Men Of Character Character Actors
John Doucette
Rancho Notorious/ Whitey
Patton/ General Truscott
War Paint/ Trooper Charnofsky
The Sons Of Katie Elder/ Hyselman
Per Quinlan's Character Stars:
Saturnine American supporting actor of receding dark hair and sour and shifty features.
John Doucette was born in 1921 at Brockton, MA.
Per IMDB he was a stocky, balding character actor with a deep rich voice, equally adept as western bad guys and Shakespeare.
He began his career in minor roles, primarily as gangland henchmen and progressed to become widely familiar in a variety of dramas and occasional comedies. Although a stalwart and reliable supporting player he was not of a type to essay leading roles, but remained a well respected actor , whose face, if not name is familiar to a generation of film and television viewers.
His film career began in 1941 in the film Footsteps In The Dark.
Mr. Doucette was also a stalwart in the western genre in both films and television.
He was considered one of Hollywood's top supporting actors.
Some of the films of John Doucette were:
Footsteps In The Dark (1941) as A Reporter
Two Tickets To London (1943) as Larsen
The Burning Cross (1947) as Toby Mason
The Foxes Of Harrow (1947) as Crew Member
Ride The Pink Horse (1947) as Thug
Road To The Big House (1947) as Danny
I Wouldn't Be In Your Shoes (1948) as Prisoner
Train To Alcatraz (1948) as McHenry
Canon City (1948) as George Bauer
Station West (1948) as Bartender
In This Corner (1948) as Dunkie
The Fighting O'Flynn (1949) as Jack
Criss Cross (1949) as Walt
Outpost In Morocco (1949) as Card Playing Soldier
The Crooked Way (1949) as Sgt. Barrett
Red Stallion In The Rockies (1949) as Ivan
Batman And Robin (1949-Serial) as Henchman
The Fountainhead (1949) as Gus Webb
Reign Of Terror (1949) as Pierre Blanchard
Bandits Of El Dorado (1949) as Henchman Tucker
The Pilgrimage Play (1949) as Lord Zaduk
Singing Guns (1950) as Miner
The Vicious Years ( 1950) as Giorgio
Johnny One Eye (1950) as Police Detective
Customs Agent (1950) as Hank
Return Of The Frontiersman (1950) as Evans
Sierra (1950) as Jed Coulter
The Iroquois Trail (1950) as Sam Girty
Winchester 73 (1950) as Roan Daley
Broken Arrow (1950) as Mule Driver
Convicted (1950) as Convict Tex
Border Treasure 1950) as Bat
The Breaking Point (1950) as Gotcha Goten
Counterspy Meets Scotland Yard (1950) as Larry
Up Front (1951) as Walsh
The Lemon Drop Kid (1951) as Muscleman
Thunder In God's Country (1951) as Breedon
Only The Valiant (1951) as Sergeant
Tales Of Robin Hood (1951) as Wilfred
Cavalry Scout (1951) as Varney
The Texas Rangers (1951) as Butch Cassidy
Strangers On A Train (1951) as Detective Hammond
Yukon Manhunt (1951) as Charles Benson
Corky Of Gasoline Alley (1951) as Rocky
The Lady Pays Off (1951) as Cab Driver
Fixed Bayonets (1951) as Colonel -18th Infantry
Phone Call From A Stranger (1952) as Arthur
The Treasure Of Lost Canyon (1952) as Gyppo
Rancho Notorious (1952) as Whitey
Bugles In The Afternoon (1952) as Bill
Deadline-USA (1952) as Hal
Carbine Williams (1952) as Garvey
The Pride Of St. Louis (1952) as Benny
The San Francisco Story (1952) as Slade
Desert Pursuit (1952) as Kafan
High Noon (1952) as Trumbull
Toughest Man In Arizona (1952) as Sgt. Wayne
Woman In The Dark (1952) as Dutch Bender
The Silver Whip (1953) as Josh
Perils Of The Jungle (1953) as Gorman
Ambush At Tomahawk Gap (1953) as Bartender Burt
Julius Caesar (1953) as Carpenter- Citizen Of Rome
Goldtown Ghost Riders (1953) as Bailey
War Paint (1953) as Trooper Charnofsky
City Of Bad Men (1953) as Cinch
The Robe (1953) as Ship's Mate
The Big Heat (1953) as Mark Reiner
All The Brothers Were Valiant (1953) as George
Flight To Tangier (1953) as Tirera
The Wild One (1953) as Sage Valley Race Official
Beachhead (1954) as Major Scott
Executive Suite (1954) as Detective
The Forty-Niners (1954) as Ernie Walker
Return From The Sea (1954) as Jimmy The Cab Driver
The Last Time I Saw Paris (1954) as Campbell
Cry Vengeance (1954) as Red Miller
Destry (1954) as Cowhand
There's No Business Like Show Business (1954) as Stage Manager
New York Confidential (1955) as Shorty
An Annapolis Story ( 1955) as The Boxing Coach
The Sea Chase (1955) as Bos'n
House Of Bamboo (1955) as Skipper
Seven Cities Of Gold (1955) as Juan Coronel
Red Sundown (1956) as Billy, Wagon Guard
Ghost Town (1956) as Doc Clawson
Quincannon, Frontier Scout (1956) as Sgt. Calvin
The Maverick Queen (1956) as Loudmouth
The Fastest Gun Alive (1956) as Ben Buddy
Dakota Incident (1956) as Rick Largo
Thunder Over Arizona (1956) as Deputy Rand
The Burning Hills (1956) as Bartender
The True Story Of Jesse James (1957) as Sheriff Hillstrom
Last Of The Badmen (1957) as Johnson
The Big Land (1957) as Hagan - Livery Stableman
The Phantom Stagecoach (1957) as Harry Farrow
The Lawless Eighties (1957) as Art "Pig" Corbin
The Lonely Man (1957) as Sundown Whipple
The Crooked Circle (1957) as Larry Ellis
Bombers B-52 (1957) as Neilson
Sabu And The Magic Ring (1957) as Kimal
Kiss Them For Me (1957) as Shore Patrol Lieutenant
Peyton Place (1957) as Army Sergeant
Gunfire At Indian Gap (1957) as Loder
The Sword (1957-TV) as Bouclet
Too Much, Too Soon (1958) as Crowley
Gang War (1958) as Maxie Meadows
The Hunters (1958) as Chief Master Sergeant
Here Come The Jets (1959) as Randall
Cleopatra (1963) as Achilles
7 Faces Of Dr. Lao (1964) as Lucas
The Sons Of Katie Elder (1965) as Hyselman
Paradise, Hawaiian Style (1966) as Mr. Belden
Nevada Smith (1966) as Uncle Ben McCanles
Winchester 73 (1967-TV) as Jake Starrett
The Fastest Guitar Alive (1967) as Max
Journey To Shiloh (1968) as General Bragg
True Grit (1969) as Sheriff
Patton (1970) as General Lucian Truscott
Confessions Of A Top Crime Buster (1971-TV) as Capt. Aaron Williams
One More Train To Rob (1971) as Sheriff Monte
Big Jake (1971) as Buck Duggan
One Little Indian (1973) as Sgt. Waller
Panache (1976-TV) as Treville
Fighting Mad (1976) as Jeff Hunter
Charge Of The Model T's (1977) as Capt. Mundy
Donner Pass: The Road To Survival (1978-TV) as George Donner
The Time Machine (1978-TV) as Sheriff Finley
Every Girl Should Have One (1978) as Policeman
How The West Was Won (1979-TV Miniseries) as Sheriff Boland
Heart Of Steel (1983-TV) as Clifford
Off The Mark (1987) as Jennell's Man
Mr. Doucette was very active on television appearing in such programs as Dick Tracy, Adventures Of Wild Bill Hickok, The Roy Rogers Show,City Detective, The Lone Wolf, Public Defender, Annie Oakley, The Whistler, The Pepsi Cola Playhouse, Racket Squad, Dangerous Assignment, Sky Ling, The Unexpected, The Adventures Of Superman, The Range Rider, Family Theater, The Gene Autry Show, The Adventures Of Kit Carson, The Cisco Kid, Waterfront, Mr & Mrs. North, The Lone Ranger, Four Star Playhouse, Steve Donovan Western Marshal, My Friend Flicka, Big Town, Science Fiction Theater, Jane Wyman Presents The Fireside Theater, The Loretta Young Show, Ethel Barrymore Theater, Soldiers Of Fortune, Studio 57, The Sheriff Of Cochise, Panic!, Schlitz Playhouse Of Stars, Gunsmoke, The O. Henry Playhouse, Richard Diamond Private Detective, Walt Disney's Wonderful World Of Color, The Californians, Cheyenne, Mackenzie's Raiders, Zorro, M Squad, The Thin Man, Navy Log, Broken Arrow, Sea Hunt, Goodyear Theater, The Rough Riders, The Life And Legend Of Wyatt Earp, Have Gun Will Travel, The Adventures Of Ozzie And Harriet, Lawman, Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse, Colt 45, The Texan, Union Pacific, Bat Masterson, Tombstone Territory, Lock Up, Tales Of Wells Fargo, Laramie, The Dick Powell Theater, The Fugitive, Rawhide, Wagon Train, The Time Tunnel, The Rat Patrol, The Wild Wild West, Hogan's Heroes, Tarzan, Judd For The Defense, Bonanza, The Big Valley, Get Smart, The Virginian, The Partners, Kung Fu, Ironside, Mannix, Harry O, Kolchak The Night Stalker, and Lucas Tanner among many others.
Doucette has also distinguished himself as a drama teacher at the University Of Portland Oregon.
He was presented Lecturer Of Communications Arts and Loyola And Professional Instructor in Theater Arts for the California Educational Development Corporation at Palo Alto.
John Doucette passed away in 1994 from cancer.
Doucette was married ( his wife passed away before him) and was survived by five daughters, three sons, sixteen grandchildren and three great grand children.
His name, career and filmography has been coming out in more books on film and television. Previously it was hard to find out anything about this fine actor who was not only a great professional but a great family man as well.
I enjoyed Mr. Doucette in the films True Grit, The Sons Of Katie Elder, Nevada Smith, One Little Indian, Fixed Bayonets, Rancho Notorious, Patton, The Lonely Man, Cry Vengeance, Big Jake ,One More Train To Rob Sierra, War Paint and Heart Of Steel.
Louie The Movie Buff