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Douglas Fowley

Known For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

May 30, 1911 (115 years old)

Place of Birth

The Bronx, New York City, New York, USA

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.

Known For

Acting
2002Gene Kelly: Anatomy of a DancerSelf (archive footage)
1994Wyatt Earp: Return to TombstoneDoc Holliday / Doc Fabrique (flashback sequences) (archive footage)
1979The North Avenue IrregularsDelaney
1979Detective School
1977Black Oak ConspiracyBryan Hancock (as Douglas V. Fowley)
1977The White BuffaloAmos Bixby
1977The Golden DogNarrator
1977Sunshine ChristmasStanley
1977CHiPsBarney (as Douglas V. Fowley)
1976From Noon Till ThreeBuck Bowers
1976FamilyWatchman
1975Starsky & HutchLijah
1975SwitchJake
1974HomebodiesMr. Crawford
1974Kolchak: The Night StalkerThe Super
1974The Rockford FilesTed (as Douglas V. Fowley)
1973Walking TallJudge Clarke
1972Here Comes the Judge
1972Run, Cougar, RunJoe Bickley
1972Kung FuTrapper
1972The Streets of San Francisco
1971O'Hara, U.S. Treasury
1969The Good Guys and the Bad GuysGrundy
1969My World and Welcome to It
1968Mayberry R.F.D.Judson
1967Pistols 'n' PetticoatsGrandpa Andrew Hanks
1967The Guns of Will Sonnett
1967The Second Hundred YearsHenry Sykes
1966Pistols 'n' PetticoatsGrandpa Andrew Hanks
1965Laredo
1965BrandedJed Peck
19647 Faces of Dr. LaoToothless Cowboy
1964Guns of DiabloMr. Knudsen
1964Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.
1964Daniel BooneRufus C. Hoops
1963The Bill Dana Show
1963Temple HoustonDoc Webb
1962The Lucy ShowIndian Chief
1962The VirginianSorrowful
1962The VirginianSheriff Ben Tolliver
1961Buffalo GunSheriff
1961BarabbasVasasio
1961HazelMr. Jeffries
1960Desire in the DustZuba Wilson
1960My Three SonsToby Chambers
1960The Andy Griffith ShowHobo
1959Tightrope
1959BonanzaNed Conrad
1958A Gift for HeidiAlm Uncle
1958The Geisha BoyGI in Korea (uncredited)
1958Wanted: Dead or AliveTolliver Bender
1958The Texan
1958Jefferson DrumWooley
1958Sea HuntPop
1957Kelly and MeDave Gans
1957The Badge of Marshal BrennanMarshal Brennan
1957BayouEmil Hebert
1957Raiders of Old CaliforniaSheriff
1957Perry MasonRubin Cason
1957Richard Diamond, Private DetectiveBailey
1957Wagon TrainEd Graham
1957Alcoa TheatrePop
1957TrackdownCarlson
1956Bandido!McGhee
1956Man from Del RioDoc Adams
1956Rock, Pretty BabyPop Wright
1956The Broken StarHiram Charleton
1956State Trooper
1956State TrooperMatt 'Pop' Porter
1956Dick Powell's Zane Grey TheatreLuke
1956State TrooperDoc Crippin
1955Texas LadyClay Ballard (Clarion owner)
1955The Girl RushCharlie - Stickman
1955The Matchmaking MarshalJack Ruskin
1955The Lonesome TrailCrazy Charley Bonesteel
1955GunsmokeBuck Doolin
1955The MillionaireTom Diamond
1955The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
1955The Life and Legend of Wyatt EarpDoc Holliday
1955The Life and Legend of Wyatt EarpDoc Fabrique
1955The Great Gildersleeve
1955CheyennePritchard
1955The Life and Legend of Wyatt EarpGrandpa Logan
1955The Life and Legend of Wyatt EarpDr. John H. Holliday
1954The High and the MightyAlsop
1954With This RingGordon, Miller Executive
1954Casanova's Big NightSecond Prisoner
1954Southwest PassageToad Ellis
1954The Naked JungleMedicine Man
1954Untamed HeiressPal
1954Deep in My HeartHarold Butterfield (uncredited)
1954The Lone GunBartender
1954December Bride
1954Lassie
1954Public Defender
1954Studio 57
1953Cat-Women of the MoonWalter 'Walt' Walters
1953The Man Behind The GunBuckley Saloon Manager
1953A Slight Case of LarcenyMr. White
1953Red River ShoreCase Lockwood
1953The Band WagonAuctioneer (uncredited)
1953Kansas PacificMax Janus
1953Cruisin' Down the RiverHumphrey Hepburn
1953City Detective
1953The Life Of RileyEddie
1953Revlon Mirror Theatre
1952Singin' in the RainRoscoe Dexter
1952Finders KeepersFranke Simmons
1952Horizons WestEd Tompkins
1952Just This OnceFrank Pirosh
1952This Woman Is DangerousSaunders (Uncredited)
1952Four Star PlayhouseFrank Harvey
1952Four Star PlayhousePolice Lt.
1952The Abbott and Costello ShowLefty
1951Criminal LawyerHarry Cheney
1951Across the Wide MissouriTin Cup Owens (uncredited)
1951Callaway Went ThatawayGaffer (uncredited)
1951South of CalienteDave Norris
1951Tarzan's PerilHerbert Trask
1951Angels in the OutfieldCab Driver (uncredited)
1951Chain of CircumstanceLt. Fenning
1951The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok
1951The Red Skelton ShowPete
1951The Adventures of Wild Bill HickokEd Ruskin
1951The Red Skelton ShowMuggsy
1950Armored Car RobberyBenjamin 'Benny' McBride
1950Edge of DoomDetective #2
1950Bunco SquadDet. Sgt. Mack McManus
1950Killer SharkLouie Bracado
1950So You Think You're Not GuiltyConvict (uncredited)
1950He's a Cockeyed Wonder'Crabs' Freeley
1950HoedownGang Leader (uncredited)
1950Stage to TucsonIra Prentiss
1950Rio Grande PatrolBragg Orcutt
1950Rider from TucsonBob Rankin
1950Mrs. O'Malley and Mr. MaloneSteve Kepplar
1950The Colgate Comedy HourSelf
1950The George Burns and Gracie Allen ShowCharles Lowe
1949Battleground'Kipp' Kippton
1949Flaxy MartinMax, Detective
1949Mighty Joe YoungJones
1949Search for DangerThe Inspector
1949Arson, Inc.Frederick P. 'Fred' Fender
1949Any Number Can PlaySmitty (uncredited)
1949Susanna PassRoberts aka Walter P. Johnson
1949Manhattan AngelMr. Fowley - Press Photographer (uncredited)
1949Massacre RiverSimms
1949Renegades of the SageSloper
1949Satan's CradleSteve Gentry
1949Joe Palooka in the CounterpunchThurston
1948Behind Locked DoorsLarson
1948Coroner CreekStew Shallis
1948Docks of New OrleansGrock
1948Waterfront at MidnightJoe Sargus
1948The Dude Goes WestBeetle
1948Gun SmugglersSteve Reeves
1948If You Knew SusieMarty
1948The Denver KidHenchman Slip
1948Joe Palooka in Winner Take AllReporter
1948So You Want to Be a GamblerHonest John (uncredited)
1948Black BartSheriff Mix (uncredited)
1947Scared to DeathTerry Lee
1947DesperatePete
1947Fall GuyInspector Shannon
1947BacklashRed Bailey
1947Merton of the MoviesPhil
1947Roses Are RedAce Oliver (as Doug Fowley)
1947The TrespasserBill Monroe
1947Undercover MaisieDaniels
1947Wild CountryClark Varney
1947Jungle FlightTom Hammond
1947The HuckstersGeorgie Gaver
1947Key WitnessJim Guthrie (uncredited)
1947Yankee FakirMurgatroyd Bartholomew Davis
1947Three on a TicketMace Morgan
1947The Sea of GrassJoe Horton (uncredited)
1947The Gas House Kids in HollywoodMitch Gordon
1947Ridin' Down the TrailMark Butler
1947Fun on a WeekendGambling House Owner (uncredited)
1947Rose of Santa RosaLarry Fish
1946Blonde AlibiHenchman Willie (Uncredited)
1946The Glass AlibiJoe Eykner
1946Chick Carter, DetectiveRusty Farrell
1946In Fast CompanySteve Trent
1946Larceny in Her HeartDoc H. C. Patterson
1946North of the BorderNails Nelson
1946'Neath Canadian SkiesNed Thompson
1946Drifting AlongJack Dailey
1946High School HeroCoach Carter
1945Life with BlondieBlackie Leonard (uncredited)
1945Along the Navajo TrailJ. Richard Bentley
1945Don't Fence Me InJack Gordon
1944One Body Too ManyHenry Rutherford
1944Lady in the Death HouseDr. Dwight 'Brad' Bradford
1944Detective Kitty O'DayHarry Downs
1944Shake Hands with MurderSteve Morgan
1944RationingDixie Samson
1944And the Angels SingN.Y. Cafe Manager (uncredited)
1944The Racket ManToby Sykes
1944The Story of Dr. WassellBit Part (uncredited)
1944Johnny Doesn't Live Here AnymoreRudy (uncredited)
1944See Here, Private HargroveCapt. R.S. Manville
1943MinesweeperCutter Lieutenant Wells
1943The Chance of a LifetimeNails Blanton (Uncredited)
1943Gildersleeve's Bad DayLouie Barton
1943Riding HighBrown
1943JitterbugsMalcolm Bennett
1943Colt ComradesJoe Brass
1943Bar 20Henchman Slash
1943The KansanBen Nash
1943Dr. Gillespie's Criminal CaseWallace (uncredited)
1943Swing Shift MaisieInvestigator (Uncredited)
1943Sleepy LagoonJ. 'The Brain' Lucarno
1942Mr. Wise GuyBill Collins
1942Sunset on the DesertRamsay McCall
1942So's Your Aunt Emma!Gus Hammond
1942I Live on DangerJoey Farr
1942The Man in the TrunkEd Mygatt
1942For the Common Defense!Dutch Mullner
1942Hay FootCaptain Rossmead
1942Lost CanyonJeff Burton
1942The Devil with HitlerWalter Beeter
1942Mississippi GamblerChet Matthews
1942Stand by for ActionEnsign Martin
1941The Great SwindleRocky Andrews
1941Dangerous LadyPolice Sgt. Brent
1941Doctors Don't TellJoe Grant
1941Mr. District Attorney in the Carter CaseVincent Mackay
1941The Parson of PanamintChappie Ellerton
1941Tanks a MillionCapt. Rossmead
1941Secret of the WastelandsSlade Salters
1940Ellery Queen, Master DetectiveRocky Taylor
1940Pier 13Johnnie Hale
1940East of the RiverCy Turner
194020 Mule TeamStag Roper
1940Wagons WestwardBill Marsden
1940Cherokee StripAlf Barrett
1940The Leather PushersSlick Connolly
1940Cafe HostessEddie Morgan
1939Charlie Chan at Treasure IslandPeter Lewis
1939Dodge CityMunger
1939Slightly HonorableMadder
1939It Could Happen to YouFreddie Barlow
1939Henry Goes ArizonaRicky Dole
1939Lucky NightGeorge
1939Inside StoryGus Brawley
1939Boy FriendEd Boyd
1939The Arizona WildcatRufe Galloway
1938Alexander's Ragtime BandSnapper
1938Mr. Moto's GambleNick Crowder
1938Time Out for MurderJ.E. 'Dutch' Moran
1938City GirlRitchie
1938Submarine PatrolSeaman Pinky Brett
1938Passport HusbandTiger Martin
1938Keep SmilingCedric Hunt
1938Walking Down BroadwayAce Wagner
1937Charlie Chan on BroadwayJohnny Burke
1937On the AvenueEddie Eads
1937This Is My AffairAlec
1937One Mile from HeavenJim Tabor
1937Wake Up and LiveHerman
1937Love and HissesWebster
1937Time Out for RomanceRoy Webster
1937Fifty Roads to TownDutch Nelson
1937She Had to EatDuke Stacey
1937Woman-WiseStevens
1937Wild and WoollyBlackie Morgan
193636 Hours to KillDuke Benson
1936Navy BornLt. Steve Bassett
1936Big Brown EyesBenny Battle
1936Sing, Baby, SingMac
1936Small Town GirlChick Page (uncredited)
193615 Maiden LaneNick Shelby
1936Ring Around the MoonTed Curlew
1936Crash DonovanHarris
1936Private NumberSheik (Uncredited)
1935Straight from the HeartSpeed Spelvin
1935Two for TonightPooch Donahue
1935Night Life of the GodsCyril Sparks
1935Princess O'HaraEmcee (uncredited)
1935Old Man RhythmOyster
1935Transient LadyMatt Baxter
1934The Thin ManTaxi Driver (uncredited)
1934I Hate WomenNelson
1934Student TourMushy
1934The Girl from MissouriNew Bellboy with Vase (uncredited)
1934Sleepers EastGangster (uncredited)
1934Let's Talk It OverSailor Jones
1933The Woman Who DaredKay's Boyfriend
Production
1960Macumba LoveProducer
Directing
1960Macumba LoveDirector