Alan Mowbray

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

177

Gender

Male

Birthday

1896-08-17

Day of death

1969-03-25 (72 years old)

Place of Birth

London, England, UK

Alan Mowbray

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

  • Four Star Playhouse

    Four Star Playhouse

  • Four Star Playhouse

    Four Star Playhouse

  • Four Star Playhouse

    Four Star Playhouse

  • Maverick

    Maverick

  • The Beverly Hillbillies

    The Beverly Hillbillies

  • Robert Montgomery Presents

    Robert Montgomery Presents

  • Petticoat Junction

    Petticoat Junction

  • The Red Skelton Show

    The Red Skelton Show

  • Matinee Theater

    Matinee Theater

  • Burke's Law

    Burke's Law

  • The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet

    The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet

  • Tonight Starring Jack Paar

    Tonight Starring Jack Paar

  • The Man from U.N.C.L.E.

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

  • The Flying Nun

    The Flying Nun

  • The Patty Duke Show

    The Patty Duke Show

  • The Ford Television Theatre

    The Ford Television Theatre

  • Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer

    Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer

  • The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show

    The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show

  • The Life Of Riley

    The Life Of Riley

  • Lux Video Theatre

    Lux Video Theatre

  • The Case Against Mrs. Ames

    The Case Against Mrs. Ames

  • Midnight Club

    Midnight Club

  • Rose Marie

    Rose Marie

  • The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse

    The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse

  • Desire

    Desire

  • Guilty Hands

    Guilty Hands

  • Crosswinds

    Crosswinds

  • Footlight Fever

    Footlight Fever

  • Mr. & Mrs. North

    Mr. & Mrs. North

  • Cheaters

    Cheaters

  • Lady Tubbs

    Lady Tubbs

  • Yokel Boy

    Yokel Boy

  • Scatterbrain

    Scatterbrain

  • Jewel Robbery

    Jewel Robbery

  • Becky Sharp

    Becky Sharp

  • Topper

    Topper

  • Wagon Master

    Wagon Master

  • The Jackpot

    The Jackpot

  • The Bob Cummings Show

    The Bob Cummings Show

  • Hollywood Hotel

    Hollywood Hotel

  • The King and I

    The King and I

  • Lured

    Lured

  • The Gale Storm Show

    The Gale Storm Show

  • Sherlock Holmes

    Sherlock Holmes

  • The Investigators

    The Investigators

  • Berkeley Square

    Berkeley Square

  • Lovers Courageous

    Lovers Courageous

  • Sunbonnet Sue

    Sunbonnet Sue

  • The Doughgirls

    The Doughgirls

  • In Person

    In Person

  • Curtain Call

    Curtain Call

  • Slightly Dangerous

    Slightly Dangerous

  • Every Girl Should Be Married

    Every Girl Should Be Married

  • Ice-Capades

    Ice-Capades

  • Topper Takes a Trip

    Topper Takes a Trip

  • Hotel Continental

    Hotel Continental

  • Roman Scandals

    Roman Scandals

  • Mister Roberts

    Mister Roberts

  • My Darling Clementine

    My Darling Clementine

  • The Girl from Missouri

    The Girl from Missouri

  • Chevron Theatre

    Chevron Theatre

  • Little Man, What Now?

    Little Man, What Now?

  • Around the World in 80 Days

    Around the World in 80 Days

  • Stand-In

    Stand-In

  • The Man Who Knew Too Much

    The Man Who Knew Too Much

  • Blondie

    Blondie

  • My Dear Secretary

    My Dear Secretary

  • Alexander Hamilton

    Alexander Hamilton

  • On Such a Night

    On Such a Night

  • The Phantom of 42nd Street

    The Phantom of 42nd Street

  • I Wake Up Screaming

    I Wake Up Screaming

  • The Llano Kid

    The Llano Kid

  • The Man from Yesterday

    The Man from Yesterday

  • The Perfect Snob

    The Perfect Snob

  • The Boys from Syracuse

    The Boys from Syracuse

  • Terror by Night

    Terror by Night

  • The Man in Possession

    The Man in Possession

  • Androcles and the Lion

    Androcles and the Lion

  • The Lone Wolf and His Lady

    The Lone Wolf and His Lady

  • On the Avenue

    On the Avenue

  • Ma and Pa Kettle at Home

    Ma and Pa Kettle at Home

  • Never Say Die

    Never Say Die

  • Music in My Heart

    Music in My Heart

  • Moon Over Her Shoulder

    Moon Over Her Shoulder

  • The Main Street Kid

    The Main Street Kid

  • Dante

    Dante

  • Blackbeard, the Pirate

    Blackbeard, the Pirate

  • The Silent Witness

    The Silent Witness

  • The Phantom President

    The Phantom President

  • Voltaire

    Voltaire

  • Charlie Chan in London

    Charlie Chan in London

  • Two Against the World

    Two Against the World

  • Meet McGraw

    Meet McGraw

  • Where Do We Go from Here?

    Where Do We Go from Here?

  • The House of Rothschild

    The House of Rothschild

  • Merrily We Live

    Merrily We Live

  • My Man Godfrey

    My Man Godfrey

  • Ladies in Love

    Ladies in Love

  • Once Upon a Honeymoon

    Once Upon a Honeymoon

  • Captain from Castile

    Captain from Castile

  • One More River

    One More River

  • The Mad Martindales

    The Mad Martindales

  • Long Lost Father

    Long Lost Father

  • The Villain Still Pursued Her

    The Villain Still Pursued Her

  • That Uncertain Feeling

    That Uncertain Feeling

  • A Majority of One

    A Majority of One

  • Way Down South

    Way Down South

  • Music for Madame

    Music for Madame

  • The Prince of Thieves

    The Prince of Thieves

  • Stage Door Canteen

    Stage Door Canteen

  • The Devil with Hitler

    The Devil with Hitler

  • As Good as Married

    As Good as Married

  • The Steel Cage

    The Steel Cage

  • Rainbow on the River

    Rainbow on the River

  • Isle of Missing Men

    Isle of Missing Men

  • The Pilgrim Lady

    The Pilgrim Lady

  • The Man Called Back

    The Man Called Back

  • Earl Carroll Vanities

    Earl Carroll Vanities

  • Breakdowns of 1937

    Breakdowns of 1937

  • You're My Everything

    You're My Everything

  • Merton of the Movies

    Merton of the Movies

  • That Hamilton Woman

    That Hamilton Woman

  • The Lovable Cheat

    The Lovable Cheat

  • An Innocent Affair

    An Innocent Affair

  • Marry the Girl

    Marry the Girl

  • Give Us This Night

    Give Us This Night

  • Going Hollywood: The '30s

    Going Hollywood: The '30s

  • Hey Mulligan

    Hey Mulligan

  • Where Sinners Meet

    Where Sinners Meet

  • Four Days Wonder

    Four Days Wonder

  • God's Gift to Women

    God's Gift to Women

  • His Butler's Sister

    His Butler's Sister

  • Nice Women

    Nice Women

  • So This Is Washington

    So This Is Washington

  • My Gal Loves Music

    My Gal Loves Music

  • We Were Dancing

    We Were Dancing

  • Honor of the Family

    Honor of the Family

  • The Gay Deception

    The Gay Deception

  • The World and the Flesh

    The World and the Flesh

  • Mary of Scotland

    Mary of Scotland

  • The Powers Girl

    The Powers Girl

  • Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

    Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

  • Winner Take All

    Winner Take All

  • Just Across the Street

    Just Across the Street

  • The King and the Chorus Girl

    The King and the Chorus Girl

  • The World Changes

    The World Changes

  • Men in Her Diary

    Men in Her Diary

  • Bring on the Girls

    Bring on the Girls

  • The King's Thief

    The King's Thief

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

    Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet the Killer, Boris Karloff

  • Man About Town

    Man About Town

  • Vogues of 1938

    Vogues of 1938

  • Holy Matrimony

    Holy Matrimony

  • Panama Hattie

    Panama Hattie

  • Fibber McGee & Molly

    Fibber McGee & Molly

  • Colonel Humphrey Flack

    Colonel Humphrey Flack

  • A Study in Scarlet

    A Study in Scarlet

  • Left Over Ladies

    Left Over Ladies

  • There Goes My Heart

    There Goes My Heart

  • The Cowboy and the Blonde

    The Cowboy and the Blonde

  • A Yank at Eton

    A Yank at Eton

  • Peg o' My Heart

    Peg o' My Heart

  • Embarrassing Moments

    Embarrassing Moments

  • Fatal Lady

    Fatal Lady

  • She Couldn't Take It

    She Couldn't Take It

  • Social Lion

    Social Lion

  • Ever Since Venus

    Ever Since Venus

  • Idea Girl

    Idea Girl

  • Her Secret

    Her Secret

  • Tell It to a Star

    Tell It to a Star

  • Night Life of the Gods

    Night Life of the Gods

  • The Lady and the Bandit

    The Lady and the Bandit

  • Muss 'em Up

    Muss 'em Up

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

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

  • The Quarterback

    The Quarterback

  • Three Blonde Mice

    Three Blonde Mice

  • French Fried Patootie

    French Fried Patootie