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