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name: "Douglas Spencer"
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roles: ["Actor"]
born: "10 February 1910"
died: "6 October 1960"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
updated: "2026-09-16T21:18:25.406872+00:00"
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# Douglas Spencer

Actor. Born 10 February 1910 in Princeton, Illinois, USA. Died 6 October 1960.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 10 February 1910, Princeton, Illinois, USA
- **Died:** 6 October 1960
- **Also known as:** William Henry Mesenkop

## Biography

Douglas Spencer (born William Henry Mesenkop) was an American actor. He appeared in dozens of films from the mid-1930s, often in uncredited or supporting roles, and worked as a stand-in for Ray Milland.

His credits include Lou Schwartz (uncredited) in *Double Indemnity* (1944), a hospital patient in *The Lost Weekend* (1945), Ned 'Scotty' Scott in *The Thing from Another World* (1951), Axel 'Swede' Shipstead in *Shane* (1953), Kraler in *The Diary of Anne Frank* (1959), and a Martian in the *Twilight Zone* episode 'Mr. Dingle, the Strong' (1961). He was the brother of sound engineer Louis Mesenkop.

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

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Double Indemnity* (1944), Fi1m 92, as Lou Schwartz (uncredited) — [page](https://film.one/film/double-indemnity.md)

## Also known for

- *The Thing from Another World* (1951), Ned 'Scotty' Scott
- *Shane* (1953), Axel 'Swede' Shipstead
- *The Lost Weekend* (1945), Hospital Patient Seeing Imaginary Beetles (uncredited)
- *Bonanza* (1959), Alonzo McFadden
- *River of No Return* (1954), Sam Benson
- *A Place in the Sun* (1951), Boatkeeper (uncredited)
- *The Diary of Anne Frank* (1959), Kraler
- *Monkey Business* (1952), Dr. Brunner

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