About

Known credits:
146
Birthday:
1896-08-17
Place of birth:
London, England, UK
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Alan Mowbray

Overview

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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.

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Known for

Acting
1984 Going Hollywood: The '30s Actor (archive footage) N/A
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1961 A Majority of One Actor Captain Norcross 58
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1960 Dante Actor Stewart Styles 69
Fair
1956 Around the World in Eighty Days Actor British Consul 62
Fair
1956 The King and I Actor Sir John Hay 64
Fair
1956 The Man Who Knew Too Much Actor Val Parnell 70
Good
1956 Once Upon a Honeymoon Actor Gordon 58
Average
1955 The King's Thief Actor Sir Gilbert Talbot 59
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1954 The Steel Cage Actor Lee Filbert, segment "The Chef" N/A
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1954 Social Lion Actor Narrator 59
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1954 Ma and Pa Kettle at Home Actor Alphonsus Mannering 59
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1953 Colonel Humphrey Flack Actor N/A
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1952 Blackbeard, the Pirate Actor Noll 58
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1952 Androcles and the Lion Actor Editor of Gladiators 59
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1952 Just Across the Street Actor Davis N/A
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1951 Crosswinds Actor The Hon Cecil Daubrey 59
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1951 The Lady and the Bandit Actor Lord Charles Willoughby 59
Average
1950 The Jackpot Actor Leslie 59
Average
1950 Wagon Master Actor Dr. A. Locksley Hall 60
Fair
1949 The Lone Wolf and His Lady Actor Jamison 58
Average
1949 You're My Everything Actor Joe Blanton 58
Average
1949 Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet the Killer, Boris Karloff Actor Melton 59
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1949 The Lovable Cheat Actor Justin 59
Average
1948 Every Girl Should Be Married Actor Mr. Spitzer 59
Average
1948 My Dear Secretary Actor Deveny (Bryant Detective Agency) 59
Average
1948 An Innocent Affair Actor Ken St. Clair 58
Average
1948 The Prince Of Thieves Actor The Friar 59
Average
1948 The Main Street Kid Actor The Great Martine N/A
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1947 Captain from Castile Actor Prof. Botello 59
Average
1947 Merton of the Movies Actor Frank Mulvaney 59
Average
1947 Lured Actor Lyle Maxwell 59
Average
1947 The Pilgrim Lady Actor Clifford Latimer 58
Average
1946 My Darling Clementine Actor Granville Thorndyke 65
Fair
1946 Idea Girl Actor J. C. Crow N/A
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1946 Terror by Night Actor Major Duncan-Bleek 60
Fair
1945 Sunbonnet Sue Actor Jonathan 58
Average
1945 Men in Her Diary Actor Douglas Crane N/A
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1945 Tell It to a Star Actor Col. Ambrose Morgan N/A
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1945 Where Do We Go from Here? Actor General George Washington 58
Average
1945 The Phantom of 42nd Street Actor Cecil Moore 58
Average
1945 Earl Carroll Vanities Actor Grand Duke Paul 58
Average
1945 Bring on the Girls Actor August 59
Average
1944 My Gal Loves Music Actor Rodney Spoonyer N/A
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1944 The Doughgirls Actor Breckinridge Drake 59
Average
1944 Ever Since Venus Actor J. Webster Hackett N/A
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1943 His Butler's Sister Actor Buzz Jenkins 59
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1943 Holy Matrimony Actor Mr. Pennington 59
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1943 So This Is Washington Actor Chester W. Marshall 58
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1943 Stage Door Canteen Actor Alan Mowbray 58
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1943 Slightly Dangerous Actor English Gentleman 59
Average
1943 The Powers Girl Actor John Robert Powers 59
Average
1942 The Devil with Hitler Actor Gesatan 58
Average
1942 Panama Hattie Actor Jay Jerkins, Dick's Butler 58
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1942 Isle of Missing Men Actor Dr. Brown 59
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1942 A Yank at Eton Actor Mr. Duncan 59
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1942 The Mad Martindales Actor Hugo Martindale 58
Average
1942 We Were Dancing Actor Grand Duke Basil 58
Average
1942 Yokel Boy Actor R.B. Harris - Movie Producer 58
Average
1942 Three Blonde Mice Actor Elmer Smith N/A
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1941 The Perfect Snob Actor Freddie Browning 59
Average
1941 I Wake Up Screaming Actor Robin Ray 60
Fair
1941 Moon Over Her Shoulder Actor Grover Sloan N/A
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1941 Ice-Capades Actor Pete Ellis 58
Average
1941 French Fried Patootie Actor N/A
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1941 The Cowboy and the Blonde Actor Phineas Johnson N/A
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1941 That Uncertain Feeling Actor Doctor Vengard 59
Average
1941 That Hamilton Woman Actor Sir William Hamilton 60
Fair
1941 Footlight Fever Actor Don Avery 59
Average
1940 The Quarterback Actor Professor Hobbs N/A
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1940 The Villain Still Pursued Her Actor Silas Cribbs 58
Average
1940 The Boys from Syracuse Actor Angelo 59
Average
1940 Scatterbrain Actor J.R. Russell N/A
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1940 Curtain Call Actor Donald Avery 59
Average
1940 Music in My Heart Actor Charles Spencer Gardner III 58
Average
1939 The Llano Kid Actor John Travers N/A
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1939 Way Down South Actor Jacques Bouton 59
Average
1939 Never Say Die Actor le Prince Smirnov 59
Average
1938 Topper Takes a Trip Actor Wilkins - Topper's Butler 59
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1938 There Goes My Heart Actor Penny E. Pennypepper 59
Average
1938 Merrily We Live Actor Grosvenor 59
Average
1938 Hollywood Hotel Actor Alexander Duprey 58
Average
1937 Breakdowns of 1937 Actor Self 59
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1937 Stand-In Actor Koslofski 59
Average
1937 Music for Madame Actor Leon Rodowsky 59
Average
1937 On Such a Night Actor Prof. Richard Candle N/A
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1937 Vogues of 1938 Actor Henry Morgan 58
Average
1937 Topper Actor Wilkins 60
Fair
1937 Marry the Girl Actor Dr. Stryker 59
Average
1937 As Good as Married Actor Wally 59
Average
1937 The King and the Chorus Girl Actor Donald Taylor 59
Average
1937 On the Avenue Actor Frederick Sims 59
Average
1936 Rainbow on the River Actor Ralph Layton 59
Average
1936 Four Days Wonder Actor Archibald Fenton N/A
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1936 Ladies In Love Actor Paul Sandor 59
Average
1936 My Man Godfrey Actor Tommy Gray 65
Fair
1936 Mary of Scotland Actor Throckmorton 59
Average
1936 Fatal Lady Actor Uberto Malla N/A
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1936 The Case Against Mrs. Ames Actor Lawrence Waterson 58
Average
1936 Desire Actor Dr. Maurice Pauquet 59
Average
1936 Give Us This Night Actor Forcellini 59
Average
1936 Muss 'em Up Actor Paul Harding 59
Average
1936 Rose Marie Actor Premier 59
Average
1935 In Person Actor Jay Holmes 59
Average
1935 She Couldn't Take It Actor Alan Bartlett 59
Average
1935 The Gay Deception Actor Lord Clewe 59
Average
1935 Lady Tubbs Actor Elyot Wembsleigh N/A
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1935 Becky Sharp Actor Rawdon Crawley 58
Average
1935 Night Life of the Gods Actor Hunter Hawk N/A
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1934 Charlie Chan in London Actor Geoffrey Richmond 59
Average
1934 Embarrassing Moments Actor Aheam N/A
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1934 One More River Actor Forsythe 58
Average
1934 The Girl from Missouri Actor Lord Douglas 59
Average
1934 Little Man, What Now? Actor Franz Schlüter 59
Average
1934 Where Sinners Meet Actor Nicholas 58
Average
1934 Cheaters Actor Paul Southern N/A
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1934 The House of Rothschild Actor Prince Metternich 59
Average
1934 Long Lost Father Actor Sir Anthony "Tony" Gelding 59
Average
1933 Her Secret Actor Nils Norton N/A
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1933 Roman Scandals Actor Majordomo 58
Average
1933 The World Changes Actor Sir Philip Ivor 58
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1933 Berkeley Square Actor Major Clinton 58
Average
1933 Voltaire Actor Count de Sarnac 59
Average
1933 Midnight Club Actor Arthur Bradley N/A
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1933 Peg o' My Heart Actor Capt. Christopher 'Chris' Brent 58
Average
1933 A Study in Scarlet Actor Lestrade 58
Average
1932 Sherlock Holmes Actor Colonel Gore-King 58
Average
1932 The Phantom President Actor George Washington (uncredited) 58
Average
1932 Two Against the World Actor George 'Georgie' Walton 58
Average
1932 Winner Take All Actor Forbes, the etiquette teacher 58
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1932 The Man Called Back Actor King's Counsel 58
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1932 Jewel Robbery Actor Detective Fritz 59
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1932 The Man from Yesterday Actor Dr. Waite 58
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1932 Man About Town Actor Ivan Boris N/A
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1932 The World and the Flesh Actor Dimitri 59
Average
1932 Hotel Continental Actor Walter Underwood 59
Average
1932 The Silent Witness Actor Arthur Drinton 59
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1932 Lovers Courageous Actor Lamone 59
Average
1931 Nice Women Actor Mark Chandler N/A
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1931 Honor of the Family Actor Tony Revere N/A
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1931 Left Over Ladies Actor Jerry N/A
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1931 Alexander Hamilton Actor George Washington 58
Average
1931 Guilty Hands Actor Gordon Rich 59
Average
1931 How I Play Golf, by Bobby Jones No. 6: 'The Big Irons' Actor Mr. Mowbray (uncredited) N/A
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1931 The Man in Possession Actor Sir Charles Cartwright 59
Average
1931 God's Gift to Women Actor Auguste, Toto's Butler 58
Average

Crew
1993 Broken Highway Crew Armorer 58
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