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.
Acted in 166
1980s
- 1984
Going Hollywood: The '30s
(archive footage)
1960s
- 1967
- 1965
Mister Roberts
TV
- 1964
- 1963
- 1962
- 1961
A Majority of One
Captain Norcross
- 1960
Dante
Stewart Styles · 26 episodes
1950s
- 1959
Fibber McGee & Molly
TV
- 1958
- 1957
Meet McGraw
Osgood · 1 episode
Blondie
Jack Bell · 1 episode
- 1956
- 1955
The King's Thief
Sir Gilbert Talbot
- 1954
The Steel Cage
Lee Filbert, segment "The Chef"
Ma and Pa Kettle at Home
Alphonsus Mannering
- 1953
- 1952
Androcles and the Lion
Editor of Gladiators
Just Across the Street
Davis
- 1951
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
Mayor Perkins · 1 episode
Crosswinds
The Hon Cecil Daubrey
The Lady and the Bandit
Lord Charles Willoughby
- 1950
The Jackpot
Leslie
Wagon Master
Dr. A. Locksley Hall
1940s
- 1949
The Lone Wolf and His Lady
Jamison
You're My Everything
Joe Blanton
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet the Killer, Boris Karloff
Melton
The Lovable Cheat
Justin
- 1948
Every Girl Should Be Married
Mr. Spitzer
An Innocent Affair
Ken St. Clair
The Prince of Thieves
The Friar
The Main Street Kid
The Great Martine
- 1947
Captain from Castile
Prof. Botello
Merton of the Movies
Frank Mulvaney
The Pilgrim Lady
Clifford Latimer
- 1946
Idea Girl
J. C. Crow
- 1945
Sunbonnet Sue
Jonathan
Men in Her Diary
Douglas Crane
Tell It to a Star
Col. Ambrose Morgan
Where Do We Go from Here?
General George Washington
The Phantom of 42nd Street
Cecil Moore
Earl Carroll Vanities
Grand Duke Paul
Bring on the Girls
August
- 1944
My Gal Loves Music
Rodney Spoonyer
The Doughgirls
Breckinridge Drake
Ever Since Venus
J. Webster Hackett
- 1943
His Butler's Sister
Buzz Jenkins
Holy Matrimony
Mr. Pennington
So This Is Washington
Chester W. Marshall
Slightly Dangerous
English Gentleman
The Powers Girl
John Robert Powers
- 1942
The Devil with Hitler
Gesatan
Isle of Missing Men
Dr. Brown
A Yank at Eton
Mr. Duncan
The Mad Martindales
Hugo Martindale
We Were Dancing
Grand Duke Basil
Yokel Boy
R.B. Harris - Movie Producer
- 1941
The Perfect Snob
Freddie Browning
I Wake Up Screaming
Robin Ray
Moon Over Her Shoulder
Grover Sloan
Ice-Capades
Pete Ellis
The Cowboy and the Blonde
Phineas Johnson
Footlight Fever
Don Avery
- 1940
The Quarterback
Professor Hobbs
The Boys from Syracuse
Angelo
Scatterbrain
J.R. Russell
Curtain Call
Donald Avery
Music in My Heart
Charles Spencer Gardner III
1930s
- 1939
The Llano Kid
John Travers
Never Say Die
le Prince Smirnov
- 1938
Topper Takes a Trip
Wilkins - Topper's Butler
There Goes My Heart
Penny E. Pennypepper
Hollywood Hotel
Alexander Duprey
- 1937
Stand-In
Koslofski
Music for Madame
Leon Rodowsky
On Such a Night
Prof. Richard Candle
Walter Wanger's Vogues of 1938
Henry Morgan
Marry the Girl
Dr. Stryker
As Good as Married
Wally
The King and the Chorus Girl
Donald Taylor
On the Avenue
Frederick Sims
- 1936
Rainbow on the River
Ralph Layton
Four Days Wonder
Archibald Fenton
Ladies in Love
Paul Sandor
Fatal Lady
Uberto Malla
The Case Against Mrs. Ames
Lawrence Waterson
Give Us This Night
Forcellini
Muss 'em Up
Paul Harding
Rose Marie
Premier
- 1935
In Person
Jay Holmes
She Couldn't Take It
Alan Bartlett
The Gay Deception
Lord Clewe
Lady Tubbs
Elyot Wembsleigh
Night Life of the Gods
Hunter Hawk
- 1934
Charlie Chan in London
Geoffrey Richmond
One More River
Forsythe
The Girl from Missouri
Lord Douglas
Little Man, What Now?
Franz Schlüter
Where Sinners Meet
Nicholas
Cheaters
Paul Southern
The House of Rothschild
Prince Metternich
Long Lost Father
Sir Anthony "Tony" Gelding
- 1933
Her Secret
Nils Norton
The World Changes
Sir Philip Ivor
Berkeley Square
Major Clinton
Voltaire
Count de Sarnac
Midnight Club
Arthur Bradley
Peg o' My Heart
Capt. Christopher 'Chris' Brent
- 1932
Sherlock Holmes
Colonel Gore-King
The Phantom President
George Washington (uncredited)
Two Against the World
George 'Georgie' Walton
Winner Take All
Forbes, the etiquette teacher
The Man Called Back
King's Counsel
Jewel Robbery
Detective Fritz
The Man from Yesterday
Dr. Waite
Man About Town
Ivan Boris
The World and the Flesh
Dimitri
Hotel Continental
Walter Underwood
The Silent Witness
Arthur Drinton
Lovers Courageous
Lamone
- 1931
Nice Women
Mark Chandler
Honor of the Family
Tony Revere
Left Over Ladies
Jerry
Alexander Hamilton
George Washington
Guilty Hands
Gordon Rich
How I Play Golf, by Bobby Jones No. 6: 'The Big Irons'
Mr. Mowbray (uncredited)
The Man in Possession
Sir Charles Cartwright
God's Gift to Women
Auguste, Toto's Butler
Other crew 1
1990s
- 1993
Broken Highway
Armorer
Appearances3
1930s
- 1937
Breakdowns of 1937
Self