Distinguished character villain Douglass . The marriage was a lasting one, however, and she was among his survivors when he passed away several years later from a heart attack on April 2, 1974. Dumbrille was buried at Pierce Brothers Valhalla Memorial Park Cemetery in North Hollywood, California.
Married at age 70 to 28-year-old Patricia Mowbray, the daughter of his friend Alan Mowbray.
According to author Blackie Seymour in the February 2009 issue of "Classic Images", Dumbrille owned an onion farm at one point but sold it after making his Broadway debut in "Macbeth" in 1924.
Sons with Jessie Lawson: John Lawson Dumbrille of Los Angeles and Douglass Murray Dumbrille of San Francisco.
Son-in-law of Alan Mowbray.
