Douglas Spencer

Birthday: Feb 10, 1910
Birthplace: Princeton, Illinois, USA

Bio: From 1939 until his death in 1960, gangly, balding Douglas Spencer could be spotted in unbilled film roles as doctors and reporters. By the early '50s, Spencer had graduated to supporting parts, often in films with a science fiction or fantasy theme. One of his lengthier assignments was Simms, the seance-busting reporter in Houdini (1953). Douglas Spencer's… More Bio: From 1939 until his death in 1960, gangly, balding Douglas Spencer could be spotted in unbilled film roles as doctors and reporters. By the early '50s, Spencer had graduated to supporting parts, often in films with a science fiction or fantasy theme. One of his lengthier assignments was Simms, the seance-busting reporter in Houdini (1953). Douglas Spencer's best-ever film role was bespectacled reporter Ned "Scotty" Scott in the 1951 sci-fi classic The Thing, wherein he closed the film with the immortal cautionary words "Keep watching the skies!" ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi

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Filmography

The Sins Of Rachel Cade (1961)
- Dr. Bikel
The Diary of Anne Frank (1959)
- Kraler
- 75%
Saddle the Wind (1958)
- Hamp Scribner
Cole Younger, Gunfighter (1958)
- Woodruff
The Unholy Wife (1957)
- Judge
The Three Faces of Eve (1957)
- Mr. Black
- 92%
Short Cut to Hell (1957)
- Conductor
Pardners (1956)
- Smith
This Island Earth (1955)
- Monitor
- 71%
A Man Alone (1955)
- Henry Slocum
The Kentuckian (1955)
- Fromes Brother
Them! (1954)
- Reporter
- 100%
River of No Return (1954)
- Sam Benson
- 64%
Raid (1954)
- Rev. Lucas
Houdini (1953)
- Simms
- 83%
Shane (1953)
- Shipstead
- 97%
Trouble Along the Way (1953)
- Procurator
The Glass Wall (1953)
- Inspector Bailey
She's Back On Broadway (1953)
- Lew Ludlow
Monkey Business (1952)
- Dr. Brunner
- 87%
Come Fill the Cup (1951)
- Ike Bashaw
Warpath (1951)
- Kelso
A Place in the Sun (1951)
- Boatkeeper
- 73%
The Thing from Another World (1951)
- Ned "Scotty" Scott
- 87%
The Lemon Drop Kid (1951)
- Thin Santa Claus
Father of the Bride (1950)
- Organist
- 93%
Union Station (1950)
- Stationmaster
Chicago Deadline (1949)
- Reporter
My Friend Irma (1949)
- Interior decorator
Follow Me Quietly (1949)
- Phony Judge
Alias Nick Beal (The Contact Man) (1949)
- Henry Cuthbert
It Happens Every Spring (1949)
- Conductor
Night Has a Thousand Eyes (1948)
- Dr. Ramsdell
The Sainted Sisters (1948)
- Townsman
The Big Clock (1948)
- Bert Finch
- 100%
Smoky (1946)
- Gambler
The Lost Weekend (1945)
- Beetle
- 100%
Double Indemnity (1944)
- Lou Schwartz
- 96%
Allegheny Uprising (1939)
- Prisoner in Irons
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Douglas Spencer Videos
                        
Shane2 minutes 55 seconds

River Of No Return1 minutes 13 seconds

A Place In The Sun3 minutes 37 seconds

This Island Earth1 minutes 47 seconds

Houdini2 minutes 14 seconds

Monkey Business3 minutes 44 seconds

The Sins Of Rachel Cade30 seconds

The Kentuckian2 minutes 15 seconds

Them!3 minutes 17 seconds

She's Back On Broadway3 minutes 57 seconds

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