Douglas MacLean
Acting
Biography
No biography available for Douglas MacLean.
Born: January 10, 1890
Place of Birth: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Known For
One a Minute
An excellent silent comedy starring unjustly forgotten star Douglas MacLean. Its indictment of pharmaceutical entrepreneurs is far sharper than Side Effects'.
Bell Boy 13
Harry Elrod takes a job as a bellboy when he is disinherited by his uncle and fails in his efforts to elope with actress Kitty Clyde. He causes so much confusion that Uncle Elrod buys the hotel so that he may fire Harry. But Harry induces the other employees to strike until Uncle Elrod consents to Harry's marriage to Kitty.
A Trip Through the World's Greatest Motion Picture Studios
A Trip Through the World's Greatest Motion Picture Studios (1920) presents a fascinating glimpse into the Thomas H. Ince studios at Culver City.
Johanna Enlists
A young girl, stifling on her father's backwoods farm, is reinvigorated by the arrival of an army regiment, come to train in the area.
What's Your Husband Doing?
Insecure Beatrice Ridley lets her jealousy of her husband get the better of her when he begins receiving letters each morning from the Honeysuckle Inn, a roadhouse frequented by sportsmen. Consulting young attorneys, Widgast and Pidgeon, she finds their wives also suspicious about the goings on at the Honeysuckle Inn. Madcap complications ensue when all the characters meet there before everything is straightened out for all three couples.
Let's Be Fashionable
A nice young couple moves to a community where the bonds of matrimony are not held in much respect and where it is fashionable to carry on with one that is not one's spouse.
The Boss
A man rises from rags to riches, first by boxing, then as a saloon owner, freight contractor, and eventually dockyard boss. However, the man's brother-in-law complicates things with his dockworker union activism. The film is presumed lost.
Let It Rain
Let-It-Rain Riley (MacLean) is a devil-may-care Marine sergeant who falls in love with a girl (Shirley Mason) who he assumes to be rich. His rival for the girl's affection is his pal, Kelly (Wade Boteler). The guys find out that the object of their affections is but a modest switchboard operator but she proves to be invaluable when she deciphers a code and discovers that a mail train is about to be robbed.
Soft Cushions
Douglas MacLean stars as The Young Thief, who falls in love with The Girl, played by Sue Carol. Alas, the Girl has been sold into the harem of The Wazir (Albert Prisco), forcing the Thief to sneak into the palace to rescue her.
Souls in Pawn
Chief of the German secret service in Paris has been ordered to secure for his government the service of the most clever and beautiful woman obtainable.
Filmography
as Billy Haskell
as Clarence Kendall
as The Young Thief
as 'Let-It-Rain' Riley
as Jimmy Clark
as Dudley Ainsworth
as Robert Street
as Bruce MacAllister
as Douglas MacLean (uncredited)
as James Henry McTavish
as Sam Harrington
as Billy Barton
as Jimmy Knight
as Johnny Hardwick
as James Stewart Lee
as Shakespeare Clancy
as Henry Langdon
as Dr. Arthur P. Hampton
as John P. Widgast
as Sergeant William Gray
as Raymond Abbott
as Jim Gleason
as Stanley Montjoy
as Robert Leedyard
as Capt. Archie van Renssaller
as Frank Douglas
as Robert Walsham
as Jack Belasys
as Karl, Prince von Kondermarck
as Newt Spooner
as Robert Lawton
as Regan's Secretary, Robert