role
MacBride started in films in 1930, when he can be seen among the crowd greeting Groucho Marx in the Paramount movie Animal Crackers. Speaking parts in short subjects then made him a comic tough guy or villain.
Donald MacBride movies on Netflix
Best known for
The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
Most often with
Garson Kanin directed two of these films, Alexander Hall two and Charles Barton two. Six actors appear in three of them each. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
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All films by Garson Kanin
Alexander HallDirector, 2 films, 1941 to 1942
All films by Alexander Hall
All films by Charles Barton
Box office
What Donald MacBride's films earned in cinemas worldwide.
Combined worldwide box office
$27.9 million
9 of the 26 films have a worldwide figure.
Of the 26 films: 9 worldwide figure; 1 us gross only; 16 figure not found.
- 9Worldwide figure
- 1US gross only
- 16Figure not found
Highest grossing
The eight biggest films earned 98% of the total. The bars are drawn to scale.
- 1$12M43.0% of the total
- 2$2.8M10.1% of the total
- 3$2.7M9.7% of the total
- 4$2.4M8.5% of the total
- 5$2.1M7.4% of the total
- 6$2.0M7.2% of the total
- 7$1.8M6.5% of the total
- 8$1.5M5.3% of the total
$659,600from the other 1 film with a worldwide figure, 2% of the total
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