Donald MacBride

Donald MacBride
Born	Donald Hugh MacBride June 23, 1889(1889-06-23) Brooklyn, New York, USA
Died	June 21, 1957(1957-06-21) (aged 67) Los Angeles, California, USA
Other names	Donald Mc Bride Donald Hugh McBride Donald McBride Don McBride
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1914 - 1955
Spouse	Esther MacBride

Donald MacBride (June 23, 1889 – June 21, 1957) was an American character actor on stage, in films and on TV who launched his career as a teenage singer (making several recordings in 1907) in vaudeville and went on to be an actor on Broadway. 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. Famously he would react to bad or disturbing news with a slowly grimacing expression that earned him the nickname "slow burn McBride". He also did several slapstick roles in films with comedians such as the Marx Brothers.^[1]

He was born in Brooklyn, New York, and died in Los Angeles, California.

Selected filmography

• Misleading Lady (1932)
• Buzzin' Around (1933) (uncredited)
• The Chemist (1936) (short)
• Room Service (1938)
• The Great Man Votes (1939)
• The Flying Irishman (1939)
• Charlie Chan at Treasure Island (1939)
• The Saint's Double Trouble (1940)
• Northwest Passage (1940)
• My Favorite Wife (1940)
• High Sierra (1941)
• Topper Returns (1941)
• Love Crazy (1941)
• Here Comes Mr. Jordan (1941)
• You'll Never Get Rich (1941)
• Louisiana Purchase (1941)
• The Glass Key (1942)
• My Sister Eileen (1942)
• A Night to Remember (1943)
• They Got Me Covered (1943)
• Best Foot Forward (1943)
• The Thin Man Goes Home (1944)
• Abbott and Costello in Hollywood (1945)
• The Killers (1946)
• The Egg and I (1947)
• The Story of Seabiscuit (1949)
• Bowery Battalion (1951)
• The Seven Year Itch (1955)

References

1. ^ International Movie Database Biography, Gary Brumburgh

External links

• Donald MacBride at the Internet Movie Database
• Donald MacBride at the Internet Broadway Database
• "Donald MacBride". Find a Grave. http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=39895341. Retrieved August 30, 2010. 

Persondata
Name	MacBride, Donald
Alternative names
Short description	Actor
Date of birth	23 June 1889
Place of birth	Brooklyn, New York, USA
Date of death	21 June 1957
Place of death	Los Angeles, California, USA