From Wikipedia the free encyclopedia Donald Hugh MacBride June 23 1893 June 21 1957 was an American character actor on stage in films and on television who launched his career as a teenage singer making several recordings in 1907 in vaudeville and went on to be an actor on Broadway where he appeared in Room Service He appeared in nearly 140 films between 1914 and 1955 His year of birth is given variously as 1889 or 1893 in the standard reference books but the latter seems to be the correct one as his New York Times obituary records his age as 63 MacBride was best known for his portrayal of detectives in crime films One such role was as Sgt Roberts in the 1941 comedy Topper Returns starring Roland Young He also did several slapstick roles in films with comedians such as the Marx Brothers He had the role of Milton J Clyde on the television version of My Friend Irma He was born in Brooklyn New York and died in Los Angeles California Survivors included his wife and a stepson
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