Donald Douglas

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 USA 1942 Tall in the Saddle 1944 Murder My Sweet 1944 Show Business 1944 and Gilda 1946 Douglas was a oneman 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 Douglass 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 Kellys 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