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Alan Mowbray

Alan Mowbray

​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.

Personal information

Birthday

1896-08-17

Birth Place

London, England, UK

Movies and TV shows :

A Majority of One

A Majority of One

1961

5.7

Movie
A Study in Scarlet

A Study in Scarlet

1933

5.5

Movie
A Yank at Eton

A Yank at Eton

1942

6.2

Movie
Alexander Hamilton

Alexander Hamilton

1931

4.5

Movie
An Innocent Affair

An Innocent Affair

1948

4.7

Movie
Androcles and the Lion

Androcles and the Lion

1952

5.8

Movie
Around the World in Eighty Days

Around the World in Eighty Days

1956

6.6

Movie
As Good as Married

As Good as Married

1937

7.0

Movie
Becky Sharp

Becky Sharp

1935

5.6

Movie
Berkeley Square

Berkeley Square

1933

5.6

Movie
Blackbeard, the Pirate

Blackbeard, the Pirate

1952

5.8

Movie
poster

Blondie

1957

4.7

TV
Breakdowns of 1937

Breakdowns of 1937

1937

6.0

Movie
Bring on the Girls

Bring on the Girls

1945

6.1

Movie
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet the Killer, Boris Karloff

Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet the Killer, Boris Karloff

1949

6.5

Movie
poster

Burke's Law

1963

6.0

TV
Captain from Castile

Captain from Castile

1947

7.2

Movie
Charlie Chan in London

Charlie Chan in London

1934

6.9

Movie
Cheaters

Cheaters

1934

0.0

Movie
poster

Chevron Theatre

1952

10.0

TV
poster

Colonel Humphrey Flack

1953

0.0

TV
Crosswinds

Crosswinds

1951

5.9

Movie
Curtain Call

Curtain Call

1940

7.3

Movie
poster

Dante

1960

6.0

TV
Desire

Desire

1936

6.7

Movie
Earl Carroll Vanities

Earl Carroll Vanities

1945

5.0

Movie
Embarrassing Moments

Embarrassing Moments

1934

0.0

Movie
Ever Since Venus

Ever Since Venus

1944

0.0

Movie
Every Girl Should Be Married

Every Girl Should Be Married

1948

6.4

Movie
Fatal Lady

Fatal Lady

1936

0.0

Movie
poster

Fibber McGee & Molly

1959

5.0

TV
Footlight Fever

Footlight Fever

1941

6.0

Movie
Four Days Wonder

Four Days Wonder

1936

0.0

Movie
poster

Four Star Playhouse

1952

6.1

TV
French Fried Patootie

French Fried Patootie

1941

0.0

Movie
Give Us This Night

Give Us This Night

1936

7.0

Movie
God's Gift to Women

God's Gift to Women

1931

5.0

Movie
Going Hollywood: The '30s

Going Hollywood: The '30s

1984

10.0

Movie
Guilty Hands

Guilty Hands

1931

5.8

Movie
Her Secret

Her Secret

1933

0.0

Movie
poster

Hey Mulligan

1954

6.7

TV
His Butler's Sister

His Butler's Sister

1943

7.1

Movie
Hollywood Hotel

Hollywood Hotel

1938

5.4

Movie
Holy Matrimony

Holy Matrimony

1943

6.7

Movie
Honor of the Family

Honor of the Family

1931

0.0

Movie
Hotel Continental

Hotel Continental

1932

6.0

Movie
How I Play Golf, by Bobby Jones No. 6: 'The Big Irons'

How I Play Golf, by Bobby Jones No. 6: 'The Big Irons'

1931

0.0

Movie
I Wake Up Screaming

I Wake Up Screaming

1941

6.8

Movie
Ice-Capades

Ice-Capades

1941

5.0

Movie
Idea Girl

Idea Girl

1946

0.0

Movie
In Person

In Person

1935

6.3

Movie
Isle of Missing Men

Isle of Missing Men

1942

6.2

Movie
Jewel Robbery

Jewel Robbery

1932

6.5

Movie
Just Across the Street

Just Across the Street

1952

2.0

Movie
Ladies In Love

Ladies In Love

1936

5.8

Movie
Lady Tubbs

Lady Tubbs

1935

0.0

Movie
Left Over Ladies

Left Over Ladies

1931

0.0

Movie
Little Man, What Now?

Little Man, What Now?

1934

6.4

Movie
Long Lost Father

Long Lost Father

1934

5.7

Movie
Lovers Courageous

Lovers Courageous

1932

5.8

Movie
Lured

Lured

1947

6.3

Movie
poster

Lux Video Theatre

1950

6.0

TV
Ma and Pa Kettle at Home

Ma and Pa Kettle at Home

1954

5.8

Movie
Man About Town

Man About Town

1932

0.0

Movie
Marry the Girl

Marry the Girl

1937

5.0

Movie
Mary of Scotland

Mary of Scotland

1936

6.3

Movie
poster

Matinee Theater

1955

4.6

TV
poster

Maverick

1957

6.8

TV
poster

Meet McGraw

1957

5.0

TV
Men in Her Diary

Men in Her Diary

1945

0.0

Movie
Merrily We Live

Merrily We Live

1938

7.1

Movie
Merton of the Movies

Merton of the Movies

1947

6.8

Movie
poster

Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer

1958

6.6

TV
Midnight Club

Midnight Club

1933

0.0

Movie
poster

Mister Roberts

1965

7.5

TV
Moon Over Her Shoulder

Moon Over Her Shoulder

1941

0.0

Movie
poster

Mr. & Mrs. North

1952

4.8

TV
Music for Madame

Music for Madame

1937

5.0

Movie
Music in My Heart

Music in My Heart

1940

6.1

Movie
Muss 'em Up

Muss 'em Up

1936

5.5

Movie
My Darling Clementine

My Darling Clementine

1946

7.4

Movie
My Dear Secretary

My Dear Secretary

1948

5.9

Movie
My Gal Loves Music

My Gal Loves Music

1944

0.0

Movie
My Man Godfrey

My Man Godfrey

1936

7.6

Movie
Never Say Die

Never Say Die

1939

6.8

Movie
Nice Women

Nice Women

1931

0.0

Movie
Night Life of the Gods

Night Life of the Gods

1935

0.0

Movie
On Such a Night

On Such a Night

1937

0.0

Movie
On the Avenue

On the Avenue

1937

6.7

Movie
Once Upon a Honeymoon

Once Upon a Honeymoon

1956

4.0

Movie
One More River

One More River

1934

5.3

Movie
Panama Hattie

Panama Hattie

1942

4.0

Movie
Peg o' My Heart

Peg o' My Heart

1933

5.2

Movie
poster

Petticoat Junction

1963

5.9

TV
Rainbow on the River

Rainbow on the River

1936

9.0

Movie
poster

Robert Montgomery Presents

1950

5.2

TV
Roman Scandals

Roman Scandals

1933

5.9

Movie
Rose Marie

Rose Marie

1936

6.2

Movie
Scatterbrain

Scatterbrain

1940

0.0

Movie
poster

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

1951

7.0

TV
She Couldn't Take It

She Couldn't Take It

1935

4.5

Movie
Sherlock Holmes

Sherlock Holmes

1932

5.1

Movie
Slightly Dangerous

Slightly Dangerous

1943

5.8

Movie
So This Is Washington

So This Is Washington

1943

4.8

Movie
Social Lion

Social Lion

1954

6.3

Movie
Stage Door Canteen

Stage Door Canteen

1943

6.1

Movie
Stand-In

Stand-In

1937

6.2

Movie
Sunbonnet Sue

Sunbonnet Sue

1945

5.0

Movie
Tell It to a Star

Tell It to a Star

1945

0.0

Movie
Terror by Night

Terror by Night

1946

6.6

Movie
That Hamilton Woman

That Hamilton Woman

1941

7.0

Movie
That Uncertain Feeling

That Uncertain Feeling

1941

6.5

Movie
poster

The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet

1952

6.1

TV
poster

The Beverly Hillbillies

1962

6.9

TV
poster

The Bob Cummings Show

1955

5.8

TV
The Boys from Syracuse

The Boys from Syracuse

1940

6.5

Movie
The Case Against Mrs. Ames

The Case Against Mrs. Ames

1936

1.0

Movie
The Cowboy and the Blonde

The Cowboy and the Blonde

1941

0.0

Movie
The Devil with Hitler

The Devil with Hitler

1942

5.2

Movie
The Doughgirls

The Doughgirls

1944

7.0

Movie
poster

The Flying Nun

1967

6.5

TV
poster

The Ford Television Theatre

1952

7.0

TV
poster

The Gale Storm Show

1956

5.5

TV
The Gay Deception

The Gay Deception

1935

6.4

Movie
poster

The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show

1950

6.8

TV
The Girl from Missouri

The Girl from Missouri

1934

6.9

Movie
The House of Rothschild

The House of Rothschild

1934

6.2

Movie
The Jackpot

The Jackpot

1950

6.9

Movie
The King and I

The King and I

1956

7.1

Movie
The King and the Chorus Girl

The King and the Chorus Girl

1937

5.5

Movie
The King's Thief

The King's Thief

1955

6.2

Movie
The Lady and the Bandit

The Lady and the Bandit

1951

6.0

Movie
poster

The Life Of Riley

1953

6.0

TV
The Llano Kid

The Llano Kid

1939

0.0

Movie
The Lone Wolf and His Lady

The Lone Wolf and His Lady

1949

4.7

Movie
The Lovable Cheat

The Lovable Cheat

1949

3.0

Movie
The Mad Martindales

The Mad Martindales

1942

5.0

Movie
The Main Street Kid

The Main Street Kid

1948

0.0

Movie
The Man Called Back

The Man Called Back

1932

4.5

Movie
poster

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

1964

7.1

TV
The Man from Yesterday

The Man from Yesterday

1932

4.8

Movie
The Man in Possession

The Man in Possession

1931

6.5

Movie
The Man Who Knew Too Much

The Man Who Knew Too Much

1956

7.5

Movie
poster

The Patty Duke Show

1963

5.7

TV
The Perfect Snob

The Perfect Snob

1941

6.3

Movie
The Phantom of 42nd Street

The Phantom of 42nd Street

1945

4.5

Movie
The Phantom President

The Phantom President

1932

5.5

Movie
The Pilgrim Lady

The Pilgrim Lady

1947

5.0

Movie
The Powers Girl

The Powers Girl

1943

6.5

Movie
The Prince Of Thieves

The Prince Of Thieves

1948

5.7

Movie
The Quarterback

The Quarterback

1940

0.0

Movie
poster

The Red Skelton Show

1951

7.4

TV
The Silent Witness

The Silent Witness

1932

5.5

Movie
The Steel Cage

The Steel Cage

1954

0.0

Movie
The Villain Still Pursued Her

The Villain Still Pursued Her

1940

5.1

Movie
The World and the Flesh

The World and the Flesh

1932

6.5

Movie
The World Changes

The World Changes

1933

4.8

Movie
There Goes My Heart

There Goes My Heart

1938

7.2

Movie
Three Blonde Mice

Three Blonde Mice

1942

0.0

Movie
poster

Tonight Starring Jack Paar

1957

6.5

TV
Topper

Topper

1937

6.7

Movie
Topper Takes a Trip

Topper Takes a Trip

1938

6.4

Movie
Two Against the World

Two Against the World

1932

5.6

Movie
Vogues of 1938

Vogues of 1938

1937

5.3

Movie
Voltaire

Voltaire

1933

5.7

Movie
Wagon Master

Wagon Master

1950

6.7

Movie
Way Down South

Way Down South

1939

5.4

Movie
We Were Dancing

We Were Dancing

1942

4.2

Movie
Where Do We Go from Here?

Where Do We Go from Here?

1945

5.3

Movie
Where Sinners Meet

Where Sinners Meet

1934

2.5

Movie
Winner Take All

Winner Take All

1932

5.3

Movie
Yokel Boy

Yokel Boy

1942

4.7

Movie
You're My Everything

You're My Everything

1949

3.3

Movie