Alan Mowbray
Known for Acting · 176 credits
- Born
- 1896-08-17
- Died
- 1969-03-25
- Place of birth
- London, England, UK
- Also known as
- Allan Mowbray · Alfred Ernest Allen · Альфред Эрнест Аллен
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.
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Known For
TV Shows (33)
Petticoat Junction
1963
as Lucius J. Penrose
Robert Montgomery Presents
1950
Maverick
1957
as Luke Abigor
Matinee Theater
1955
The Beverly Hillbillies
1962
as Montrose
Four Star Playhouse
1952
as Jackson / Albert / Jackson - Waiter
The Red Skelton Show
1951
as Explorer Radccliffe
Burke's Law
1963
as Butterfield
The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet
1952
as Orville
The Ford Television Theatre
1952
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
1957
as Self
The Flying Nun
1967
as Father Duffy
The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show
1950
as Professor Bradford
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
1964
as Harry Blackburn
The Life Of Riley
1953
as Uncle Baxter
Startime
1959
as King Arthur
Lux Video Theatre
1950
as Carter
The Bob Cummings Show
1955
as Hawthorne
The Patty Duke Show
1963
Mr. & Mrs. North
1952
Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer
1958
as Carlson
The Gale Storm Show
1956
as Hadley Dexter
The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse
1953
Chevron Theatre
1952
Mister Roberts
1965
Meet McGraw
1957
as Osgood
The Investigators
1961
as Cranshaw
Blondie
1957
as Jack Bell
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951
as Mayor Perkins
Hey Mulligan
1954
as Jonathan Swift, Drama Instructor
Dante
1960
as Stewart Styles
Colonel Humphrey Flack
1953
Fibber McGee & Molly
1959
Movies (143)
Around the World in 80 Days
1956
as British Consul
The Man Who Knew Too Much
1956
as Val Parnell
The King and I
1956
as Sir John Hay
My Darling Clementine
1946
as Granville Thorndyke
Topper
1937
as Wilkins
The Jackpot
1950
as Leslie
Stand-In
1937
as Koslofski
Becky Sharp
1935
as Rawdon Crawley
Midnight Club
1933
as Arthur Bradley
In Person
1935
as Jay Holmes
My Man Godfrey
1936
as Tommy Gray
Rose Marie
1936
as Premier
Wagon Master
1950
as Dr. A. Locksley Hall
That Hamilton Woman
1941
as Sir William Hamilton
Lured
1947
as Lyle Maxwell
Holy Matrimony
1943
as Mr. Pennington
Embarrassing Moments
1934
as Aheam
Captain from Castile
1947
as Prof. Botello
Desire
1936
as Dr. Maurice Pauquet
Stage Door Canteen
1943
as Alan Mowbray
The Quarterback
1940
as Professor Hobbs
Terror by Night
1946
as Major Duncan-Bleek
Blackbeard, the Pirate
1952
as Noll
Every Girl Should Be Married
1948
as Mr. Spitzer
The Gay Deception
1935
as Lord Clewe
Androcles and the Lion
1952
as Editor of Gladiators
Slightly Dangerous
1943
as English Gentleman
Charlie Chan in London
1934
as Geoffrey Richmond
My Dear Secretary
1948
as Deveny (Bryant Detective Agency)
Marry the Girl
1937
as Dr. Stryker
Footlight Fever
1941
as Don Avery
The House of Rothschild
1934
as Prince Metternich
Her Secret
1933
as Nils Norton
The Steel Cage
1954
as Lee Filbert, segment "The Chef"
Berkeley Square
1933
as Major Clinton
Guilty Hands
1931
as Gordon Rich
Going Hollywood: The '30s
1984
as (archive footage)
Merrily We Live
1938
as Grosvenor
Curtain Call
1940
as Donald Avery
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet the Killer, Boris Karloff
1949
as Melton
That Uncertain Feeling
1941
as Doctor Vengard
Panama Hattie
1942
as Jay Jerkins, Dick's Butler
A Study in Scarlet
1933
as Lestrade
Never Say Die
1939
as le Prince Smirnov
Mary of Scotland
1936
as Throckmorton
The World Changes
1933
as Sir Philip Ivor
Hollywood Hotel
1938
as Alexander Duprey
Breakdowns of 1937
1937
as Self
Left Over Ladies
1931
as Jerry
The Lovable Cheat
1949
as Justin
The King's Thief
1955
as Sir Gilbert Talbot
There Goes My Heart
1938
as Penny E. Pennypepper
I Wake Up Screaming
1941
as Robin Ray
She Couldn't Take It
1935
as Alan Bartlett
As Good as Married
1937
as Wally
Sunbonnet Sue
1945
as Jonathan
Way Down South
1939
as Jacques Bouton
Men in Her Diary
1945
as Douglas Crane
Crosswinds
1951
as The Hon Cecil Daubrey
The Lady and the Bandit
1951
as Lord Charles Willoughby
Jewel Robbery
1932
as Detective Fritz
Just Across the Street
1952
as Davis
Rainbow on the River
1936
as Ralph Layton
The Man in Possession
1931
as Sir Charles Cartwright
Roman Scandals
1933
as Majordomo
Music in My Heart
1940
as Charles Spencer Gardner III
Muss 'em Up
1936
as Paul Harding
The Powers Girl
1943
as John Robert Powers
Sherlock Holmes
1932
as Colonel Gore-King
One More River
1934
as Forsythe
Earl Carroll Vanities
1945
as Grand Duke Paul
Little Man, What Now?
1934
as Franz Schlüter
The Doughgirls
1944
as Breckinridge Drake
Where Sinners Meet
1934
as Nicholas
A Majority of One
1961
as Captain Norcross
Voltaire
1933
as Count de Sarnac
An Innocent Affair
1948
as Ken St. Clair
You're My Everything
1949
as Joe Blanton
Vogues of 1938
1937
as Henry Morgan
On Such a Night
1937
as Prof. Richard Candle
Four Days Wonder
1936
as Archibald Fenton
Moon Over Her Shoulder
1941
as Grover Sloan
Ladies in Love
1936
as Paul Sandor
Where Do We Go from Here?
1945
as General George Washington
The Perfect Snob
1941
as Freddie Browning
We Were Dancing
1942
as Grand Duke Basil
The Mad Martindales
1942
as Hugo Martindale
Winner Take All
1932
as Forbes, the etiquette teacher
The Boys from Syracuse
1940
as Angelo
Alexander Hamilton
1931
as George Washington
His Butler's Sister
1943
as Buzz Jenkins
Isle of Missing Men
1942
as Dr. Brown
The Case Against Mrs. Ames
1936
as Lawrence Waterson
The Pilgrim Lady
1947
as Clifford Latimer
So This Is Washington
1943
as Chester W. Marshall
Merton of the Movies
1947
as Frank Mulvaney
Bring on the Girls
1945
as August
Music for Madame
1937
as Leon Rodowsky
Lovers Courageous
1932
as Lamone
Ma and Pa Kettle at Home
1954
as Alphonsus Mannering
Peg o' My Heart
1933
as Capt. Christopher 'Chris' Brent
The Silent Witness
1932
as Arthur Drinton
Night Life of the Gods
1935
as Hunter Hawk
The Phantom of 42nd Street
1945
as Cecil Moore
The World and the Flesh
1932
as Dimitri
The Lone Wolf and His Lady
1949
as Jamison
A Yank at Eton
1942
as Mr. Duncan
On the Avenue
1937
as Frederick Sims
Yokel Boy
1942
as R.B. Harris - Movie Producer
Scatterbrain
1940
as J.R. Russell
Honor of the Family
1931
as Tony Revere
Idea Girl
1946
as J. C. Crow
The Devil with Hitler
1942
as Gesatan
The King and the Chorus Girl
1937
as Donald Taylor
Give Us This Night
1936
as Forcellini
Topper Takes a Trip
1938
as Wilkins - Topper's Butler
Lady Tubbs
1935
as Elyot Wembsleigh
God's Gift to Women
1931
as Auguste, Toto's Butler
The Phantom President
1932
as George Washington (uncredited)
The Villain Still Pursued Her
1940
as Silas Cribbs
About 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… With 176 credits spanning from 1931 to 1984, Alan Mowbray has appeared in 143 films and 33 TV shows.
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- Around the World in 80 Days (1956) — as British Consul
- The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956) — as Val Parnell
- The King and I (1956) — as Sir John Hay
- My Darling Clementine (1946) — as Granville Thorndyke
- Topper (1937) — as Wilkins
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