JOHN DOUCETTE BIOGRAPHY & FILMOGRAPHY:
John Doucette was born on January 21st, 1921 in Brockton, Massachusetts. He first began his career in acting appearing in small film roles such as, "Road to the Big House" (1947), "I Wouldn't Be in Your Shoes" (1948), "Canon City" (1948), "The Pilgrimage Play" (1949) and "The Fighting O'Flynn".
Majority of characters he would portray over the course of his career were of a bad tempered character. He had a very deep voice and was able to portray a level of authority.
Some of his more well known film roles he added to his resume were on, "Patton" (1970) starring George C. Scott, "High Noon" (1952) starring Gary Cooper and Grace Kelly, "The Robe" (1953) starring Richard Burton and Victor Mature, "Cleopatra" (1963) starring Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor, "Nevada Smith (1966) starring Steve McQueen, "True Grit" (1969) starring John Wayne and Glen Campbell, "The Sons of Katie Elder" (1965) starring John Wayne, Dean Martin, Earl Holliman, Michael Anderson Jr. Martha Hyer and Dennis Hopper and "Big Jake" (1971) starring John Wayne, Maureen O'Hara and Richard Boone. In addition to film credits, he appeared on numerous television series such as, "The Lone Ranger", "The Cisco Kid", "My Friend Flicka", "Have Gun - Will Travel", "The Rat Patrol", "The Wild Wild West", "City Detective", "Lawman", "Bonanza", "Hogan's Heroes" and "Sea Hunt".
Over the course of his career he would appear in over 260 films and television programs.
John Doucette passed away on August 16th, 1994 in Banning, California from cancer and was survived by five daughters, three sons, sixteen grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. His remains are in Culver City, California at the Holy Cross Cemetery.
Filmography
1987 Off the Mark
1983 Heart of Stee
1979 How the West Was Won
1978 Greatest Heroes of the Bible
1978 The Time Machine
1978 Donner Pass: The Road to Survival
1978 Every Girl Should Have One
1977 Charge of the Model T's
1976 Fighting Mad
1976 Panache
1975 The Last of the Mohicans
1974 Lucas Tanner
1974 Kolchak: The Night Stalker
1974 Harry O
1974 Tenafly
1973 Ironside
1973 Mannix
1973 One Little Indian
1973 Kung Fu
1971-1972 The Partners
1971 Here's Lucy
1971 Big Jake
1971 One More Train to Rob
1971 Confessions of a Top Crime Buster
1970 Patton
1970 The Forty-Eight Hour Mile
1969 True Grit
1969 The Outsider
1965-1969 The Virginian
1968-1969 Get Smart
1962-1968 The Lucy Show
1968 Braddock
1968 Journey to Shiloh
1968 The Big Valley
1962-1968 Bonanza
1968 Alexander the Great
1967 Judd for the Defense
1967 Tarzan
1967 Hogan's Heroes
1967 The Fastest Guitar Alive
1967 Winchester '73
1966-1967 The Wild Wild West
1967 Pistols 'n Petticoats
1966 The Rat Patrol
1966 The Time Tunnel
1966 The Monroes
1966 Court Martial
1966 Insight
1966 Nevada Smith
1966 Paradise, Hawaiian Style
1966 The Loner
1965 The Sons of Katie Elder
1961-1965 Wagon Train
1962-1965 Rawhide
1964 The Fugitive
1964 7 Faces of Dr. Lao
1963 The Lieutenant
1963 Cleopatra
1963 The Wide Country
1963 Laramie
1957-1962 Tales of Wells Fargo
1961 Everglades
1961 The Dick Powell Theatre
1959-1961 Lock Up
1961 The Americans
1958-1960 Tombstone Territory
1959-1960 Bat Masterson
1959 Here Come the Jets
1959 Union Pacific
1959 The Texan
1959 Colt .45
1959 Border Patrol
1959 Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
1958-1959 Lawman
1958-1959 The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet
1958-1959 Have Gun - Will Travel
1959 U.S. Marshal aka Sheriff of Cochise
1956-1958 The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
1958 A Nice Little Bank That Should Be Robbed
1958 Behind Closed Doors
1958 Steve Canyon
1958 The Rough Riders
1958 The Hunters
1958 Target
1958 Gang War
1958 Goodyear Theatre
1957-1958 The People's Choice
1958 Sea Hunt
1958 Too Much, Too Soon
1957-1958 Broken Arrow
1958 Navy Log
1958 M Squad
1958 Official Detective
1958 The Thin Man
1958 Zorro
1958 Trackdown
1957 Gunfire at Indian Gap
1957 Peyton Place
1957 Kiss Them for Me
1955-1957 Cheyenne
1957 The Californians
1957 Sabu and the Magic Ring
1957 Bombers B-52
1957 Man Without a Gun
1957 The Crooked Circle
1957 Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color
1957 Richard Diamond, Private Detective
1957 Code 3
1957 Gunsmoke
1957 The Lonely Man
1957 The Lawless Eighties
1955-1957 Schlitz Playhouse
1957 The Joseph Cotten Show: On Trial
1956-1957 Sheriff of Cochise
1957 The Phantom Stagecoach
1957 Panic!
1957 The 20th Century-Fox Hour
1957 The Big Land
1957 The True Story of Jesse James
1957 Last of the Badmen
1955-1957 Soldiers of Fortune
1957 The Sword
1956 The Loretta Young Show
1956 Jane Wyman Presents The Fireside Theatre
1956 The Burning Hills
1956 Thunder Over Arizona
1956 Dakota Incident
1956 The Fastest Gun Alive
1956 Crusader
1956 Quincannon, Frontier Scout
1956 The Maverick Queen
1955-1956 Science Fiction Theatre
1956 TV Reader's Digest
1956 Red Sundown
1956 Ghost Town
1954-1956 Big Town
1956 The Bottom of the Bottle
1955-1956 My Friend Flicka
1956 Celebrity Playhouse
1956 Studio 57
1956 Chevron Hall of Stars
1955 Steve Donovan, Western Marshal
1955 You Are There
1955 G.E. True Theater
1955 Stage 7
1952-1955 Adventures of Superman
1955 Seven Cities of Gold
1949-1955 The Lone Ranger
1955 The Man Behind the Badge
1955 House of Bamboo
1955 The Whistler
1955 The Sea Chase
1954-1955 Annie Oakley
1955 An Annapolis Story
1955 Buffalo Bill Jr.
1955 Treasury Men in Action
1954-1955 Four Star Playhouse
1955 So You Want to Be a Gladiator
1955 The Public Defender
1955 New York Confidential
1955 Prince of Players
1954-1955 The Lone Wolf
1953-1954 City Detective
1954 There's No Business Like Show Business
1952-1954 The Roy Rogers Show
1954 Destry
1954 Cry Vengeance
1954 The Last Time I Saw Paris
1954 Return from the Sea
1954 The Far Country
1954 The Forty-Niners
1954 River of No Return
1954 The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse
1954 Executive Suite
1954 Casanova's Big Night
1954 Mr. & Mrs. North
1954 Beachhead
1954 Waterfront
1953 The Wild One
1953 Lux Video Theatre
1953 The Cisco Kid
1953 Flight to Tangier
1953 All the Brothers Were Valiant
1953 The Adventures of Kit Carson
1953 The Big Heat
1953 The Robe
1953 City of Bad Men
1950-1953 The Gene Autry Show
1953 War Paint
1953 Julius Caesar
1953 I'm the Law
1953 Goldtown Ghost Riders
1953 Boston Blackie
1953 Ambush at Tomahawk Gap
1953 Perils of the Jungle
1953 Family Theatre
1953 The Silver Whip
1953 My Hero
1952-1953 Rebound
1951-1953 The Range Rider
1952 Woman in the Dark
1952 Back at the Front
1952 Mark Saber
1952 Toughest Man in Arizona
1952 High Noon
1952 Sky King
1952 Dangerous Assignment
1952 The San Francisco Story
1952 Desert Pursuit
1952 The Pride of St. Louis
1952 Carbine Williams
1952 Deadline - U.S.A.
1952 Bugles in the Afternoon
1952 Rancho Notorious
1952 The Treasure of Lost Canyon
1952 Phone Call from a Stranger
1952 Rose of Cimarron
1952 Racket Squad
1951 Fixed Bayonets!
1951 The Lady Pays Off
1951 Corky of Gasoline Alley
1951 The Amos 'n Andy Show
1951 Yukon Manhunt
1951 Strangers on a Train
1951 Mask of the Avenger
1951 Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok
1951 The Texas Rangers
1951 Cavalry Scout
1951 Tales of Robin Hood
1951 Only the Valiant
1951 Thunder in God's Country
1951 The Lemon Drop Kid
1951 Up Front
1951 Dick Tracy
1950 Sierra Passage
1950 The Flying Missile
1950 Counterspy Meets Scotland Yard
1950 The Breaking Point
1950 The Fuller Brush Girl
1950 Convicted
1950 Border Treasure
1950 Broken Arrow
1950 Winchester '73
1950 The Iroquois Trail
1950 Sierra
1950 Return of the Frontiersman
1950 Customs Agent
1950 Johnny One-Eye
1950 The Vicious Years
1950 Singing Guns
1949 And Baby Makes Three
1949 Bandits of El Dorado
1949 Reign of Terror
1949 The Fountainhead
1949 Criss Cross
1949 Lust for Gold
1949 Batman and Robin
1949 Red Stallion in the Rockies
1949 The Crooked Way
1949 Outpost in Morocco
1949 The Fighting O'Flynn
1949 The Pilgrimage Play
1948 Rogues' Regiment
1948 In This Corner
1948 Station West
1948 Canon City
1948 Train to Alcatraz
1948 I Wouldn't Be in Your Shoes
1947 Road to the Big House
1947 Ride the Pink Horse
1947 The Foxes of Harrow
1947 The Burning Cross
1943 Two Tickets to London