
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)

Robert Montgomery Presents
1950

Maverick
1957
as Luke Abigor

Matinee Theater
1955

The Beverly Hillbillies
1962
as Montrose

Petticoat Junction
1963
as Lucius J. Penrose
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 Man from U.N.C.L.E.
1964
as Harry Blackburn

The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show
1950
as Professor Bradford

Startime
1959
as King Arthur

The Life Of Riley
1953
as Uncle Baxter
Lux Video Theatre
1950
as Carter

The Bob Cummings Show
1955
as Hawthorne

Mr. & Mrs. North
1952

The Patty Duke Show
1963

Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer
1958
as Carlson
The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse
1953
The Gale Storm Show
1956
as Hadley Dexter

Mister Roberts
1965
Chevron Theatre
1952

The Investigators
1961
as Cranshaw

Meet McGraw
1957
as Osgood

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

In Person
1935
as Jay Holmes

Topper
1937
as Wilkins

The Jackpot
1950
as Leslie

My Man Godfrey
1936
as Tommy Gray

Becky Sharp
1935
as Rawdon Crawley

Holy Matrimony
1943
as Mr. Pennington

Stand-In
1937
as Koslofski

Midnight Club
1933
as Arthur Bradley

Wagon Master
1950
as Dr. A. Locksley Hall

The Quarterback
1940
as Professor Hobbs

Embarrassing Moments
1934
as Aheam

Rose Marie
1936
as Premier

Lured
1947
as Lyle Maxwell

That Hamilton Woman
1941
as Sir William Hamilton

Her Secret
1933
as Nils Norton

Desire
1936
as Dr. Maurice Pauquet

Merrily We Live
1938
as Grosvenor

Men in Her Diary
1945
as Douglas Crane

The Gay Deception
1935
as Lord Clewe

Footlight Fever
1941
as Don Avery

Captain from Castile
1947
as Prof. Botello

Charlie Chan in London
1934
as Geoffrey Richmond

Terror by Night
1946
as Major Duncan-Bleek

Blackbeard, the Pirate
1952
as Noll

Panama Hattie
1942
as Jay Jerkins, Dick's Butler

Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet the Killer, Boris Karloff
1949
as Melton

Sunbonnet Sue
1945
as Jonathan

The House of Rothschild
1934
as Prince Metternich

I Wake Up Screaming
1941
as Robin Ray

Androcles and the Lion
1952
as Editor of Gladiators

Stage Door Canteen
1943
as Alan Mowbray

The Steel Cage
1954
as Lee Filbert, segment "The Chef"

Ladies in Love
1936
as Paul Sandor

Curtain Call
1940
as Donald Avery

The Pilgrim Lady
1947
as Clifford Latimer

Slightly Dangerous
1943
as English Gentleman

Breakdowns of 1937
1937
as Self

Every Girl Should Be Married
1948
as Mr. Spitzer

Scatterbrain
1940
as J.R. Russell

Marry the Girl
1937
as Dr. Stryker

Never Say Die
1939
as le Prince Smirnov

Hollywood Hotel
1938
as Alexander Duprey

Yokel Boy
1942
as R.B. Harris - Movie Producer

Jewel Robbery
1932
as Detective Fritz

There Goes My Heart
1938
as Penny E. Pennypepper

Mary of Scotland
1936
as Throckmorton

The King's Thief
1955
as Sir Gilbert Talbot

Left Over Ladies
1931
as Jerry

The Lady and the Bandit
1951
as Lord Charles Willoughby

We Were Dancing
1942
as Grand Duke Basil

Berkeley Square
1933
as Major Clinton

Going Hollywood: The '30s
1984
as (archive footage)

My Dear Secretary
1948
as Deveny (Bryant Detective Agency)

So This Is Washington
1943
as Chester W. Marshall

A Study in Scarlet
1933
as Lestrade

Little Man, What Now?
1934
as Franz Schlüter

That Uncertain Feeling
1941
as Doctor Vengard

Muss 'em Up
1936
as Paul Harding

Guilty Hands
1931
as Gordon Rich

The Powers Girl
1943
as John Robert Powers

Roman Scandals
1933
as Majordomo

The World Changes
1933
as Sir Philip Ivor

She Couldn't Take It
1935
as Alan Bartlett

The Man in Possession
1931
as Sir Charles Cartwright

The Boys from Syracuse
1940
as Angelo

Just Across the Street
1952
as Davis

Crosswinds
1951
as The Hon Cecil Daubrey

The Doughgirls
1944
as Breckinridge Drake

Voltaire
1933
as Count de Sarnac

Where Do We Go from Here?
1945
as General George Washington

Topper Takes a Trip
1938
as Wilkins - Topper's Butler

The Lovable Cheat
1949
as Justin

As Good as Married
1937
as Wally

Music in My Heart
1940
as Charles Spencer Gardner III

Moon Over Her Shoulder
1941
as Grover Sloan

You're My Everything
1949
as Joe Blanton

On the Avenue
1937
as Frederick Sims

Music for Madame
1937
as Leon Rodowsky

Earl Carroll Vanities
1945
as Grand Duke Paul

The Case Against Mrs. Ames
1936
as Lawrence Waterson

Rainbow on the River
1936
as Ralph Layton

On Such a Night
1937
as Prof. Richard Candle

The Cowboy and the Blonde
1941
as Phineas Johnson

An Innocent Affair
1948
as Ken St. Clair

A Majority of One
1961
as Captain Norcross

Winner Take All
1932
as Forbes, the etiquette teacher

One More River
1934
as Forsythe

The Mad Martindales
1942
as Hugo Martindale

Sherlock Holmes
1932
as Colonel Gore-King

Merton of the Movies
1947
as Frank Mulvaney

Where Sinners Meet
1934
as Nicholas

Alexander Hamilton
1931
as George Washington

Bring on the Girls
1945
as August

Peg o' My Heart
1933
as Capt. Christopher 'Chris' Brent

Lovers Courageous
1932
as Lamone
Idea Girl
1946
as J. C. Crow
Four Days Wonder
1936
as Archibald Fenton

His Butler's Sister
1943
as Buzz Jenkins

The Phantom of 42nd Street
1945
as Cecil Moore

Vogues of 1938
1937
as Henry Morgan

The Devil with Hitler
1942
as Gesatan

Nice Women
1931
as Mark Chandler

Ma and Pa Kettle at Home
1954
as Alphonsus Mannering

Tell It to a Star
1945
as Col. Ambrose Morgan

The Lone Wolf and His Lady
1949
as Jamison

The Villain Still Pursued Her
1940
as Silas Cribbs

Way Down South
1939
as Jacques Bouton

Ever Since Venus
1944
as J. Webster Hackett

The Girl from Missouri
1934
as Lord Douglas

Isle of Missing Men
1942
as Dr. Brown

The Silent Witness
1932
as Arthur Drinton

Hotel Continental
1932
as Walter Underwood

The Prince of Thieves
1948
as The Friar

Ice-Capades
1941
as Pete Ellis

The Perfect Snob
1941
as Freddie Browning

Give Us This Night
1936
as Forcellini
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
- In Person (1935) — as Jay Holmes
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