Douglas Spencer

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1910-02-10 (50 years old)

Deathday

1960-10-06

Place of Birth

Princeton, Illinois, USA

Douglas Spencer

Biography

Douglas Spencer (born July 4, 1910 – March 5, 1960) was an American actor, best known for his roles in classic science fiction films and film noirs during the 1940s and 1950s. Spencer was born in Baltimore, Maryland. He was drawn to the entertainment industry early on and began his career in theater before transitioning to films. He often played characters with a tough, no-nonsense edge, making him a popular choice for a variety of roles in films of the time. Spencer's big break came when he landed a role in the influential science fiction film *The Thing from Another World* (1951), directed by Christian Nyby and produced by Howard Hawks. I...

Acting

1955

This Island Earth

as The Monitor of Metaluna

1953

Shane

as Axel 'Swede' Shipstead

1954

River of No Return

as Sam Benson

1951

The Thing from Another World

as Ned 'Scotty' Scott

1952

Monkey Business

as Dr. Brunner

1949

Follow Me Quietly

as Phony Judge

1949

It Happens Every Spring

as Train Conductor (uncredited)

1948

1953

The Glass Wall

as Inspector Bailey

1957

1945

The Lost Weekend

as Hospital Patient Seeing Imaginary Beetles (uncredited)

1956

Pardners

as Smith

1953

Houdini

as Simms

1957

Short Cut to Hell

as Train Conductor

1956

Man from Del Rio

as Sheriff Jack Tillman

1951

The Redhead and The Cowboy

as Perry (Union agent)

1958

Cole Younger, Gunfighter

as Marshal Fred Woodruff

1948

The Big Clock

as Bert Finch

1947

Adventure Island

as Prisoner sharing cell with Herrick and Lochlin (uncredited)

1957

Omar Khayyam

as Pigeon Keeper

1953

1955

Smoke Signal

as Garode

1944

Double Indemnity

as Lou Schwartz (uncredited)

1958

Saddle the Wind

as Hemp Scribner

1954

The Raid

as Rev. Douglas

1957

1961

1939

Allegheny Uprising

as Prisoner in Irons

1939

The Day the Bookies Wept

as Auction Spectator (uncredited)

1949

Bride of Vengeance

as False Physician

1949

Trapped

as Sam Hooker (uncredited)

1940

Christmas in July

as Man Listening to Radio (uncredited)

1940

Little Nellie Kelly

as Policeman in Dance Line (uncredited)

1949

The Heiress

as Minister (uncredited)

1940

1949

Red, Hot and Blue

as Actor in Theatre Group (uncredited)

1940

Lucky Partners

as Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)

1948

The Sainted Sisters

as Townsman (uncredited)

1953

Trouble Along the Way

as Father Procurator aka George

1952

Untamed Frontier

as Clayton Vance

1952

Something to Live For

as Joey (uncredited)

1955

A Man Alone

as Henry Slocum

1941

1942

Fall In

as Military Policeman

1942

A Date with the Falcon

as Witness at Accident (uncredited)

1949

Alias Nick Beal

as Henry T. Finch

1943

Princess O'Rourke

as Pilot (uncredited)

1941

Lady Scarface

as Police Secretary

1951

A Place in the Sun

as Boatkeeper (uncredited)

1950

Father of the Bride

as Fritz the Organist (uncredited)

1955

The Kentuckian

as Frome Brother (uncredited)

1951

Warpath

as Kelso

1951

Come Fill the Cup

as Ike Bashaw

1945

Incendiary Blonde

as New Years Eve Party Patron (uncredited)

1945

Kitty

as Guest (uncredited)

1950

Union Station

as Stationmaster (uncredited)

1946

The Dark Corner

as Deli Customer (uncredited)

1949

My Friend Irma

as Interior Decorator (uncredited)

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