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Douglas Spencer

 
Actor: Douglas Spencer
  • Born: 1890 in Illinois
  • Died: Oct 06, 1960 in Hollywood, California
  • Occupation: Actor
  • Active: '40s-'50s
  • Major Genres: Drama, Western
  • Career Highlights: The Thing, Houdini, Cole Younger, Gunfighter
  • First Major Screen Credit: The Thing (1951)

Biography

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, All Movie Guide
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Douglas Spencer
Born William Henry Mesenkop
February 10, 1910(1910-02-10)
Princeton, Illinois, USA
Died October 6, 1960 (aged 50) (diabetes)
Los Angeles, California, USA
Occupation Actor

Douglas Spencer (February 10, 1910October 6, 1960) was a film actor. He appeared in Monkey Business (1952). Also in the western classic Shane (1953) as "Swede" and in the thriller The Glass Wall (1953). The balding, lanky actor usually appeared in films as a doctor or reporter, as he did in Them! (1954). He appeared in a number of science fiction and fantasy themed movies, including reporter Ned Scott in the horror classic The Thing from Another World (1951), in which he uttered the film's final line: "Keep watching the skies!". Spencer also had a memorable role as Martian in The Twilight Zone episode, "Mr. Dingle, the Strong", and played the role of Mr. Kraler, a protector of Anne Frank, in the 1959 movie The Diary of Anne Frank, for a total of 83 films and TV shows.

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