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