Douglas Fowley

Born: 1911-05-30 in The Bronx, New York City, New York, USA

Died: 1998-05-21

Known For: Acting

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.

Filmography

2002

Gene Kelly: Anatomy of a Dancer as Self (archive footage)

1994

Wyatt Earp: Return to Tombstone as Doc Holliday / Doc Fabrique (flashback sequences) (archive footage)

1979

Detective School
The North Avenue Irregulars as Delaney

1977

CHiPs as Barney (as Douglas V. Fowley)
The White Buffalo as Amos Bixby
Sunshine Christmas as Stanley
Black Oak Conspiracy as Bryan Hancock (as Douglas V. Fowley)
The Golden Dog as Narrator

1976

Family as Watchman
From Noon Till Three as Buck Bowers

1975

Switch as Jake
Starsky & Hutch as Lijah

1974

The Rockford Files as Ted
Kolchak: The Night Stalker as The Super
Homebodies as Mr. Crawford

1973

Walking Tall as Judge Clarke

1972

1966

Pistols 'n' Petticoats as Grandpa Andrew Hanks

1965

Branded as Jed Peck
Laredo

1964

Daniel Boone as Rufus C. Hoops
Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.
Guns of Diablo as Mr. Knudsen
7 Faces of Dr. Lao as Toothless Cowboy

1963

Temple Houston as Doc Webb
The Bill Dana Show

1962

The Virginian as Sorrowful
The Lucy Show as Indian Chief

1961

Hazel as Mr. Jeffries
Barabbas as Vasasio
Buffalo Gun as Sheriff

1960

The Andy Griffith Show as Hobo
My Three Sons as Toby Chambers
Macumba Love ... (Director)
Desire in the Dust as Zuba Wilson

1959

Bonanza as Ned Conrad
Tightrope as Max Rommey

1958

Wanted: Dead or Alive as Tolliver Bender
The Texan
Sea Hunt as Pop
Jefferson Drum as Wooley
The Geisha Boy as GI in Korea (uncredited)
A Gift for Heidi as Alm Uncle

1957

Perry Mason as Rubin Cason
Wagon Train as Ed Graham
Richard Diamond, Private Detective as Bailey
Trackdown as Carlson
Alcoa Theatre as Pop
Kelly and Me as Dave Gans
The Badge of Marshal Brennan as Marshal Brennan
Bayou as Emil Hebert
Raiders of Old California as Sheriff

1956

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre as Luke
State Trooper
The Broken Star as Hiram Charleton
Man from Del Rio as Doc Adams
Bandido! as McGhee
Rock, Pretty Baby as Pop Wright

1955

Cheyenne as Pritchard
Gunsmoke as Buck Doolin
The Millionaire as Tom Diamond
The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
Texas Lady as Clay Ballard (Clarion owner)
The Great Gildersleeve
The Girl Rush as Charlie - Stickman
The Matchmaking Marshal as Jack Ruskin
The Lonesome Trail as Crazy Charley Bonesteel

1954

Lassie
Studio 57
December Bride
Public Defender
The Naked Jungle as Medicine Man
The High and the Mighty as Alsop
Casanova's Big Night as Second Prisoner
The Lone Gun as Bartender
Deep in My Heart as Harold Butterfield (uncredited)
Southwest Passage as Toad Ellis
Untamed Heiress as Pal
With This Ring as Gordon, Miller Executive

1953

City Detective
The Life Of Riley as Eddie
The Band Wagon as Auctioneer (uncredited)
Revlon Mirror Theatre
Kansas Pacific as Max Janus
The Man Behind The Gun as Buckley Saloon Manager
Cat-Women of the Moon as Walter 'Walt' Walters
Red River Shore as Case Lockwood
Cruisin' Down the River as Humphrey Hepburn
A Slight Case of Larceny as Mr. White

1952

Four Star Playhouse as Frank Harvey
The Abbott and Costello Show as Lefty
Singin' in the Rain as Roscoe Dexter
Horizons West as Ed Tompkins
Just This Once as Frank Pirosh
Finders Keepers as Franke Simmons
This Woman Is Dangerous as Saunders (Uncredited)

1951

The Red Skelton Show as Pete
The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok
Angels in the Outfield as Cab Driver (uncredited)
Across the Wide Missouri as Tin Cup Owens (uncredited)
Tarzan's Peril as Herbert Trask
Criminal Lawyer as Harry Cheney
Chain of Circumstance as Lt. Fenning
Callaway Went Thataway as Gaffer (uncredited)
South of Caliente as Dave Norris

1950

The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show as Charles Lowe
The Colgate Comedy Hour as Self
Edge of Doom as Detective #2
He's a Cockeyed Wonder as 'Crabs' Freeley
Armored Car Robbery as Benjamin 'Benny' McBride
Killer Shark as Louie Bracado
Bunco Squad as Det. Sgt. Mack McManus
Mrs. O'Malley and Mr. Malone as Steve Kepplar
So You Think You're Not Guilty as Convict (uncredited)
Stage to Tucson as Ira Prentiss
Rio Grande Patrol as Bragg Orcutt
Hoedown as Gang Leader (uncredited)
Rider from Tucson as Bob Rankin

1949

Mighty Joe Young as Jones
Battleground as 'Kipp' Kippton
Flaxy Martin as Max, Detective
Massacre River as Simms
Any Number Can Play as Smitty (uncredited)
Susanna Pass as Roberts aka Walter P. Johnson
Satan's Cradle as Steve Gentry
Manhattan Angel as Mr. Fowley - Press Photographer (uncredited)
Search for Danger as The Inspector
Joe Palooka in the Counterpunch as Thurston
Renegades of the Sage as Sloper
Arson, Inc. as Frederick P. 'Fred' Fender
Clunked in the Clink

1948

Coroner Creek as Stew Shallis
Black Bart as Sheriff Mix (uncredited)
Docks of New Orleans as Grock
Gun Smugglers as Steve Reeves
The Dude Goes West as Beetle
If You Knew Susie as Marty
Behind Locked Doors as Larson
So You Want to Be a Gambler as Honest John (uncredited)
The Denver Kid as Henchman Slip
Joe Palooka in Winner Take All as Reporter
Waterfront at Midnight as Joe Sargus

1947

Undercover Maisie as Daniels
The Sea of Grass as Joe Horton (uncredited)
The Hucksters as Georgie Gaver
The Trespasser as Bill Monroe
Desperate as Pete
Roses Are Red as Ace Oliver (as Doug Fowley)
Scared to Death as Terry Lee
Yankee Fakir as Murgatroyd Bartholomew Davis
Backlash as Red Bailey
Fun on a Weekend as Gambling House Owner (uncredited)
Jungle Flight as Tom Hammond
Merton of the Movies as Phil
The Gas House Kids in Hollywood as Mitch Gordon
Wild Country as Clark Varney
Key Witness as Jim Guthrie (uncredited)
Ridin' Down the Trail as Mark Butler
Three on a Ticket as Mace Morgan
Rose of Santa Rosa as Larry Fish
Fall Guy as Inspector Shannon

1946

Blonde Alibi as Henchman Willie (Uncredited)
'Neath Canadian Skies as Ned Thompson
Chick Carter, Detective as Rusty Farrell
Larceny in Her Heart as Doc H. C. Patterson
High School Hero as Coach Carter
The Glass Alibi as Joe Eykner
Drifting Along as Jack Dailey
North of the Border as Nails Nelson
In Fast Company as Steve Trent

1945

Life with Blondie as Blackie Leonard (uncredited)
Along the Navajo Trail as J. Richard Bentley
Don't Fence Me In as Jack Gordon

1944

And the Angels Sing as N.Y. Cafe Manager (uncredited)
The Story of Dr. Wassell as Bit Part (uncredited)
See Here, Private Hargrove as Capt. R.S. Manville
The Racket Man as Toby Sykes
Johnny Doesn't Live Here Anymore as Rudy (uncredited)
Lady in the Death House as Dr. Dwight 'Brad' Bradford
Rationing as Dixie Samson
One Body Too Many as Henry Rutherford
Detective Kitty O'Day as Harry Downs
Shake Hands with Murder as Steve Morgan

1943

The Kansan as Ben Nash
Gildersleeve's Bad Day as Louie Barton
Jitterbugs as Malcolm Bennett
Colt Comrades as Joe Brass
The Chance of a Lifetime as Nails Blanton (Uncredited)
Bar 20 as Henchman Slash
Riding High as Brown
Sleepy Lagoon as J. 'The Brain' Lucarno
Swing Shift Maisie as Investigator (Uncredited)
Dr. Gillespie's Criminal Case as Wallace (uncredited)
Minesweeper as Cutter Lieutenant Wells

1942

Stand by for Action as Ensign Martin
Mississippi Gambler as Chet Matthews
Hay Foot as Captain Rossmead
Sunset on the Desert as Ramsay McCall
Mr. Wise Guy as Bill Collins
Lost Canyon as Jeff Burton
I Live on Danger as Joey Farr
So's Your Aunt Emma! as Gus Hammond
The Devil with Hitler as Walter Beeter
For the Common Defense! as Dutch Mullner
The Man in the Trunk as Ed Mygatt

1941

Tanks a Million as Capt. Rossmead
Dangerous Lady as Police Sgt. Brent
Secret of the Wastelands as Slade Salters
The Great Swindle as Rocky Andrews
Doctors Don't Tell as Joe Grant
Mr. District Attorney in the Carter Case as Vincent Mackay
The Parson of Panamint as Chappie Ellerton

1940

Cafe Hostess as Eddie Morgan
20 Mule Team as Stag Roper
Cherokee Strip as Alf Barrett
Pier 13 as Johnnie Hale
Wagons Westward as Bill Marsden
Ellery Queen, Master Detective as Rocky Taylor
East of the River as Cy Turner
The Leather Pushers as Slick Connolly

1939

Dodge City as Munger
Charlie Chan at Treasure Island as Peter Lewis
Boy Friend as Ed Boyd
Lucky Night as George
The Arizona Wildcat as Rufe Galloway
Slightly Honorable as Madder
Inside Story as Gus Brawley
Henry Goes Arizona as Ricky Dole
It Could Happen to You as Freddie Barlow

1938

Mr. Moto's Gamble as Nick Crowder
Passport Husband as Tiger Martin
City Girl as Ritchie
Submarine Patrol as Seaman Pinky Brett
Alexander's Ragtime Band as Snapper
Keep Smiling as Cedric Hunt
Walking Down Broadway as Ace Wagner
Time Out for Murder as J.E. 'Dutch' Moran

1937

Woman-Wise as Stevens
Love and Hisses as Webster
Wake Up and Live as Herman
Wild and Woolly as Blackie Morgan
One Mile from Heaven as Jim Tabor
Charlie Chan on Broadway as Johnny Burke
On the Avenue as Eddie Eads
She Had to Eat as Duke Stacey
Time Out for Romance as Roy Webster
This Is My Affair as Alec
Fifty Roads to Town as Dutch Nelson

1936

Ring Around the Moon as Ted Curlew
Small Town Girl as Chick Page (uncredited)
Private Number as Sheik (Uncredited)
36 Hours to Kill as Duke Benson
Sing, Baby, Sing as Mac
15 Maiden Lane as Nick Shelby
Big Brown Eyes as Benny Battle
Crash Donovan as Harris
Navy Born as Lt. Steve Bassett

1935

Transient Lady as Matt Baxter
Princess O'Hara as Emcee (uncredited)
Old Man Rhythm as Oyster
Two for Tonight as Pooch Donahue
Night Life of the Gods as Cyril Sparks
Straight from the Heart as Speed Spelvin

1934

The Thin Man as Taxi Driver (uncredited)
I Hate Women as Nelson
Student Tour as Mushy
Let's Talk It Over as Sailor Jones
The Girl from Missouri as New Bellboy with Vase (uncredited)
Sleepers East as Gangster (uncredited)

1933

The Woman Who Dared as Kay's Boyfriend