Alan Mowbray
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 from the trailer for Topper Takes a Trip (1939) |
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| Born | Alfred Ernest Allen August 18, 1896 London, England |
| Died | March 25, 1969 (aged 72) Hollywood, California, U.S. |
| Years active | 1931–69 |
| Spouse | Lorraine Carpenter (1927-69) (his death) 2 children |
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.
[edit] Selected filmography
[edit] TV appearances
- The Patty Duke Show, as director of the high school play in which both Patty and Cathy appeared
- Maverick, in "The Misfortune Teller" episode as Luke Abigor.
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Alan Mowbray |
- Alan Mowbray at the Internet Movie Database
- Alan Mowbray at the Internet Broadway Database
- Alan Mowbray at AllRovi
- Alan Mowbray at Great Character Actors
- The Adventures of Colonel Flack
- "Alan Mowbray". Find a Grave. http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=5172. Retrieved September 3, 2010.
- English emigrants to the United States
- English stage actors
- English television actors
- Naturalized citizens of the United States
- British Army personnel of World War I
- King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry soldiers
- 1896 births
- 1969 deaths
- Deaths from myocardial infarction
- Recipients of the Military Medal
- Burials at Holy Cross Cemetery, Culver City
