Alan Mowbray
Acting
- Born:
- 1896-08-17
- Died:
- 1969-03-25
- Place of birth:
- London, England, UK
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Alan Mowbray MM, (18 August 1896 - 25 March 1969), was an English stage and film actor who found success in Hollywood. Born Alfred Ernest Allen in London, England, he served with distinction the British Army in World War I, being awarded the Military Medal for bravery. He began as a stage actor, making his way to the United States where he appeared in Broadway plays and toured the country as part of a theater troupe. As Alan Mowbray, he made his motion picture debut in 1931, going on to a career primarily as a character actor in more than 140 films including the sterling butler role in the comedy Merrily We Live, and playing the title role in the TV series The Adventures of Colonel Flack. During World War II, he made a memorable appearance as the Devil in the Hal Roach propaganda comedy The Devil with Hitler. He appeared in some two dozen guest roles on various television series. Mowbray was a founding member of the Screen Actors Guild, with outside interests that led to membership in Britain's Royal Geographic Society. He played the title role in the television series Colonel Humphrey Flack, which first appeared in 1953-1954 and then was revived in 1958-1959. In the 1954-1955 television season Mowbray played Mr. Swift, the drama coach of the character Mickey Mulligan, in NBC's short-lived situation comedy The Mickey Rooney Show: Hey, Mulligan. Mowbray died of a heart attack in 1969 in Hollywood and was interred in the Holy Cross Cemetery in Culver City, California. Description above from the Wikipedia article Alan Mowbray, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
Filmography
Going Hollywood: The '30s
The Flying Nun
Mister Roberts
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
Petticoat Junction
Burke's Law
The Patty Duke Show
The Beverly Hillbillies
A Majority of One
The Investigators
Dante
Startime
Fibber McGee & Molly
Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer
Maverick
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
Meet McGraw
Blondie
Around the World in 80 Days
The Gale Storm Show
The King and I
The Man Who Knew Too Much
Once Upon a Honeymoon
Matinee Theater
The King's Thief
The Bob Cummings Show
The Steel Cage
Lion Social
Hey Mulligan
Ma and Pa Kettle at Home
Colonel Humphrey Flack
The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse
The Life Of Riley
Blackbeard, the Pirate
Androcles and the Lion
Mr. & Mrs. North
The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet
The Ford Television Theatre
Four Star Playhouse
Just Across the Street
Chevron Theatre
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
Crosswinds
The Red Skelton Show
The Lady and the Bandit
The Jackpot
The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show
Lux Video Theatre
Wagon Master
Robert Montgomery Presents
The Lone Wolf and His Lady
You're My Everything
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet the Killer, Boris Karloff
The Lovable Cheat
Every Girl Should Be Married
My Dear Secretary
An Innocent Affair
The Prince of Thieves
The Main Street Kid
Captain from Castile
Merton of the Movies
Lured
The Pilgrim Lady
My Darling Clementine
Idea Girl
Terror by Night
Sunbonnet Sue
Men in Her Diary
Tell It to a Star
Where Do We Go from Here?
The Phantom of 42nd Street
Earl Carroll Vanities
Bring on the Girls
My Gal Loves Music
The Doughgirls
Ever Since Venus
His Butler's Sister
Holy Matrimony
So This Is Washington
Stage Door Canteen
Slightly Dangerous
The Powers Girl
The Devil with Hitler
Panama Hattie
Isle of Missing Men
A Yank at Eton
The Mad Martindales
We Were Dancing
Yokel Boy
Three Blonde Mice
The Perfect Snob
I Wake Up Screaming
Moon Over Her Shoulder
Ice-Capades
French Fried Patootie
The Cowboy and the Blonde
That Uncertain Feeling
That Hamilton Woman
Footlight Fever
The Quarterback
The Villain Still Pursued Her
The Boys from Syracuse
Scatterbrain
Curtain Call
Music in My Heart
The Llano Kid
Way Down South
Never Say Die
Topper Takes a Trip
There Goes My Heart
Merrily We Live
Hollywood Hotel
Breakdowns of 1937
Stand-In
Music for Madame
On Such a Night
Walter Wanger's Vogues of 1938
Topper
Marry the Girl
As Good as Married
The King and the Chorus Girl
On the Avenue
Rainbow on the River
Four Days Wonder
Ladies in Love
My Man Godfrey
Mary of Scotland
Fatal Lady
The Case Against Mrs. Ames
Desire
Give Us This Night
Muss 'em Up
Rose Marie
In Person
She Couldn't Take It
The Gay Deception
Lady Tubbs
Becky Sharp
Night Life of the Gods
Charlie Chan in London
Embarrassing Moments
One More River
The Girl from Missouri
Little Man, What Now?
Where Sinners Meet
Cheaters
The House of Rothschild
Long Lost Father
Her Secret
Roman Scandals
The World Changes
Berkeley Square
Voltaire
Midnight Club
Peg o' My Heart
A Study in Scarlet
Sherlock Holmes
The Phantom President
Two Against the World
Winner Take All
The Man Called Back
Jewel Robbery
The Man from Yesterday
Man About Town
The World and the Flesh
Hotel Continental
The Silent Witness
Lovers Courageous
Nice Women
Honor of the Family
Left Over Ladies
Alexander Hamilton
Guilty Hands
How I Play Golf, by Bobby Jones No. 6: 'The Big Irons'
The Man in Possession
God's Gift to Women