Here’s every appearance by Neal McDonough’s Dum Dum Dugan in the MCU following Captain America. Good old Captain America didn’t have much luck with movies prior to his 2011 debut in the MCU. Reb Brown played the role in two TV movies in the late 1970s, but outside of the great Christopher Lee playing the villain in the sequel Death Too Soon, they were both were poorly received.
Matt Salinger took over for the 1990 Captain America movie from director Albert Pyun (Nemesis). This low-budget production was again badly received and went STV in the U.S. Fourth time was the charm, with Chris Evans becoming something of an icon in the role. In addition to leading three solo Captain America outings, Evans’ Steve Rogers was also a huge part of The Avengers series. While he seemingly retired from the role following 2019’s Endgame and handed the mantle to Anthony Mackie’s Sam, Evans’ still set to reprise Rogers in some form for a future MCU project.
Captain America also introduced Neal McDonough (1922, Falcon Rising) as Dum Dum Dugan, a member of the Howling Commandos combat unit. This group was formed from a group of POWs freed by Captain America, who then led them as they destroyed various HYDRA bases during World War II. Dum Dum and the Howling Commandos only appeared in pictures and flashbacks in later MCU movies, but McDonough returned to the role a further three times in other Marvel outings.
McDonough’s Dum Dum was next seen in 2013’s Marvel One-Shot: Agent Carter. This followed Hayley Atwell’s Peggy Carter in the aftermath of Captain America’s supposed death, though Dum Dum only makes a cameo appearance towards the end of the short. Next up was a season 2 episode of Agents Of SHIELD, which opens with Dum Dum, Peggy and Jim Morita (Kenneth Choi) leading an assault on the last HYDRA known base and capturing Werner Reinhardt and the Diviner – a powerful item that Carter made sure was locked away but would resurface again in the present-day story.
Neal McDonaugh’s final outing as Dum Dum to date is a season 1 episode of Agent Carter called “The Iron Ceiling.” This saw Peggy call on Dugan and his Howling Commandos for help on a mission for assistance in helping her infiltrate a Soviet base. The episode was a good showcase for Dum Dum and his friendship with Peggy, and he even offered her a place in the Howling Commandos under his suggested nickname “Miss Union Jack.” In a way, that will come to pass as McDonough will voice Dum Dum Dugan for the upcoming Marvel’s What If? The first episode of this animated series will explore what would have happened if Peggy took the Super Soldier serum instead of Steve and became Captain Britain.
