John Doucette
Date of birth: 1921-01-21
Place of birth: Brockton, Massachusetts, USA
Known for: Acting
Also known as: John Arthur Doucette
Biography
John Arthur Doucette (January 21, 1921 – August 16, 1994) was an American character actor who performed in more than 280 film and television productions between 1941 and 1987. A man of stocky build who possessed a deep, rich voice, he proved equally adept at portraying characters in Shakespearean plays, Westerns, and modern crime dramas. He is perhaps best remembered, however, for his villainous roles as a movie and television "tough guy".
Movie Credits
High Noon
1952-06-09
Will Kane, the sheriff of a small town in New Mexico, learns a notorious outlaw he put in jail has b
House of Bamboo
1955-07-01
Eddie Kenner is given a special assignment by the Army to get the inside story on Sandy Dawson, a fo
Patton
1970-01-25
"Patton" tells the tale of General George S. Patton, famous tank commander of World War II. The film
Strangers on a Train
1951-06-27
A charming psychopath tries to coerce a tennis star into his theory that two strangers can commit th
Nevada Smith
1966-06-10
Nevada Smith is the young son of an Indian mother and white father. When his father is killed by thr
Julius Caesar
1953-06-04
The growing ambition of Julius Caesar is a source of major concern to his close friend Brutus. Cassi
There's No Business Like Show Business
1954-12-16
Molly and Terry Donahue, plus their three children, are The Five Donahues. Youngest son Tim meets ha
Criss Cross
1949-02-04
An armored-car guard must join a robbery after being caught with his ex-wife by her gangster husband
Big Jake
1971-05-26
An aging Texas cattle man who has outlived his time swings into action when outlaws kidnap his grand
Cleopatra
1963-06-12
Determined to hold on to the throne, Cleopatra seduces the Roman emperor Julius Caesar. When Caesar
The Lemon Drop Kid
1951-04-02
When the Lemon Drop Kid accidentally cheats gangster Moose Moran out of his track winnings, the Kid
The Fastest Gun Alive
1956-07-12
Whenever it becomes known how good he is with guns, ex-gunman George and his wife Dora have to flee
Donner Pass: The Road to Survival
1978-10-24
A grim incident from American pioneer history is recreated as a determined group of settlers, facing
Cry Vengeance
1954-11-24
Ex-cop Vic Barron crossed the wrong mobsters; his wife and child were killed and he was scarred, fra
New York Confidential
1955-02-15
Story follows the rise and subsequent fall of the notorious head of a New York crime family, who dec
7 Faces of Dr. Lao
1964-03-18
An old Chinese man rides into the town of Abalone, Arizona and changes it forever, as the citizens s
Rose of Cimarron
1952-01-28
A white girl raised by Indians sets out to find out who murdered her adoptive parents.
The Lonely Man
1957-06-21
Aging gunslinger Jacob Wade hopes to settle down with his estranged son, but his old enemies have ot
Broken Arrow
1950-07-21
Indian scout Tom Jeffords is sent out to stem the war between the American settlers and Apaches in t
Station West
1948-09-01
When two US cavalrymen transporting a gold shipment get killed, US Army Intelligence investigator Jo
Peyton Place
1957-12-13
In the outwardly respectable New England community of Peyton Place, shopkeeper Constance McKenzie tr
The Crooked Way
1949-04-22
A war veteran suffering from amnesia, returns to Los Angeles from a San Francisco veterans hospital
Beachhead
1954-02-05
On a Japanese-occupied island during World War II, only two soldiers remain alive after a mission at
Toughest Man in Arizona
1952-10-10
Marshal Landry captures outlaw Girard and bringing him in finds a woman and two children, the only s
The Sons of Katie Elder
1965-06-23
The four sons of Katie Elder reunite in their hometown of Clearwater, Texas for her funeral and disc
One Little Indian
1973-06-20
An Army deserter flees by camel across the desert with a caucasian boy raised by Indians.
True Grit
1969-06-11
The murder of her father sends a teenage tomboy on a mission of 'justice', which involves avenging h
I Wouldn't Be in Your Shoes
1948-05-23
An innocent dancer is accused of murder after his shoe prints are found at the scene, but his wife f
Fixed Bayonets!
1951-11-21
The story of a platoon during the Korean War. One by one, Corporal Denno's superiors are killed unti
Ride the Pink Horse
1947-10-08
A con man tries to blackmail a Mexican gangster.
Road to the Big House
1947-12-13
A bank clerk gets sent to prison after he robs his own bank. Live becomes even more difficult behind
The Treasure of Lost Canyon
1952-03-01
Young David, orphaned en route to California, falls into the hands of medicine-show rascal Baltimore
Dakota Incident
1956-07-23
Indians attack a stagecoach, and a disparate band of passengers must band together to fight them off
The Last Time I Saw Paris
1954-11-18
Reporter Charles Wills, in Paris to cover the end of World War II, falls for the beautiful Helen Ell
Thunder Over Arizona
1956-08-04
Ervin Plummer-played by the estimable George Macready, who like his good friend Vincent Price was a
Phone Call from a Stranger
1952-02-01
Four strangers board a plane and become fast friends, but a catastrophic crash leaves only one survi
Two Tickets to London
1943-06-14
Accused of helping an enemy submarine, a man escapes and joins a beautiful girl in trying to find th
The Fastest Guitar Alive
1967-09-01
Confederate super-spy Johnny and his partner in crime Steve travel to San Francisco near the end of
The Crooked Circle
1957-11-11
A young prizefighter finds himself being squeezed on all sides to throw a fight.
Gang War
1958-07-01
A Los Angeles teacher becomes a mob target when he agrees to be a star witness in a gangland murder
The Big Land
1957-03-01
Back home in Texas following the Civil War, former Confederate officer Chad Morgan (Alan Ladd) leads
Quincannon, Frontier Scout
1956-05-01
A young woman hires a frontier scout to help her discover if her brother died in an Indian attack on
One More Train to Rob
1971-02-19
Harker Flet and compatriots Timothy X. Nolan and Katy, along with three other men, steal $40,000 in
Sierra
1950-05-26
Ring Hassard and his father Jeff, wild horse breakers, live in a hidden mountain eyrie as Jeff is wa
Ambush at Tomahawk Gap
1953-05-01
Hodiak, Brian, Derek and Teal have just been released from prison. They return to Tomahawk Gap, now
War Paint
1953-08-28
An Indian and his beautiful sister attempt to destroy a cavalry patrol trying to deliver a peace tre
Sabu and the Magic Ring
1957-11-24
Young Sabu is a happy stable boy in the kingdom of Samukan, in charge of taking care of the Caliph's
Woman in the Dark
1952-11-15
A pastry-shop girl (Penny Edwards) sees a priest's (Ross Elliott) and a lawyer's (Rick Vallin) broth
Goldtown Ghost Riders
1953-05-20
A singing frontier judge (Gene Autry) dismisses a case of double jeopardy.
River of No Return
1954-04-30
An itinerant farmer and his young son help a heart-of-gold saloon singer search for her estranged hu
The Lawless Eighties
1957-05-31
After deceitful Indian agent Grat Bandas has his men shoot Brother Van, gunfighter Linc Prescott sav
Paradise, Hawaiian Style
1966-04-23
Blacklisted by the major airlines for endlessly chasing female staff, pilot Rick Richards returns to
The Flying Missile
1950-12-24
A Navy commander experiments with launching missiles from submarines.
An Annapolis Story
1955-04-10
Two brothers, both cadets at Annapolis, fall in love with the same girl.
The Far Country
1954-02-12
During the Klondike Gold Rush, a misanthropic cattle driver and his talkative elderly partner run af
Casanova's Big Night
1954-04-07
Italy 1757, Pippo Popolino, a lowly tailor, disguises himself as the great Casanova in order to roma
Corky of Gasoline Alley
1951-09-17
A small town family discovers an unwanted houseguest is harder to eject than they expected. Comedy.
The Texas Rangers
1951-06-03
It's 1874 and the Texas Rangers have been reorganized. But Sam Bass has assembled a group of notorio
Journey to Shiloh
1968-05-10
At the beginning of the Civil War, seven friends embark on a cross-country journey in order to join
Up Front
1951-03-05
Military comedy set during WWII, inspired by Bill Mauldin's popular newspaper cartoons of soldiers "
Thunder in God's Country
1951-04-07
Hidden Valley has managed to retain its Old Western atmosphere, free of modern-day corruption, until
The Forty-Niners
1954-07-30
1849 California and the Gold Boom. Marshal Sam Nelson goes under cover to find out the identity of a
Alexander The Great
1968-01-26
An historical film that follows the life of Alexander the Great, the Macedonian king that united all
Flight to Tangier
1953-11-20
At the Tangier airport, a group of people await the arrival of a mysterious plane from behind the Ir
Johnny One-Eye
1950-05-05
Johnny One-Eye was adapted from one of Damon Runyon's lesser-known stories. Martin Martin and Dane C
All the Brothers Were Valiant
1953-11-13
In the South Pacific islands, two brothers, one good and one bad, fight over the same girl and over
Panache
1976-05-15
A stylish comedy swashbuckler mixing romance, masterful swordplay, political treachery, and 20th-Cen
Seven Cities of Gold
1955-10-07
In 1769, a Spanish expedition to California seeks to conquer the land and discover its famed gold tr
The Fuller Brush Girl
1950-09-15
A daffy door-to-door saleswoman blunders into a murder investigation.
Last of the Badmen
1957-02-17
Chicago detectives in the 1880s head west to find the killers of their colleague.
Cavalry Scout
1951-05-13
Kirby Frye, a former Confederate officer but now a Union Cavalry scout, is sent into Montana territo
Winchester '73
1967-03-14
TV Remake of the 1950 James Stewart Western movie of the same title has two brothers, one an ex-con
Ricochet
1961-10-03
An army sergeant blames himself for causing a rookie's death during training.
The Wild One
1953-12-30
The Black Rebels Motorcycle Club ride into the small California town of Wrightsville, eager to raise
Here Come the Jets
1959-06-01
The rehabilitation of a Korean War veteran coincides with the advent of passenger jets.
Charge of the Model T's
1977-11-04
During WWI, the Germans try to encourages and hires a band of certain Mexican guerrillas and bandits
Return of the Frontiersman
1950-06-24
A sheriff's son is falsely accused of murder, and a friend determines to clear his name and find the
The Phantom Stagecoach
1957-03-31
A stagecoach is plagued by robberies, but it takes an undercover Wells Fargo agent to discover that
Counterspy Meets Scotland Yard
1950-11-21
A federal agent joins forces with a British lawman to foil a spy ring.
Winchester '73
1950-07-12
Lin McAdam rides into town on the trail of Dutch Henry Brown, only to find himself in a shooting com
The Pride of St. Louis
1952-05-02
The story of Jerome "Dizzy" Dean, a major-league baseball pitcher for the St. Louis Cardinals and Ch
Lust for Gold
1949-06-10
A man determined to track down the fabled Arizona gold mine known as The Lost Dutchman has an affair
The Big Heat
1953-10-14
After the suspicious suicide of a fellow cop, tough homicide detective Dave Bannion takes the law in
Ghost Town
1956-03-01
A stage headed West with a group of passengers is attacked by Cheyenne Indians, and takes refuge in
Border Treasure
1950-08-05
Two cowboys aim to reclaim stolen jewels and money in this 1950 Western.
The Time Machine
1978-11-05
A scientist builds a machine that will enable him to travel back and forth in time, but when he puts
Return from the Sea
1954-07-28
A hardened career navel officer must come to terms with adapting to civilian life with the help of a
Bandits of El Dorado
1949-10-19
Wanted outlaws have mysteriously disappeared. Ranger Captain Henley and Steve have a plan to find th
Heart of Steel
1983-12-04
A steel factory that employs most of the town shuts down, leaving a man desperate to keep his family
Singing Guns
1950-02-28
Notorious stagecoach robber Rhiannon is unintentionally appointed as deputy when he saves the sherif
The Flying Missile
1950-12-24
A Navy commander experiments with launching missiles from submarines.
Deadline - U.S.A.
1952-05-23
With three days before his paper folds, a crusading editor tries to expose a vicious gangster.
The Lady Pays Off
1951-10-04
The naive Evelyn Warren, elected school teacher of the year by Time Magazine, goes to Las Vegas, whe
The Iroquois Trail
1950-06-15
An American scout and his Indian friend help the English troops against the French during the French
Yukon Manhunt
1951-07-12
In this North Woods adventure, the Mounties investigate a series of payroll robberies and discover t
Desert Pursuit
1952-05-10
In 1852, two friends left the Nevada prospector region to relocate from en route he meets the beauti
The Ghost of Crossbone Canyon
1952-11-01
Two episodes of the TV series "Wild Bill Hickok" edited together and released as a feature.
Trouble on the Trail
1954-12-26
"Trouble on the Trail" is two episodes of the "Wild Bill Hickok" television series edited together a
Tales of Robin Hood
1951-12-21
The story of Robin Hood, how he met his Merry Men and Maid Marian, and saved England from Sir Guy de
The Maverick Queen
1956-05-03
Kit Banion, a Virginia-born beauty and product of post-Civil War chaos, has settled in Wyoming and p
Gunfire at Indian Gap
1957-12-11
A stagecoach is attacked by a group of outlaws who make off with a pile of money. Unfortunately for
Fighting Mad
1976-02-21
An evil corporation tries to pressure a bunch of Arkansas farmers and ranchers to sell their land so
Kiss Them for Me
1957-12-10
Three navy war heroes are booked on a morale-building "vacation" in San Francisco. Once they manage
The Burning Cross
1947-09-01
Recently returned from WWII combat, unable to find a job, finding his sweetheart engaged to another
Bombers B-52
1957-11-22
Sgt. Chuch Brennan always disliked playboy and hotshot, Col. Jim Herlihy. Now Chuck has even more re
Perils of the Jungle
1953-03-19
On an African safari with his friend Grant, Clyde Beatty plans to buy some black-maned Numbian lions
Rancho Notorious
1952-04-10
A man in search of revenge infiltrates a ranch, hidden in an inhospitable region, where its owner, A
Destry
1954-12-01
Western remake of "Destry Rides Again", starring Audie Murphy, Mari Blanchard, Thomas Mitchell, Lori
The Pilgrimage Play
1949-12-12
Nelson Leigh assumes the role of Jesus Christ in this drama that depicts such historical events as t
The Breaking Point
1950-10-06
A fisherman with money problems hires out his boat to transport criminals.
Reign of Terror
1949-10-15
The French Revolution, 1794. The Marquis de Lafayette asks Charles D'Aubigny to infiltrate the Jacob
The Fountainhead
1949-06-25
An uncompromising, visionary architect struggles to maintain his integrity and individualism despite
Convicted
1950-08-01
A prison warden fights to prove one of his inmates was wrongly convicted.
The True Story of Jesse James
1957-03-22
Having fought with the Confederacy during the Civil War, Jesse James and his brother Frank dream of
The Sea Chase
1955-06-04
As the Second World War breaks out, German freighter captain Karl Ehrlich is about to leave Sydney,
Too Much, Too Soon
1958-04-17
The daughter of iconic actor John Barrymore is reunited with her father after a ten year estrangemen
The Hunters
1958-09-01
With its electrifying flight sequences and high-powered cast, The Hunters is a mesmerizing film base
A Nice Little Bank That Should Be Robbed
1958-12-01
Two bunglers (Tom Ewell, Mickey Rooney) rob a bank and buy a racehorse, then try to rob another bank
The Last of the Mohicans
1975-11-27
An animated adaptation of the classic story. A young scout is befriended by a tribe of Mohawks.
The 48-Hour Mile
1970-11-01
An unusual assignment for a private investigator involves two women who are in love with the same ma
Executive Suite
1954-04-30
When the head of a large manufacturing firm dies suddenly from a stroke, his vice-presidents vie to