Alan Mowbray

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1896-08-17 (73 years old)

Deathday

1969-03-25

Place of Birth

London, England, UK

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 Merril...

Acting

1956

1946

My Darling Clementine

as Granville Thorndyke

1946

Terror by Night

as Major Duncan-Bleek

1947

Lured

as Lyle Maxwell

1941

1937

Topper

as Wilkins

1934

Charlie Chan in London

as Geoffrey Richmond

1936

My Man Godfrey

as Tommy Gray

1950

Wagon Master

as Dr. A. Locksley Hall

1933

Roman Scandals

as Majordomo

1941

That Hamilton Woman

as Sir William Hamilton

1941

That Uncertain Feeling

as Doctor Vengard

1938

Hollywood Hotel

as Alexander Duprey

1935

Becky Sharp

as Rawdon Crawley

1936

Rose Marie

as Premier

1933

1956

The King and I

as Sir John Hay

1951

Crosswinds

as The Hon Cecil Daubrey

1961

A Majority of One

as Captain Norcross

1938

There Goes My Heart

as Penny E. Pennypepper

1932

Jewel Robbery

as Detective Fritz

1932

Winner Take All

as Forbes, the etiquette teacher

1949

1949

You're My Everything

as Joe Blanton

1938

Topper Takes a Trip

as Wilkins - Topper's Butler

1935

The Gay Deception

as Lord Clewe

1936

Desire

as Dr. Maurice Pauquet

1942

1931

The Man in Possession

as Sir Charles Cartwright

1944

The Doughgirls

as Breckinridge Drake

1934

One More River

as Forsythe

1942

Panama Hattie

as Jay Jerkins, Dick's Butler

1933

Berkeley Square

as Major Clinton

1947

Merton of the Movies

as Frank Mulvaney

1937

On the Avenue

as Frederick Sims

1955

The King's Thief

as Sir Gilbert Talbot

1938

Merrily We Live

as Grosvenor

1954

The Steel Cage

as Lee Filbert, segment "The Chef"

1939

Way Down South

as Jacques Bouton

1939

Never Say Die

as le Prince Smirnov

1937

Vogues of 1938

as Henry Morgan

1940

Music in My Heart

as Charles Spencer Gardner III

1941

The Perfect Snob

as Freddie Browning

1932

Hotel Continental

as Walter Underwood

1945

1937

Stand-In

as Koslofski

1937

1933

Peg o' My Heart

as Capt. Christopher 'Chris' Brent

1943

Holy Matrimony

as Mr. Pennington

1941

Footlight Fever

as Don Avery

1940

Curtain Call

as Donald Avery

1933

Her Secret

as Nils Norton

1937

Music for Madame

as Leon Rodowsky

1945

Tell It to a Star

as Col. Ambrose Morgan

1935

In Person

as Jay Holmes

1942

1951

The Lady and the Bandit

as Lord Charles Willoughby

1936

Muss 'em Up

as Paul Harding

1935

1932

Two Against the World

as George 'Georgie' Walton

1936

Ladies in Love

as Paul Sandor

1936

The Case Against Mrs. Ames

as Lawrence Waterson

1943

Slightly Dangerous

as English Gentleman

1933

Voltaire

as Count de Sarnac

1933

The World Changes

as Sir Philip Ivor

1933

Midnight Club

as Arthur Bradley

1937

Marry the Girl

as Dr. Stryker

1942

We Were Dancing

as Grand Duke Basil

1939

The Llano Kid

as John Travers

1934

Long Lost Father

as Sir Anthony "Tony" Gelding

1935

Lady Tubbs

as Elyot Wembsleigh

1934

Little Man, What Now?

as Franz Schlüter

1934

The House of Rothschild

as Prince Metternich

1931

Alexander Hamilton

as George Washington

1948

An Innocent Affair

as Ken St. Clair

1935

She Couldn't Take It

as Alan Bartlett

1945

Sunbonnet Sue

as Jonathan

1934

Cheaters

as Paul Southern

1931

God's Gift to Women

as Auguste, Toto's Butler

1984

Going Hollywood: The '30s

as (archive footage)

1948

1945

Where Do We Go from Here?

as General George Washington

1940

Scatterbrain

as J.R. Russell

1936

Fatal Lady

as Uberto Malla

1941

The Cowboy and the Blonde

as Phineas Johnson

1934

The Girl from Missouri

as Lord Douglas

1943

The Powers Girl

as John Robert Powers

1947

Captain from Castile

as Prof. Botello

1936

Mary of Scotland

as Throckmorton

1954

Ma and Pa Kettle at Home

as Alphonsus Mannering

1942

A Yank at Eton

as Mr. Duncan

1952

Androcles and the Lion

as Editor of Gladiators

1943

So This Is Washington

as Chester W. Marshall

1932

The Man Called Back

as King's Counsel

1937

On Such a Night

as Prof. Richard Candle

1934

1942

Yokel Boy

as R.B. Harris - Movie Producer

1936

Rainbow on the River

as Ralph Layton

1932

The Phantom President

as George Washington (uncredited)

1948

My Dear Secretary

as Deveny (Bryant Detective Agency)

1936

Give Us This Night

as Forcellini

1948

The Main Street Kid

as The Great Martine

1943

Stage Door Canteen

as Alan Mowbray

1936

Four Days Wonder

as Archibald Fenton

1940

The Quarterback

as Professor Hobbs

1941

Moon Over Her Shoulder

as Grover Sloan

1944

My Gal Loves Music

as Rodney Spoonyer

1956

1932

Man About Town

as Ivan Boris

1931

Guilty Hands

as Gordon Rich

1932

The Silent Witness

as Arthur Drinton

1932

1945

Earl Carroll Vanities

as Grand Duke Paul

1945

1944

Ever Since Venus

as J. Webster Hackett

1943

His Butler's Sister

as Buzz Jenkins

1942

Three Blonde Mice

as Elmer Smith

1931

1932

1937

1942

The Mad Martindales

as Hugo Martindale

1932

Sherlock Holmes

as Colonel Gore-King

1945

Men in Her Diary

as Douglas Crane

1931

Honor of the Family

as Tony Revere

1941

Ice-Capades

as Pete Ellis

1946

Idea Girl

as J. C. Crow

1931

Nice Women

as Mark Chandler

1950

The Jackpot

as Leslie

1954

Social Lion

as Narrator

1947

The Pilgrim Lady

as Clifford Latimer

Production

1993

Broken Highway

as Armorer

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