---
name: "Douglas McPhail"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/douglas-mcphail"
fi1m_id: "douglas-mcphail"
imdb_id: "nm0574156"
tmdb_id: 1035801
wikidata_id: "Q5301805"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "16 April 1914"
died: "6 December 1944"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-25T02:58:06.911260+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Douglas McPhail

## Identity

Douglas McPhail

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/douglas-mcphail
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** douglas-mcphail
- **IMDb ID:** nm0574156
- **TMDB ID:** 1035801
- **Wikidata ID:** Q5301805
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Douglas_McPhail, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5301805, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0574156/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1035801

Actor. Born 16 April 1914 in Los Angeles, California, USA. Died 6 December 1944.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 16 April 1914, Los Angeles, California, USA
- **Died:** 6 December 1944
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Douglas_McPhail, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5301805, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0574156/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1035801

## Biography

Douglas McPhail (1914–1944) was an American actor and baritone singer. He began in uncredited chorus and bit roles in MGM musicals from 1936, including appearances in films with Jeanette MacDonald, before gaining credited parts in the late 1930s.

His notable roles include Don Brice in *Babes in Arms* (1939), Dennis Fogarty in *Little Nellie Kelly* (1940), and Murray Saunders in *Born to Sing* (1942). He also appeared uncredited in *Broadway Melody of 1940* (1940) and other MGM productions. McPhail was married to actress and singer Betty Jaynes.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Babes in Arms* (1939), Fi1m 66, as Don Brice — [page](https://film.one/film/babes-in-arms.md)

## Complete filmography (8)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *That's Entertainment! III* (1994), as (archive footage) (uncredited)
- *That's Entertainment!* (1974), as (archive footage) (uncredited)
- *Born to Sing* (1942), as Murray Saunders
- *Little Nellie Kelly* (1940), as Dennis Fogarty
- *Broadway Melody of 1940* (1940), as Masked Singer (uncredited)
- *Babes in Arms* (1939), as Don Brice — Fi1m 66, [page](https://film.one/film/babes-in-arms.md)
- *Honolulu* (1939), as Bing Crosby Impersonator (uncredited)
- *Sweethearts* (1938), as Harvey

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© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL. Canonical: https://film.one/person/douglas-mcphail