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Alan Mowbray
Alan Mowbray

Alan Mowbray

ActingBorn August 17, 1896Died March 25, 1969 (age 72)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.

Filmography

1984
Going Hollywood: The '30s

as (archive footage)

Movie
1967
The Flying Nun

as Father Duffy

TV
1964
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.

as Harry Blackburn

TV
1963
Petticoat Junction

as Lucius J. Penrose

TV
1963
Burke's Law

as Butterfield

TV
1962TV
1961
A Majority of One

as Captain Norcross

Movie
1961TV
1960
Dante

as Stewart Styles

TV
1959
Startime

as King Arthur

TV
1957
Maverick

as Luke Abigor

TV
1957
Meet McGraw

as Osgood

TV
1957
Blondie

as Jack Bell

TV
1956Movie
1956
The Gale Storm Show

as Hadley Dexter

TV
1956
The King and I

as Sir John Hay

Movie
1956Movie
1956Movie
1955
The King's Thief

as Sir Gilbert Talbot

Movie
1955TV
1954
The Steel Cage

as Lee Filbert, segment "The Chef"

Movie
1954
Social Lion

as Narrator

Movie
1954
Hey Mulligan

as Jonathan Swift, Drama Instructor

TV
1954
Ma and Pa Kettle at Home

as Alphonsus Mannering

Movie
1953
The Life Of Riley

as Uncle Baxter

TV
1952Movie
1952
Androcles and the Lion

as Editor of Gladiators

Movie
1952TV
1952TV
1952
Four Star Playhouse

as Jackson - Waiter

TV
1952Movie
1951TV
1951
Crosswinds

as The Hon Cecil Daubrey

Movie
1951
The Red Skelton Show

as Explorer Radccliffe

TV
1951
The Lady and the Bandit

as Lord Charles Willoughby

Movie
1950
The Jackpot

as Leslie

Movie
1950TV
1950TV
1950
Wagon Master

as Dr. A. Locksley Hall

Movie
1949Movie
1949
You're My Everything

as Joe Blanton

Movie
1949Movie
1948Movie
1948
My Dear Secretary

as Deveny (Bryant Detective Agency)

Movie
1948
An Innocent Affair

as Ken St. Clair

Movie
1948Movie
1948
The Main Street Kid

as The Great Martine

Movie
1947
Captain from Castile

as Prof. Botello

Movie
1947
Merton of the Movies

as Frank Mulvaney

Movie
1947
Lured

as Lyle Maxwell

Movie
1947
The Pilgrim Lady

as Clifford Latimer

Movie
1946
My Darling Clementine

as Granville Thorndyke

Movie
1946
Idea Girl

as J. C. Crow

Movie
1946
Terror by Night

as Major Duncan-Bleek

Movie
1945
Sunbonnet Sue

as Jonathan

Movie
1945
Men in Her Diary

as Douglas Crane

Movie
1945
Tell It to a Star

as Col. Ambrose Morgan

Movie
1945
Where Do We Go from Here?

as General George Washington

Movie
1945Movie
1945
Earl Carroll Vanities

as Grand Duke Paul

Movie
1945Movie
1944
My Gal Loves Music

as Rodney Spoonyer

Movie
1944
The Doughgirls

as Breckinridge Drake

Movie
1944
Ever Since Venus

as J. Webster Hackett

Movie
1943
His Butler's Sister

as Buzz Jenkins

Movie
1943
Holy Matrimony

as Mr. Pennington

Movie
1943
So This Is Washington

as Chester W. Marshall

Movie
1943
Stage Door Canteen

as Alan Mowbray

Movie
1943
Slightly Dangerous

as English Gentleman

Movie
1943
The Powers Girl

as John Robert Powers

Movie
1942Movie
1942
Panama Hattie

as Jay Jerkins, Dick's Butler

Movie
1942Movie
1942
A Yank at Eton

as Mr. Duncan

Movie
1942
The Mad Martindales

as Hugo Martindale

Movie
1942
We Were Dancing

as Grand Duke Basil

Movie
1942
Yokel Boy

as R.B. Harris - Movie Producer

Movie
1942
Three Blonde Mice

as Elmer Smith

Movie
1941
The Perfect Snob

as Freddie Browning

Movie
1941Movie
1941
Moon Over Her Shoulder

as Grover Sloan

Movie
1941
Ice-Capades

as Pete Ellis

Movie
1941
The Cowboy and the Blonde

as Phineas Johnson

Movie
1941
That Uncertain Feeling

as Doctor Vengard

Movie
1941
That Hamilton Woman

as Sir William Hamilton

Movie
1941
Footlight Fever

as Don Avery

Movie
1940
The Quarterback

as Professor Hobbs

Movie
1940Movie
1940Movie
1940
Scatterbrain

as J.R. Russell

Movie
1940
Curtain Call

as Donald Avery

Movie
1940
Music in My Heart

as Charles Spencer Gardner III

Movie
1939
The Llano Kid

as John Travers

Movie
1939
Way Down South

as Jacques Bouton

Movie
1939
Never Say Die

as le Prince Smirnov

Movie
1938
Topper Takes a Trip

as Wilkins - Topper's Butler

Movie
1938
There Goes My Heart

as Penny E. Pennypepper

Movie
1938
Merrily We Live

as Grosvenor

Movie
1938
Hollywood Hotel

as Alexander Duprey

Movie
1937Movie
1937
Stand-In

as Koslofski

Movie
1937
Music for Madame

as Leon Rodowsky

Movie
1937
On Such a Night

as Prof. Richard Candle

Movie
1937
Vogues of 1938

as Henry Morgan

Movie
1937
Topper

as Wilkins

Movie
1937
Marry the Girl

as Dr. Stryker

Movie
1937Movie
1937Movie
1937
On the Avenue

as Frederick Sims

Movie
1936
Rainbow on the River

as Ralph Layton

Movie
1936
Four Days Wonder

as Archibald Fenton

Movie
1936
Ladies in Love

as Paul Sandor

Movie
1936
My Man Godfrey

as Tommy Gray

Movie
1936
Mary of Scotland

as Throckmorton

Movie
1936
Fatal Lady

as Uberto Malla

Movie
1936
The Case Against Mrs. Ames

as Lawrence Waterson

Movie
1936
Desire

as Dr. Maurice Pauquet

Movie
1936
Give Us This Night

as Forcellini

Movie
1936
Muss 'em Up

as Paul Harding

Movie
1936
Rose Marie

as Premier

Movie
1935
In Person

as Jay Holmes

Movie
1935
She Couldn't Take It

as Alan Bartlett

Movie
1935
The Gay Deception

as Lord Clewe

Movie
1935
Lady Tubbs

as Elyot Wembsleigh

Movie
1935
Becky Sharp

as Rawdon Crawley

Movie
1935Movie
1934
Charlie Chan in London

as Geoffrey Richmond

Movie
1934Movie
1934
One More River

as Forsythe

Movie
1934
The Girl from Missouri

as Lord Douglas

Movie
1934
Little Man, What Now?

as Franz Schlüter

Movie
1934Movie
1934
Cheaters

as Paul Southern

Movie
1934
The House of Rothschild

as Prince Metternich

Movie
1934
Long Lost Father

as Sir Anthony "Tony" Gelding

Movie
1933
Her Secret

as Nils Norton

Movie
1933
Roman Scandals

as Majordomo

Movie
1933
The World Changes

as Sir Philip Ivor

Movie
1933
Berkeley Square

as Major Clinton

Movie
1933
Voltaire

as Count de Sarnac

Movie
1933
Midnight Club

as Arthur Bradley

Movie
1933
Peg o' My Heart

as Capt. Christopher 'Chris' Brent

Movie
1933Movie
1932
Sherlock Holmes

as Colonel Gore-King

Movie
1932
The Phantom President

as George Washington (uncredited)

Movie
1932
Two Against the World

as George 'Georgie' Walton

Movie
1932
Winner Take All

as Forbes, the etiquette teacher

Movie
1932
The Man Called Back

as King's Counsel

Movie
1932
Jewel Robbery

as Detective Fritz

Movie
1932Movie
1932
Man About Town

as Ivan Boris

Movie
1932Movie
1932
Hotel Continental

as Walter Underwood

Movie
1932
The Silent Witness

as Arthur Drinton

Movie
1932Movie
1931
Nice Women

as Mark Chandler

Movie
1931
Honor of the Family

as Tony Revere

Movie
1931Movie
1931
Alexander Hamilton

as George Washington

Movie
1931
Guilty Hands

as Gordon Rich

Movie
1931Movie
1931
The Man in Possession

as Sir Charles Cartwright

Movie
1931
God's Gift to Women

as Auguste, Toto's Butler

Movie

Personal Info

DepartmentActing
BirthdayAugust 17, 1896
Day of DeathMarch 25, 1969
Place of BirthLondon, England, UK
Popularity0.6