Personal Info
Birth date
1896-08-17 (128 Years)
Day of death
1969-03-25
Gender
Male
Known for
Acting
Place of birth
London, England, UK
Also known as
Allan Mowbray
Alfred Ernest Allen
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.
Filmography
Maverick
6.782
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The Maverick boys - Bret, Bart, Beau and Brent - are a clan of well-dressed dandies, gamblers who'd much rather make their money playing cards than messing up their fine clothing with actual work. Sly and clever, none of the Mavericks are much for acts of derring do, but they can be courageous when the situation calls for it. Most often, however, they live by their wits and considerable charm.The Beverly Hillbillies
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Jed Clampett's swamp is loaded with oil. When a wildcatter discovers the huge pool, Jed sells his land to the O.K. Oil Company and at the urging of cousin Pearl, moves his family to a 35-room mansion in Beverly Hills, California.Robert Montgomery Presents
5.6
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Robert Montgomery Presents is an American dramatic television series which was produced by NBC from January 30, 1950 until June 24, 1957. The live show had several sponsors during its seven-year run, and the title was altered to feature the sponsor, usually Lucky Strike cigarettes, for example, Robert Montgomery Presents Your Lucky Strike Theater, ....The Johnson's Wax Program, and so on.Petticoat Junction
5.803
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The Bradley family are proud owners of the Shady Rest Hotel. Kate and her three young daughters do the job of running the hotel.Four Star Playhouse
6.333
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Four Star Playhouse is an American television anthology series that ran from 1952 to 1956, sponsored in its first bi-weekly season by The Singer Company; Bristol-Myers became an alternate sponsor when it became a weekly series in the fall of 1953. The original premise was that Charles Boyer, Ida Lupino, David Niven, and Dick Powell would take turns starring in episodes. However, several other performers took the lead from time to time, including Ronald Colman and Joan Fontaine. Blake Edwards was among the writers and directors who contributed to the series. Edwards created the recurring character of illegal gambling house operator Willie Dante for Dick Powell to play on this series. The character was later revamped and spun off in his own series starring Howard Duff, then-husband of Lupino. The pilot for Meet McGraw, starring Frank Lovejoy, aired here, as did another episode in which Lovejoy recreated his role of Chicago newspaper reporter Randy Stone, from the radio drama Nightbeat.Burke's Law
6
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Burke's Law is an American detective series that ran on ABC from 1963 to 1965 and was revived on CBS in the 1990s. The show starred Gene Barry as Amos Burke, millionaire captain of Los Angeles police homicide division, who was chauffeured around to solve crimes in his Rolls-Royce Silver Cloud II.The Red Skelton Show
7.375
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The Red Skelton Show is an American variety show that was a television staple for two decades, from 1951 to 1971. It was second to Gunsmoke and third to The Ed Sullivan Show in the ratings during that time. Skelton, who had previously been a radio star, had appeared in several motion pictures as well. Although his television series is largely associated with CBS, where it appeared for more than fifteen years, it actually began and ended on NBC. During its run, the program received three Emmy Awards, for Skelton as best comedian and the program as best comedy show during its initial season, and an award for comedy writing in 1961.Matinee Theater
5
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Matinee Theater is an American anthology series that aired on NBC during the Golden Age of Television, from 1955 to 1958. The series, which ran daily in the afternoon, was frequently live. It was produced by Albert McCleery, Darrell Ross, George Cahan and Frank Price with executive producer George Lowther. McCleery had previously produced the live series Cameo Theatre which introduced to television the concept of theater-in-the-round, TV plays staged with minimal sets. Jim Buckley of the Pewter Plough Playhouse recalled: When Al McCleery got back to the States, he originated a most ambitious theatrical TV series for NBC called Matinee Theater: to televise five different stage plays per week live, airing around noon in order to promote color TV to the American housewife as she labored over her ironing. Al was the producer. He hired five directors and five art directors. Richard Bennett, one of our first early presidents of the Pewter Plough Corporation, was one of the directors and I was one of the art directors and, as soon as we were through televising one play, we had lunch and then met to plan next week’s show. That was over 50 years ago, and I’m trying to think; I believe the TV art director is his own set decorator —yes, of course! It had to be, since one of McCleery’s chief claims to favor with the producers was his elimination of the setting per se and simply decorating the scene with a minimum of props. It took a bit of ingenuity.The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet
5.9
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The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet is an American sitcom, airing on ABC from October 3, 1952 through March 26, 1966, starring the real life Nelson family. After a long run on radio, the show was brought to television where it continued its success, running on both radio and television for a few years. The series stars Ozzie Nelson and his wife, singer Harriet Nelson, and their young sons, David and Eric "Ricky" Nelson. Don DeFore had a recurring role as the Nelsons' friendly neighbor "Thorny".The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
7.185
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Agents Napoleon Solo and Illya Kuryakin work for a secret intelligence service working under the auspices of the U.N. Their immediate superior is Mr. Waverly. Together they operate out of a secret base beneath the streets of New York City, and accesses through several cover business such as Del Floria's Tailor Shop and the Masque Club. This secret intelligence service is called U.N.C.L.E. United Network Command for Law and Enforcement.The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show
7.111
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Burns and Allen, an American comedy duo consisting of George Burns and his wife, Gracie Allen, worked together as a comedy team in vaudeville, films, radio and television and achieved great success over four decades.The Life Of Riley
6
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Riley worked in an aircraft plant in California, but viewers usually saw him at home, cheerfully disrupting life with his malapropisms and ill timed intervention into minor problems.Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer
6.6
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Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer is the title used for two syndicated television series that followed the adventures of fictional private detective Mike Hammer. The gritty, crime fighting detective—created by American crime author Mickey Spillane—has also inspired several feature films and made-for-TV movies.Lux Video Theatre
6.333
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Lux Video Theatre is an American anthology series that was produced from 1950 until 1959. The series presented both comedy and drama in original teleplays, as well as abridged adaptations of films and plays.Tonight Starring Jack Paar
7
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Tonight Starring Jack Paar is an American talk show hosted by Jack Paar under The Tonight Show franchise from 1957 to 1962. It originally aired during late-night. During most of its run it was broadcast from Studio 6B inside the RCA Building. The same studio would also host early episodes of The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson, and Late Night with Jimmy Fallon. Its theme song was an instrumental version of "Everything's Coming Up Roses", and the closing theme was "So Until I See You" by Al Lerner.The Ford Television Theatre
7.333
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This show started in New York City, with Broadway actors and actresses. It then moved to Hollywood, California, where Hollywood actors and actresses headed the cast.The Patty Duke Show
5.8
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The Patty Duke Show is an American sitcom which ran on ABC from September 18, 1963 to April 27, 1966, with reruns airing through August 31, 1966. The show was created as a vehicle for rising star Patty Duke. A total of 104 episodes were produced, most written by Sidney Sheldon.The Flying Nun
6.324
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Young Sister Bertrille uses her ability to become airborne to help others, whether they want it or not. Although her aims are always benevolent, her means are often bemoaned by Mother Superior. The other Sisters must cope with their beloved Sister's aerodynamics and antics as she flies in and out of trouble.Mr. & Mrs. North
4.333
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Mr. & Mrs. North is an American comedy/mystery television series that aired on CBS from October 3, 1952 to May 25, 1954. The series centers on Jerry North, a mystery magazine publisher who thinks he is a good amateur detective, and his wife, Pamela, as they solve crimes in New York City.The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse
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The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse is an American dramatic anthology series that aired on ABC from 1953 to 1955, sponsored by Pepsi-Cola. The show was hosted by Arlene Dahl, Anita Colby, and, finally, Polly BergenMister Roberts
7.5
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Mister Roberts is an American sitcom that aired on NBC from September 17, 1965 to April 8, 1966. Based on the best selling novel, 1948 play, and the 1955 film of the same name, the series stars Roger Smith in the title role and Richard X. Slattery as the ship's captain.Stage Door Canteen
5.8
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A young soldier on a pass in New York City visits the famed Stage Door Canteen, where famous stars of the theater and films appear and host a recreational center for servicemen during the war. The soldier meets a pretty young hostess and they enjoy the many entertainers and a growing romanceAround the World in Eighty Days
6.6
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Based on the famous book by Jules Verne the movie follows Phileas Fogg on his journey around the world. Which has to be completed within 80 days, a very short period for those days.My Dear Secretary
5.891
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A budding young writer thinks it's her lucky day when she is chosen to be the new secretary for Owen Waterbury, famous novelist. She is soon disppointed, however, when he turns out to be an erratic, immature playboy. Opposites attract, of course, but not without sub-plots that touch on competitiveness within marriage and responsibility.My Man Godfrey
7.6
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Fifth Avenue socialite Irene Bullock needs a "forgotten man" to win a scavenger hunt, and no one is more forgotten than Godfrey Park, who resides in a dump by the East River. Irene hires Godfrey as a servant for her riotously unhinged family, to the chagrin of her spoiled sister, Cornelia, who tries her best to get Godfrey fired. As Irene falls for her new butler, Godfrey turns the tables and teaches the frivolous Bullocks a lesson or two.The Bob Cummings Show
6.143
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The Bob Cummings Show is an American sitcom starring Robert "Bob" Cummings which was produced from January 2, 1955 to September 15, 1959. The Bob Cummings Show was the first series ever to debut as a midseason replacement. The program began with a half-season run on NBC, then ran for two full seasons on CBS, and returned to NBC for its final two seasons. The program was later rerun in the daytime hours on ABC and then syndicated under the title Love That Bob. A similar, but less successful, follow-up series, The New Bob Cummings Show, was broadcast on CBS during the 1961-62 television season.The Man Who Knew Too Much
7.457
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A couple vacationing in Morocco with their young son accidentally stumble upon an assassination plot. When the child is kidnapped to ensure their silence, they have to take matters into their own hands to save him.My Darling Clementine
7.5
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Three brothers stop off for a night in the town of Tombstone. The next morning they find one of their brothers dead and their cattle stolen. They decide to take revenge on the culprits.Terror by Night
6.519
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Holmes and Watson board a passenger train bound from London to Edinburgh, to guard the Star of Rhodesia, an enormous diamond worth a fortune belonging to an elderly woman of wealth; but within the first hour of the trip, the woman's son is murdered and the diamond stolen and any of the passengers in their car could be the killer thief.Acting
1984Going Hollywood: The '30s as (archive footage)
1967The Flying Nun (1 Episode) as Father Duffy
1965Mister Roberts (2 Episodes) as Unknown
1964The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (1 Episode) as Harry Blackburn
1963Petticoat Junction (1 Episode) as Lucius J. Penrose
1963Burke's Law (1 Episode) as Butterfield
1963The Patty Duke Show (1 Episode) as Unknown
1962The Beverly Hillbillies (1 Episode) as Montrose
1961A Majority of One as Captain Norcross
1960Dante (26 Episodes) as Stewart Styles
1959Fibber McGee & Molly (1 Episode) as Unknown
1958Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer (1 Episode) as Carlson
1957Maverick (1 Episode) as Luke Abigor
1957Tonight Starring Jack Paar (2 Episodes) as Self
1957Meet McGraw (1 Episode) as Osgood
1957Blondie (1 Episode) as Jack Bell
1956Around the World in Eighty Days as British Consul
1956The Gale Storm Show (1 Episode) as Hadley Dexter
1956The King and I as Sir John Hay
1956The Man Who Knew Too Much as Val Parnell
1956Once Upon a Honeymoon as Gordon
1955Matinee Theater (1 Episode) as Unknown
1955The King's Thief as Sir Gilbert Talbot
1955The Bob Cummings Show (1 Episode) as Hawthorne
1954The Steel Cage as Lee Filbert, segment "The Chef"
1954Social Lion as Narrator
1954Hey Mulligan (1 Episode) as Jonathan Swift, Drama Instructor
1954Ma and Pa Kettle at Home as Alphonsus Mannering
1953Colonel Humphrey Flack (77 Episodes) as Unknown
1953The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse (1 Episode) as Unknown
1953The Life Of Riley (1 Episode) as Uncle Baxter
1952Blackbeard, the Pirate as Noll
1952Androcles and the Lion as Editor of Gladiators
1952Mr. & Mrs. North (2 Episodes) as Unknown
1952The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet (1 Episode) as Orville
1952The Ford Television Theatre (1 Episode) as Unknown
1952Four Star Playhouse (2, 1, 2 Episode) as Jackson, Albert, Jackson - Waiter
1952Just Across the Street as Davis
1952Chevron Theatre (1 Episode) as Unknown
1951Schlitz Playhouse of Stars (1 Episode) as Mayor Perkins
1951Crosswinds as The Hon Cecil Daubrey
1951The Red Skelton Show (1 Episode) as Explorer Radccliffe
1951The Lady and the Bandit as Lord Charles Willoughby
1950The Jackpot as Leslie
1950The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show (1 Episode) as Professor Bradford
1950Lux Video Theatre (1 Episode) as Carter
1950Wagon Master as Dr. A. Locksley Hall
1950Robert Montgomery Presents (1 Episode) as Unknown
1949The Lone Wolf and His Lady as Jamison
1949You're My Everything as Joe Blanton
1949Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet the Killer, Boris Karloff as Melton
1949The Lovable Cheat as Justin
1948Every Girl Should Be Married as Mr. Spitzer
1948My Dear Secretary as Deveny (Bryant Detective Agency)
1948An Innocent Affair as Ken St. Clair
1948The Prince of Thieves as The Friar
1948The Main Street Kid as The Great Martine
1947Captain from Castile as Prof. Botello
1947Merton of the Movies as Frank Mulvaney
1947Lured as Lyle Maxwell
1947The Pilgrim Lady as Clifford Latimer
1946My Darling Clementine as Granville Thorndyke
1946Idea Girl as J. C. Crow
1946Terror by Night as Major Duncan-Bleek
1945Sunbonnet Sue as Jonathan
1945Men in Her Diary as Douglas Crane
1945Tell It to a Star as Col. Ambrose Morgan
1945Where Do We Go from Here? as General George Washington
1945The Phantom of 42nd Street as Cecil Moore
1945Earl Carroll Vanities as Grand Duke Paul
1945Bring on the Girls as August
1944My Gal Loves Music as Rodney Spoonyer
1944The Doughgirls as Breckinridge Drake
1944Ever Since Venus as J. Webster Hackett
1943His Butler's Sister as Buzz Jenkins
1943Holy Matrimony as Mr. Pennington
1943So This Is Washington as Chester W. Marshall
1943Stage Door Canteen as Alan Mowbray
1943Slightly Dangerous as English Gentleman
1943The Powers Girl as John Robert Powers
1942The Devil with Hitler as Gesatan
1942Panama Hattie as Jay Jerkins, Dick's Butler
1942Isle of Missing Men as Dr. Brown
1942A Yank at Eton as Mr. Duncan
1942The Mad Martindales as Hugo Martindale
1942We Were Dancing as Grand Duke Basil
1942Yokel Boy as R.B. Harris - Movie Producer
1942Three Blonde Mice as Elmer Smith
1941The Perfect Snob as Freddie Browning
1941I Wake Up Screaming as Robin Ray
1941Moon Over Her Shoulder as Grover Sloan
1941Ice-Capades as Pete Ellis
1941French Fried Patootie as Unknown
1941The Cowboy and the Blonde as Phineas Johnson
1941That Uncertain Feeling as Doctor Vengard
1941That Hamilton Woman as Sir William Hamilton
1941Footlight Fever as Don Avery
1940The Quarterback as Professor Hobbs
1940The Villain Still Pursued Her as Silas Cribbs
1940The Boys from Syracuse as Angelo
1940Scatterbrain as J.R. Russell
1940Curtain Call as Donald Avery
1940Music in My Heart as Charles Spencer Gardner III
1939The Llano Kid as John Travers
1939Way Down South as Jacques Bouton
1939Never Say Die as le Prince Smirnov
1938Topper Takes a Trip as Wilkins - Topper's Butler
1938There Goes My Heart as Penny E. Pennypepper
1938Merrily We Live as Grosvenor
1938Hollywood Hotel as Alexander Duprey
1937Breakdowns of 1937 as Self
1937Stand-In as Koslofski
1937Music for Madame as Leon Rodowsky
1937On Such a Night as Prof. Richard Candle
1937Vogues of 1938 as Henry Morgan
1937Topper as Wilkins
1937Marry the Girl as Dr. Stryker
1937As Good as Married as Wally
1937The King and the Chorus Girl as Donald Taylor
1937On the Avenue as Frederick Sims
1936Rainbow on the River as Ralph Layton
1936Four Days Wonder as Archibald Fenton
1936Ladies in Love as Paul Sandor
1936My Man Godfrey as Tommy Gray
1936Mary of Scotland as Throckmorton
1936Fatal Lady as Uberto Malla
1936The Case Against Mrs. Ames as Lawrence Waterson
1936Desire as Dr. Maurice Pauquet
1936Give Us This Night as Forcellini
1936Muss 'em Up as Paul Harding
1936Rose Marie as Premier
1935In Person as Jay Holmes
1935She Couldn't Take It as Alan Bartlett
1935The Gay Deception as Lord Clewe
1935Lady Tubbs as Elyot Wembsleigh
1935Becky Sharp as Rawdon Crawley
1935Night Life of the Gods as Hunter Hawk
1934Charlie Chan in London as Geoffrey Richmond
1934Embarrassing Moments as Aheam
1934One More River as Forsythe
1934The Girl from Missouri as Lord Douglas
1934Little Man, What Now? as Franz Schlüter
1934Where Sinners Meet as Nicholas
1934Cheaters as Paul Southern
1934The House of Rothschild as Prince Metternich
1934Long Lost Father as Sir Anthony "Tony" Gelding
1933Her Secret as Nils Norton
1933Roman Scandals as Majordomo
1933The World Changes as Sir Philip Ivor
1933Berkeley Square as Major Clinton
1933Voltaire as Count de Sarnac
1933Midnight Club as Arthur Bradley
1933Peg o' My Heart as Capt. Christopher 'Chris' Brent
1933A Study in Scarlet as Lestrade
1932Sherlock Holmes as Colonel Gore-King
1932The Phantom President as George Washington (uncredited)
1932Two Against the World as George 'Georgie' Walton
1932Winner Take All as Forbes, the etiquette teacher
1932The Man Called Back as King's Counsel
1932Jewel Robbery as Detective Fritz
1932The Man from Yesterday as Dr. Waite
1932Man About Town as Ivan Boris
1932The World and the Flesh as Dimitri
1932Hotel Continental as Walter Underwood
1932The Silent Witness as Arthur Drinton
1932Lovers Courageous as Lamone
1931Nice Women as Mark Chandler
1931Honor of the Family as Tony Revere
1931Left Over Ladies as Jerry
1931Alexander Hamilton as George Washington
1931Guilty Hands as Gordon Rich
1931How I Play Golf, by Bobby Jones No. 6: 'The Big Irons' as Mr. Mowbray (uncredited)
1931The Man in Possession as Sir Charles Cartwright
1931God's Gift to Women as Auguste, Toto's Butler
Crew
1993Broken Highway ... Armorer