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Alan Mowbray
Actor
Born August 17, 1896Died March 25, 1969 (72 years)
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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.
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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.
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Filmography
| 2009 | Elementary My Dear Watson: The Man Behind Sherlock Holmes · as Major Duncan-Bleek |
| 1997 | Twentieth Century Fox: The First 50 Years · as Actor 'springtime In The Rockies' |
| 1992 | John Ford · as Granville Thorndyke [in "my Darling Clementine"] |
| 1984 | Going Hollywood: The '30s · as (archive Footage) |
| 1971 | The American West of John Ford · as Actor 'wagon Master' |
| 1967 | The Flying Nun (TV Series) · as Father Duffy |
| 1965 | Mister Roberts (TV Series) |
| 1964 | Profiles in Courage (TV Series) · as The Man In The Stocks |
| 1964 | The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (TV Series) · as Harry Blackburn |
| 1963 | Petticoat Junction (TV Series) · as Lucius J. Penrose |
| 1963 | Burke's Law (TV Series) · as Butterfield |
| 1963 | The Patty Duke Show (TV Series) |
| 1962 | The Beverly Hillbillies (TV Series) · as Montrose |
| 1961 | A Majority of One · as Captain Norcross |
| 1961 | Whispering Smith (TV Series) · as Lord Alfred Hilary |
| 1960 | Dante (TV Series) · as Stewart Styles |
| 1959 | Ford Startime (TV Series) · as King Arthur |
| 1958 | Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer (1958) (TV Series) · as Carlson |
| 1957 | Maverick (TV Series) · as Luke Abigor |
| 1957 | Meet McGraw (TV Series) · as Osgood |
| 1957 | |
| 1956 | Around the World in 80 Days · as British Consul |
| 1956 | The Gale Storm Show (TV Series) · as Hadley Dexter |
| 1956 | The King and I · as Sir John Hay |
| 1956 | The Man Who Knew Too Much · as Val Parnell |
| 1956 | Once Upon a Honeymoon · as Gordon |
| 1955 | Matinee Theater (TV Series) |
| 1955 | Crossroads (1955) (TV Series) · as Dr. Yard |
| 1955 | The King's Thief · as Sir Gilbert Talbot |
| 1955 | The Bob Cummings Show (TV Series) · as Hawthorne |
| 1954 | The Steel Cage · as Lee Filbert, Segment "the Chef" |
| 1954 | The Mickey Rooney Show (TV Series) · as Jonathan Swift, Drama Instructor |
| 1954 | Ma and Pa Kettle at Home · as Alphonsus Mannering |
| 1953 | The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse (TV Series) · as Cast |
| 1953 | Private Secretary (TV Series) · as Cast |
| 1953 | The Life of Riley (1953) (TV Series) · as Uncle Baxter |
| 1952 | Blackbeard, the Pirate · as Noll |
| 1952 | Androcles and the Lion · as Editor Of Gladiators |
| 1952 | Mr. & Mrs. North (TV Series) |
| 1952 | The Adventures of Ozzie & Harriet (TV Series) · as Orville |
| 1952 | Ford Theatre: All Star Theatre (TV Series) |
| 1952 | Four Star Playhouse (TV Series) · as Jackson - Waiter |
| 1952 | The Unexpected (TV Series) · as Cast |
| 1951 | Crosswinds · as The Hon Cecil Daubrey |
| 1951 | Schlitz Playhouse of Stars (TV Series) · as Mayor Perkins |
| 1951 | The Red Skelton Show (TV Series) · as Explorer Radccliffe |
| 1951 | Gruen Guild Theater (TV Series) · as Cast |
| 1951 | The Lady and the Bandit · as Lord Charles Willoughby |
| 1950 | The Bigelow Theatre (TV Series) · as Curt |
| 1950 | The Jackpot · as Leslie |
| 1950 | The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show (TV Series) · as Professor Bradford |
| 1950 | The Lux Video Theatre (TV Series) · as Carter |
| 1950 | Wagon Master · as Dr. A. Locksley Hall |
| 1950 | |
| 1949 | |
| 1949 | The Lone Wolf and His Lady · as Jamison |
| 1949 | You're My Everything · as Joe Blanton |
| 1949 | The Lovable Cheat · as Justin |
| 1948 | Every Girl Should Be Married · as Mr. Spitzer |
| 1948 | My Dear Secretary · as Deveny (bryant Detective Agency) |
| 1948 | An Innocent Affair · as Ken St. Clair |
| 1948 | The Prince of Thieves · as The Friar |
| 1947 | Captain from Castile · as Prof. Botello |
| 1947 | Merton of the Movies · as Frank Mulvaney |
| 1947 | Lured · as Lyle Maxwell |
| 1946 | My Darling Clementine · as Granville Thorndyke |
| 1946 | Terror by Night · as Major Duncan-Bleek |
| 1945 | Sunbonnet Sue · as Jonathan |
| 1945 | Where Do We Go from Here? · as General George Washington |
| 1945 | The Phantom of 42nd Street · as Cecil Moore |
| 1945 | Earl Carroll Vanities · as Grand Duke Paul |
| 1945 | Bring on the Girls · as August |
| 1944 | The Doughgirls · as Breckinridge Drake |
| 1943 | His Butler's Sister · as Buzz Jenkins |
| 1943 | Holy Matrimony · as Mr. Pennington |
| 1943 | So This Is Washington · as Chester W. Marshall |
| 1943 | Slightly Dangerous · as English Gentleman |
| 1943 | The Powers Girl · as John Robert Powers |
| 1942 | Panama Hattie · as Jay Jerkins, Dick's Butler |
| 1942 | Isle of Missing Men · as Dr. Brown |
| 1942 | We Were Dancing · as Grand Duke Basil |
| 1942 | A Yank at Eton · as Mr. Duncan |
| 1942 | Yokel Boy · as R.b. Harris - Movie Producer |
| 1941 | The Perfect Snob · as Freddie Browning |
| 1941 | I Wake Up Screaming · as Robin Ray |
| 1941 | Ice-Capades · as Pete Ellis |
| 1941 | The Cowboy and the Blonde · as Phineas Johnson |
| 1941 | That Hamilton Woman · as Sir William Hamilton |
| 1941 | That Uncertain Feeling · as Doctor Vengard |
| 1941 | Footlight Fever · as Don Avery |
| 1940 | The Villain Still Pursued Her · as Silas Cribbs |
| 1940 | The Boys from Syracuse · as Angelo |
| 1940 | Scatterbrain · as J.r. Russell |
| 1940 | Curtain Call · as Donald Avery |
| 1940 | Music in My Heart · as Charles Spencer Gardner Iii |
| 1939 | Way Down South · as Jacques Bouton |
| 1939 | Never Say Die · as Le Prince Smirnov |
| 1938 | Topper Takes a Trip · as Wilkins - Topper's Butler |
| 1938 | There Goes My Heart · as Penny E. Pennypepper |
| 1938 | Merrily We Live · as Grosvenor |
| 1937 | Hollywood Hotel · as Alexander Duprey |
| 1937 | Stand-In · as Koslofski |
| 1937 | Music for Madame · as Leon Rodowsky |
| 1937 | Vogues of 1938 · as Henry Morgan |
| 1937 | |
| 1937 | Marry the Girl · as Dr. Stryker |
| 1937 | The King and the Chorus Girl · as Donald Taylor |
| 1937 | On the Avenue · as Frederick Sims |
| 1936 | Rainbow on the River · as Ralph Layton |
| 1936 | Ladies in Love · as Paul Sandor |
| 1936 | My Man Godfrey · as Tommy Gray |
| 1936 | Mary of Scotland · as Throckmorton |
| 1936 | Fatal Lady · as Uberto Malla |
| 1936 | The Case Against Mrs. Ames · as Lawrence Waterson |
| 1936 | Give Us This Night · as Forcellini |
| 1936 | Desire · as Dr. Maurice Pauquet |
| 1936 | Muss 'em Up · as Paul Harding |
| 1936 | Rose-Marie · as Premier |
| 1935 | In Person · as Jay Holmes |
| 1935 | She Couldn't Take It · as Alan Bartlett |
| 1935 | The Gay Deception · as Lord Clewe |
| 1935 | Becky Sharp · as Rawdon Crawley |
| 1935 | Night Life of the Gods · as Hunter Hawk |
| 1934 | Charlie Chan in London · as Geoffrey Richmond |
| 1934 | One More River · as Forsythe |
| 1934 | The Girl from Missouri · as Lord Douglas |
| 1934 | Little Man, What Now? · as Franz Schlüter |
| 1934 | Where Sinners Meet · as Nicholas |
| 1934 | The House of Rothschild · as Prince Metternich |
| 1934 | Long Lost Father · as Sir Anthony "tony" Gelding |
| 1933 | Roman Scandals · as Majordomo |
| 1933 | The World Changes · as Sir Philip Ivor |
| 1933 | Berkeley Square · as Major Clinton |
| 1933 | Voltaire · as Count De Sarnac |
| 1933 | Midnight Club · as Arthur Bradley |
| 1933 | Peg o' My Heart · as Capt. Christopher 'chris' Brent |
| 1933 | A Study in Scarlet · as Lestrade |
| 1933 | Our Betters · as Lord George Grayston |
| 1932 | The Bride's Bereavement; or, the Snake in the Grass · as Sir Mortimer Delacey |
| 1932 | Sherlock Holmes · as Colonel Gore-King |
| 1932 | The Phantom President · as George Washington (uncredited) |
| 1932 | Two Against the World · as George 'georgie' Walton |
| 1932 | Jewel Robbery · as Detective Fritz |
| 1932 | Winner Take All · as Forbes, The Etiquette Teacher |
| 1932 | The Man from Yesterday · as Dr. Waite |
| 1932 | The World and the Flesh · as Dimitri |
| 1932 | Hotel Continental · as Walter Underwood |
| 1932 | The Silent Witness · as Arthur Drinton |
| 1932 | Lovers Courageous · as Lamone |
| 1931 | Left Over Ladies · as Jerry |
| 1931 | Alexander Hamilton · as George Washington |
| 1931 | Guilty Hands · as Gordon Rich |
| 1931 | How I Play Golf, by Bobby Jones No. 6: 'the Big Irons' · as Mr. Mowbray (uncredited) |
| 1931 | The Man in Possession · as Sir Charles Cartwright |
| 1931 | God's Gift to Women · as Auguste, Toto's Butler |