Douglas McPhail
{{short description|American actor}}
Douglas McPhail (April 16, 1914 – December 6, 1944) was an American actor and singer, active from the 1930s to 1944, when he committed suicide.{{cite book|author=David K. Frasier|title=Suicide in the Entertainment Industry: An Encyclopedia of 840 Twentieth Century Cases|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3rmJCgAAQBAJ&pg=PA208|year=2005|publisher=McFarland|isbn=978-1-4766-0807-5|page=208}} He was married to Betty Jaynes.{{cite news |url=https://movies.nytimes.com/person/48014/Douglas-McPhail |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130216145346/http://movies.nytimes.com/person/48014/Douglas-McPhail |url-status=dead |archive-date=February 16, 2013 |department=Movies & TV Dept. |work=The New York Times |title=Douglas McPhail - About This Person - Movies & TV |accessdate=January 30, 2013}}Wagner, Laura. "Douglas McPhail", Classic Images. September 2021
Filmography
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Year
! Title ! Role ! Notes | |||
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1936 | San Francisco | Tenor in 'La Traviata' | Voice, Uncredited |
1936 | Born to Dance | Solo Bit in 'Entrance of Lucy James' Number | Uncredited |
1937 | Maytime | Minor Role | Uncredited |
1937 | The Last Gangster | Reporter | Uncredited |
1938 | Test Pilot | Pilot Singing in Cafe | Uncredited |
1938 | Yellow Jack | Joey - Patient | Uncredited |
1938 | The Toy Wife | Leon - the Second Brother | Uncredited |
1938 | The Crowd Roars | Reporter | Uncredited |
1938 | Sweethearts | Harvey | |
1939 | Honolulu | Bing Crosby Impersonator | Uncredited |
1939 | Babes in Arms | Don Brice | |
1940 | Broadway Melody of 1940 | Masked Singer | Uncredited |
1940 | Little Nellie Kelly | Dennis Fogarty | |
1942 | Born to Sing | Murray Saunders | (final film role) |
References
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External links
- {{Find a Grave|3734128}}
- {{IMDb name|0574156}}
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Category:American male film actors
Category:20th-century American male actors
Category:Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer contract players
Category:Suicides in California
Category:20th-century American singers