Douglas Fowley

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1911-05-30 (87 years old)

Deathday

1998-05-21

Place of Birth

The Bronx, New York City, New York, USA

Douglas Fowley

Biography

​From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Douglas Fowley (born Daniel Vincent Fowley; May 30, 1911 – May 21, 1998) was an American movie and television actor in more than 240 films and dozens of television programs. Fowley is probably best remembered for his role as the frustrated movie director Roscoe Dexter in Singin' in the Rain (1952), and for his regular supporting role as Doc Holliday in The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp.

Acting

1952

Singin' in the Rain

as Roscoe Dexter

1934

The Thin Man

as Taxi Driver (uncredited)

1945

Life with Blondie

as Blackie Leonard (uncredited)

1952

Finders Keepers

as Franke Simmons

1948

1976

From Noon Till Three

as Buck Bowers

1950

Armored Car Robbery

as Benjamin 'Benny' McBride

1942

Mr. Wise Guy

as Bill Collins

1944

One Body Too Many

as Henry Rutherford

1949

Battleground

as 'Kipp' Kippton

1947

Scared to Death

as Terry Lee

1973

Walking Tall

as Judge Clarke

1941

The Great Swindle

as Rocky Andrews

1947

Desperate

as Pete

1964

7 Faces of Dr. Lao

as Toothless Cowboy

1950

Edge of Doom

as Detective #2

1953

Cat-Women of the Moon

as Walter 'Walt' Walters

1948

Coroner Creek

as Stew Shallis

1936

36 Hours to Kill

as Duke Benson

1946

Blonde Alibi

as Henchman Willie (Uncredited)

1947

Fall Guy

as Inspector Shannon

1956

Bandido!

as McGhee

1947

Backlash

as Red Bailey

1951

Criminal Lawyer

as Harry Cheney

1935

Straight from the Heart

as Speed Spelvin

1950

Bunco Squad

as Det. Sgt. Mack McManus

1937

1949

Flaxy Martin

as Max, Detective

1946

The Glass Alibi

as Joe Eykner

1949

1939

Dodge City

as Munger

1949

Search for Danger

as The Inspector

1944

Lady in the Death House

as Dr. Dwight 'Brad' Bradford

1975

1949

Arson, Inc.

as Frederick P. 'Fred' Fender

1949

Any Number Can Play

as Smitty (uncredited)

1943

Minesweeper

as Cutter Lieutenant Wells

1956

Man from Del Rio

as Doc Adams

1944

Detective Kitty O'Day

as Harry Downs

1941

Dangerous Lady

as Police Sgt. Brent

1938

Mr. Moto's Gamble

as Nick Crowder

1953

The Man Behind The Gun

as Buckley Saloon Manager

1964

Guns of Diablo

as Mr. Knudsen

1943

The Chance of a Lifetime

as Nails Blanton (Uncredited)

1974

Homebodies

as Mr. Crawford

1948

1967

Pistols 'n' Petticoats

as Grandpa Andrew Hanks

1937

On the Avenue

as Eddie Eads

1950

Killer Shark

as Louie Bracado

1946

Chick Carter, Detective

as Rusty Farrell

1939

1950

So You Think You're Not Guilty

as Convict (uncredited)

1944

1940

Pier 13

as Johnnie Hale

1949

Susanna Pass

as Roberts aka Walter P. Johnson

1947

Roses Are Red

as Ace Oliver (as Doug Fowley)

1942

Sunset on the Desert

as Ramsay McCall

1938

Time Out for Murder

as J.E. 'Dutch' Moran

1940

East of the River

as Cy Turner

1939

It Could Happen to You

as Freddie Barlow

1942

So's Your Aunt Emma!

as Gus Hammond

1952

Horizons West

as Ed Tompkins

1950

He's a Cockeyed Wonder

as 'Crabs' Freeley

1943

Gildersleeve's Bad Day

as Louie Barton

1941

Doctors Don't Tell

as Joe Grant

1937

1947

The Trespasser

as Bill Monroe

1955

Texas Lady

as Clay Ballard (Clarion owner)

1940

20 Mule Team

as Stag Roper

1953

1938

City Girl

as Ritchie

1957

Kelly and Me

as Dave Gans

1939

Henry Goes Arizona

as Ricky Dole

1939

Lucky Night

as George

1947

1957

1946

In Fast Company

as Steve Trent

1936

Navy Born

as Lt. Steve Bassett

1944

Rationing

as Dixie Samson

1977

Black Oak Conspiracy

as Bryan Hancock (as Douglas V. Fowley)

1947

Wild Country

as Clark Varney

1956

Rock, Pretty Baby

as Pop Wright

1943

Riding High

as Brown

1947

Jungle Flight

as Tom Hammond

1935

Two for Tonight

as Pooch Donahue

1934

I Hate Women

as Nelson

1956

The Broken Star

as Thornton W. Wills

1937

1934

Student Tour

as Mushy

1938

Submarine Patrol

as Seaman Pinky Brett

1943

Jitterbugs

as Malcolm Bennett

1954

With This Ring

as Gordon, Miller Executive

1951

Across the Wide Missouri

as Tin Cup Owens (uncredited)

1950

Hoedown

as Gang Leader (uncredited)

1947

The Hucksters

as Georgie Gaver

1942

I Live on Danger

as Joey Farr

1954

Casanova's Big Night

as Second Prisoner

1944

And the Angels Sing

as N.Y. Cafe Manager (uncredited)

1954

Southwest Passage

as Toad Ellis

1948

1953

Red River Shore

as Case Lockwood

1935

Night Life of the Gods

as Cyril Sparks

1936

Big Brown Eyes

as Benny Battle

1935

Princess O'Hara

as Emcee (uncredited)

1938

Passport Husband

as Tiger Martin

1939

Inside Story

as Gus Brawley

1952

Just This Once

as Frank Pirosh

1936

Small Town Girl

as Chick Page (uncredited)

1954

The Naked Jungle

as Medicine Man

1937

Love and Hisses

as Webster

1945

Along the Navajo Trail

as J. Richard Bentley

1935

1935

Transient Lady

as Matt Baxter

1947

Key Witness

as Jim Guthrie (uncredited)

1977

The White Buffalo

as Amos Bixby

1953

The Band Wagon

as Auctioneer (uncredited)

1949

Manhattan Angel

as Mr. Fowley - Press Photographer (uncredited)

1950

Stage to Tucson

as Ira Prentiss

1953

Kansas Pacific

as Max Janus

1951

Callaway Went Thataway

as Gaffer (uncredited)

1951

South of Caliente

as Dave Norris

1957

Bayou

as Emil Hebert

1955

The Girl Rush

as Charlie - Stickman

1940

Wagons Westward

as Bill Marsden

1960

Desire in the Dust

as Zuba Wilson

1955

1954

1940

Cherokee Strip

as Alf Barrett

1950

Rio Grande Patrol

as Bragg Orcutt

1942

1947

Yankee Fakir

as Murgatroyd Bartholomew Davis

1954

Deep in My Heart

as Harold Butterfield (uncredited)

1937

Time Out for Romance

as Roy Webster

1947

Three on a Ticket

as Mace Morgan

1936

15 Maiden Lane

as Nick Shelby

1941

The Parson of Panamint

as Chappie Ellerton

1945

Don't Fence Me In

as Jack Gordon

1939

Boy Friend

as Ed Boyd

1944

The Racket Man

as Toby Sykes

1939

The Arizona Wildcat

as Rufe Galloway

1946

Larceny in Her Heart

as Doc H. C. Patterson

1938

Keep Smiling

as Cedric Hunt

1942

For the Common Defense!

as Dutch Mullner

1951

Tarzan's Peril

as Herbert Trask

1940

The Leather Pushers

as Slick Connolly

1941

Tanks a Million

as Capt. Rossmead

1942

Hay Foot

as Captain Rossmead

1947

The Sea of Grass

as Joe Horton (uncredited)

1950

Rider from Tucson

as Bob Rankin

1948

Gun Smugglers

as Steve Reeves

1941

Secret of the Wastelands

as Slade Salters

1942

Lost Canyon

as Jeff Burton

1949

1936

1948

1951

Angels in the Outfield

as Cab Driver (uncredited)

1944

The Story of Dr. Wassell

as Bit Part (uncredited)

1994

Wyatt Earp: Return to Tombstone

as Doc Holliday / Doc Fabrique (flashback sequences) (archive footage)

1977

The Golden Dog

as Narrator

1940

Cafe Hostess

as Eddie Morgan

1950

1934

The Girl from Missouri

as New Bellboy with Vase (uncredited)

2002

Gene Kelly: Anatomy of a Dancer

as Self (archive footage)

1943

Colt Comrades

as Joe Brass

1946

North of the Border

as Nails Nelson

1946

'Neath Canadian Skies

as Ned Thompson

1972

Run, Cougar, Run

as Joe Bickley

1946

Drifting Along

as Jack Dailey

1947

Ridin' Down the Trail

as Mark Butler

1948

The Denver Kid

as Henchman Slip

1949

Satan's Cradle

as Steve Gentry

1944

1977

1943

Bar 20

as Henchman Slash

1955

The Lonesome Trail

as Crazy Charley Bonesteel

1943

The Kansan

as Ben Nash

1954

The Lone Gun

as Bartender

1961

Buffalo Gun

as Sheriff

1934

Sleepers East

as Gangster (uncredited)

1938

1952

This Woman Is Dangerous

as Saunders (Uncredited)

1942

The Devil with Hitler

as Walter Beeter

1953

Cruisin' Down the River

as Humphrey Hepburn

1942

Mississippi Gambler

as Chet Matthews

1946

High School Hero

as Coach Carter

1944

See Here, Private Hargrove

as Capt. R.S. Manville

1937

Fifty Roads to Town

as Dutch Nelson

1942

Stand by for Action

as Ensign Martin

1961

Barabbas

as Vasasio

1937

She Had to Eat

as Duke Stacey

1943

Dr. Gillespie's Criminal Case

as Wallace (uncredited)

1947

Fun on a Weekend

as Gambling House Owner (Uncredited)

1936

Crash Donovan

as Harris

1934

Let's Talk It Over

as Sailor Jones

1937

Woman-Wise

as Stevens

1936

Private Number

as Sheik (Uncredited)

1937

Wild and Woolly

as Blackie Morgan

1948

So You Want to Be a Gambler

as Honest John (uncredited)

1943

Swing Shift Maisie

as Investigator (Uncredited)

1948

Black Bart

as Sheriff Mix (uncredited)

1943

Sleepy Lagoon

as J. 'The Brain' Lucarno

1951

Chain of Circumstance

as Lt. Fenning

1947

Rose of Santa Rosa

as Larry Fish

Production

1960

Macumba Love

as Director

1960

Macumba Love

as Producer

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