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.
Movie | Going Hollywood: The '30s | (archive footage) | 1984-01-01 |
Series | Mister Roberts | Unknown | 1965-09-17 |
Series | The Patty Duke Show | Unknown | 1963-09-18 |
Series | Burke's Law | Unknown | 1963-09-20 |
Series | Petticoat Junction | Unknown | 1963-09-24 |
Series | The Beverly Hillbillies | Unknown | 1962-09-26 |
Movie | A Majority of One | Captain Norcross | 1961-12-27 |
Series | Dante | Stewart Styles | 1960-10-03 |
Series | Fibber McGee & Molly | Unknown | 1959-09-15 |
Series | Maverick | Unknown | 1957-09-22 |
Movie | Once Upon a Honeymoon | Gordon | 1956-01-01 |
Movie | The Man Who Knew Too Much | Val Parnell | 1956-05-16 |
Movie | The King and I | Sir John Hay | 1956-06-29 |
Movie | Around the World in Eighty Days | British Consul | 1956-10-17 |
Movie | The King's Thief | Sir Gilbert Talbot | 1955-08-05 |
Series | Matinee Theater | Unknown | 1955-10-31 |
Movie | Social Lion | Narrator | 1954-10-14 |
Movie | Ma and Pa Kettle at Home | Alphonsus Mannering | 1954-03-10 |
Movie | The Steel Cage | Lee Filbert, segment "The Chef" | 1954-12-01 |
Series | Colonel Humphrey Flack | 1953-10-07 | |
Series | Mr. & Mrs. North | Unknown | 1952-10-03 |
Movie | Just Across the Street | Davis | 1952-06-15 |
Movie | Androcles and the Lion | Editor of Gladiators | 1952-12-01 |
Movie | Blackbeard, the Pirate | Noll | 1952-12-24 |
Movie | The Lady and the Bandit | Lord Charles Willoughby | 1951-08-13 |
Movie | Crosswinds | The Hon Cecil Daubrey | 1951-10-01 |
Series | Schlitz Playhouse of Stars | Unknown | 1951-10-05 |
Series | Robert Montgomery Presents | Unknown | 1950-01-30 |
Movie | Wagon Master | Dr. A. Locksley Hall | 1950-04-22 |
Movie | The Jackpot | Leslie | 1950-11-01 |
Series | Lux Video Theatre | Unknown | 1950-10-02 |
Movie | The Lovable Cheat | Justin | 1949-05-11 |
Movie | You're My Everything | Joe Blanton | 1949-07-22 |
Movie | The Lone Wolf and His Lady | Jamison | 1949-08-11 |
Movie | Abbott and Costello Meet the Killer, Boris Karloff | Melton | 1949-08-22 |
Movie | The Main Street Kid | The Great Martine | 1948-01-01 |
Movie | The Prince Of Thieves | The Friar | 1948-01-16 |
Movie | An Innocent Affair | Ken St. Clair | 1948-10-15 |
Movie | Every Girl Should Be Married | Mr. Spitzer | 1948-12-25 |
Movie | My Dear Secretary | Deveny (Bryant Detective Agency) | 1948-11-05 |
Movie | Merton of the Movies | Frank Mulvaney | 1947-10-11 |
Movie | Lured | Lyle Maxwell | 1947-08-28 |
Movie | Captain from Castile | Prof. Botello | 1947-12-25 |
Movie | Terror by Night | Major Duncan-Bleek | 1946-02-01 |
Movie | My Darling Clementine | Granville Thorndyke | 1946-10-17 |
Movie | Earl Carroll Vanities | Grand Duke Paul | 1945-04-05 |
Movie | Bring on the Girls | August | 1945-03-30 |
Movie | The Phantom of 42nd Street | Cecil Moore | 1945-05-02 |
Movie | Tell It to a Star | Col. Ambrose Morgan | 1945-08-16 |
Movie | Where Do We Go from Here? | General George Washington | 1945-05-23 |
Movie | Sunbonnet Sue | Jonathan | 1945-10-05 |
Movie | Ever Since Venus | J. Webster Hackett | 1944-09-14 |
Movie | The Doughgirls | Breckinridge Drake | 1944-11-25 |
Movie | My Gal Loves Music | Rodney Spoonyer | 1944-12-01 |
Movie | The Powers Girl | John Robert Powers | 1943-01-15 |
Movie | Slightly Dangerous | English Gentleman | 1943-04-01 |
Movie | Stage Door Canteen | Alan Mowbray | 1943-06-24 |
Movie | His Butler's Sister | Buzz Jenkins | 1943-11-26 |
Movie | Holy Matrimony | Mr. Pennington | 1943-08-24 |
Movie | Yokel Boy | R.B. Harris - Movie Producer | 1942-03-13 |
Movie | We Were Dancing | Grand Duke Basil | 1942-04-30 |
Movie | A Yank at Eton | Mr. Duncan | 1942-09-01 |
Movie | Panama Hattie | Jay Jerkins, Dick's Butler | 1942-09-30 |
Movie | The Devil with Hitler | Gesatan | 1942-10-18 |
Movie | Isle of Missing Men | Dr. Brown | 1942-09-18 |
Movie | That Uncertain Feeling | Doctor Vengard | 1941-04-20 |
Movie | That Hamilton Woman | Sir William Hamilton | 1941-04-03 |
Movie | Footlight Fever | Don Avery | 1941-03-21 |
Movie | The Cowboy and the Blonde | Phineas Johnson | 1941-05-16 |
Movie | I Wake Up Screaming | Robin Ray | 1941-10-31 |
Movie | The Perfect Snob | Freddie Browning | 1941-12-19 |
Movie | Ice-Capades | Pete Ellis | 1941-08-19 |
Movie | Moon Over Her Shoulder | Grover Sloan | 1941-10-23 |
Movie | Curtain Call | Donald Avery | 1940-04-18 |
Movie | Scatterbrain | J.R. Russell | 1940-07-20 |
Movie | Music in My Heart | Charles Spencer Gardner III | 1940-01-04 |
Movie | The Quarterback | Professor Hobbs | 1940-10-15 |
Movie | The Boys from Syracuse | Angelo | 1940-07-30 |
Movie | The Villain Still Pursued Her | Silas Cribbs | 1940-10-11 |
Movie | Never Say Die | le Prince Smirnov | 1939-03-08 |
Movie | Way Down South | Jacques Bouton | 1939-07-21 |
Movie | The Llano Kid | John Travers | 1939-12-08 |
Movie | Hollywood Hotel | Alexander Duprey | 1938-01-15 |
Movie | Merrily We Live | Grosvenor | 1938-03-04 |
Movie | There Goes My Heart | Penny E. Pennypepper | 1938-10-14 |
Movie | Topper Takes a Trip | Wilkins - Topper's Butler | 1938-12-29 |
Movie | Marry the Girl | Dr. Stryker | 1937-07-13 |
Movie | The King and the Chorus Girl | Donald Taylor | 1937-03-27 |
Movie | On the Avenue | Frederick Sims | 1937-02-12 |
Movie | Topper | Wilkins | 1937-07-16 |
Movie | Stand-In | Koslofski | 1937-10-29 |
Movie | Vogues of 1938 | Henry Morgan | 1937-08-18 |
Movie | Breakdowns of 1937 | Self | 1937-12-31 |
Movie | Music for Madame | Leon Rodowsky | 1937-10-08 |
Movie | Desire | Dr. Maurice Pauquet | 1936-04-11 |
Movie | Give Us This Night | Forcellini | 1936-03-06 |
Movie | Rose Marie | Premier | 1936-01-31 |
Movie | The Case Against Mrs. Ames | Lawrence Waterson | 1936-05-08 |
Movie | Muss 'em Up | Paul Harding | 1936-02-13 |
Movie | Four Days Wonder | Archibald Fenton | 1936-12-03 |
Movie | Fatal Lady | Uberto Malla | 1936-05-15 |
Movie | Rainbow on the River | Ralph Layton | 1936-12-18 |
Movie | Ladies In Love | Paul Sandor | 1936-10-09 |
Movie | Mary of Scotland | Throckmorton | 1936-07-28 |
Movie | My Man Godfrey | Tommy Gray | 1936-09-02 |
Movie | Becky Sharp | Rawdon Crawley | 1935-06-28 |
Movie | Night Life of the Gods | Hunter Hawk | 1935-03-01 |
Movie | Lady Tubbs | Elyot Wembsleigh | 1935-07-02 |
Movie | The Gay Deception | Lord Clewe | 1935-09-13 |
Movie | She Couldn't Take It | Alan Bartlett | 1935-10-08 |
Movie | In Person | Jay Holmes | 1935-11-22 |
Movie | Cheaters | Paul Southern | 1934-05-11 |
Movie | The House of Rothschild | Prince Metternich | 1934-04-07 |
Movie | Long Lost Father | Sir Anthony "Tony" Gelding | 1934-01-19 |
Movie | Where Sinners Meet | Nicholas | 1934-05-17 |
Movie | Embarrassing Moments | Aheam | 1934-09-01 |
Movie | Little Man, What Now? | Franz Schlüter | 1934-06-04 |
Movie | One More River | Forsythe | 1934-08-06 |
Movie | Charlie Chan in London | Geoffrey Richmond | 1934-09-12 |
Movie | The Girl from Missouri | Lord Douglas | 1934-08-03 |
Movie | Peg o' My Heart | Capt. Christopher 'Chris' Brent | 1933-05-26 |
Movie | A Study in Scarlet | Lestrade | 1933-05-14 |
Movie | Midnight Club | Arthur Bradley | 1933-07-28 |
Movie | Voltaire | Count de Sarnac | 1933-08-05 |
Movie | Roman Scandals | Majordomo | 1933-11-27 |
Movie | Her Secret | Nils Norton | 1933-12-18 |
Movie | The World Changes | Sir Philip Ivor | 1933-11-25 |
Movie | Berkeley Square | Major Clinton | 1933-09-15 |
Movie | The World and the Flesh | Dimitri | 1932-04-22 |
Movie | Man About Town | Ivan Boris | 1932-05-22 |
Movie | Lovers Courageous | Lamone | 1932-01-23 |
Movie | The Man from Yesterday | Dr. Waite | 1932-06-24 |
Movie | The Silent Witness | Arthur Drinton | 1932-02-07 |
Movie | Hotel Continental | Walter Underwood | 1932-02-21 |
Movie | Winner Take All | Forbes, the etiquette teacher | 1932-07-16 |
Movie | Jewel Robbery | Detective Fritz | 1932-07-08 |
Movie | The Phantom President | George Washington (uncredited) | 1932-09-23 |
Movie | Sherlock Holmes | Colonel Gore-King | 1932-11-05 |
Movie | The Man Called Back | King's Counsel | 1932-07-16 |
Movie | Two Against the World | George 'Georgie' Walton | 1932-09-03 |
Movie | How I Play Golf, by Bobby Jones No. 6: 'The Big Irons' | Mr. Mowbray (uncredited) | 1931-07-12 |
Movie | The Man in Possession | Sir Charles Cartwright | 1931-07-04 |
Movie | God's Gift to Women | Auguste, Toto's Butler | 1931-04-13 |
Movie | Guilty Hands | Gordon Rich | 1931-08-22 |
Movie | Honor of the Family | Tony Revere | 1931-10-17 |
Movie | Nice Women | Mark Chandler | 1931-11-28 |
Movie | Left Over Ladies | Jerry | 1931-09-30 |
Movie | Alexander Hamilton | George Washington | 1931-09-12 |