Donald MacBride


Donald Hugh MacBride was an American character actor on stage, in films, and on television who launched his career as a teenage singer in vaudeville and went on to be an actor on Broadway, where he appeared in the hit play Room Service.
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.
MacBride was best known for his frequent portrayal of detectives in several crime films. One such role was as Sgt. Roberts in the 1941 comedy Topper Returns, starring Roland Young. He also appeared in several slapstick roles in films with comedians such as the Marx Brothers and Abbott & Costello. He had the role of Milton J. Clyde on the television version of My Friend Irma.
He was born in Brooklyn, New York, and died in Los Angeles, California of a heart ailment. Survivors included his wife and a stepson, Jack Craddock.

Selected filmography