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
- The North Avenue Irregulars as Delaney
- Detective School
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 (as Douglas V. Fowley)
- Kolchak: The Night Stalker as The Super
- Homebodies as Mr. Crawford
1973
- Walking Tall as Judge Clarke
1972
- The Streets of San Francisco
- Run, Cougar, Run as Joe Bickley
- Here Comes the Judge
- Kung Fu as Trapper
1969
1968
- Mayberry R.F.D. as Judson
1967
- The Guns of Will Sonnett
- The Second Hundred Years as Henry Sykes
- Pistols 'n' Petticoats as Grandpa Andrew Hanks
1964
- Daniel Boone as Rufus C. Hoops
- Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.
- 7 Faces of Dr. Lao as Toothless Cowboy
- Guns of Diablo as Mr. Knudsen
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
1958
- Wanted: Dead or Alive as Tolliver Bender
- Sea Hunt as Pop
- The Texan
- A Gift for Heidi as Alm Uncle
- Jefferson Drum as Wooley
1957
- Perry Mason as Rubin Cason
- Wagon Train as Ed Graham
- Richard Diamond, Private Detective as Bailey
- Trackdown as Carlson
- Bayou as Emil Hebert
- Alcoa Theatre as Pop
- Kelly and Me as Dave Gans
- Raiders of Old California as Sheriff
- The Badge of Marshal Brennan as Marshal Brennan
1956
- Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre as Luke
- State Trooper
- Bandido! as McGhee
- Man from Del Rio as Doc Adams
- Rock, Pretty Baby as Pop Wright
- The Broken Star as Hiram Charleton
1955
- Cheyenne as Pritchard
- Gunsmoke as Buck Doolin
- The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
- The Millionaire as Tom Diamond
- Texas Lady as Clay Ballard (Clarion owner)
- The Lonesome Trail as Crazy Charley Bonesteel
- The Girl Rush as Charlie - Stickman
- The Great Gildersleeve
- The Matchmaking Marshal as Jack Ruskin
1954
- Lassie
- December Bride
- Studio 57
- Southwest Passage as Toad Ellis
- Public Defender
- The High and the Mighty as Alsop
- The Lone Gun as Bartender
- The Naked Jungle as Medicine Man
- With This Ring as Gordon, Miller Executive
- Casanova's Big Night as Second Prisoner
- Deep in My Heart as Harold Butterfield (uncredited)
- Untamed Heiress as Pal
1953
- The Life Of Riley as Eddie
- The Man Behind The Gun as Buckley Saloon Manager
- Kansas Pacific as Max Janus
- The Band Wagon as Auctioneer (uncredited)
- A Slight Case of Larceny as Mr. White
- City Detective
- Red River Shore as Case Lockwood
- Cat-Women of the Moon as Walter 'Walt' Walters
- Cruisin' Down the River as Humphrey Hepburn
- Revlon Mirror Theatre
1952
- Four Star Playhouse as Frank Harvey
- Singin' in the Rain as Roscoe Dexter
- The Abbott and Costello Show as Lefty
- Horizons West as Ed Tompkins
- Just This Once as Frank Pirosh
- This Woman Is Dangerous as Saunders (Uncredited)
- Finders Keepers as Franke Simmons
1951
- The Red Skelton Show as Pete
- The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok
- Tarzan's Peril as Herbert Trask
- Across the Wide Missouri as Tin Cup Owens (uncredited)
- Callaway Went Thataway as Gaffer (uncredited)
- Angels in the Outfield as Cab Driver (uncredited)
- Chain of Circumstance as Lt. Fenning
- Criminal Lawyer as Harry Cheney
- South of Caliente as Dave Norris
1950
- The Colgate Comedy Hour as Self
- Hoedown as Gang Leader (uncredited)
- The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show as Charles Lowe
- Killer Shark as Louie Bracado
- Bunco Squad as Det. Sgt. Mack McManus
- Armored Car Robbery as Benjamin 'Benny' McBride
- So You Think You're Not Guilty as Convict (uncredited)
- Mrs. O'Malley and Mr. Malone as Steve Kepplar
- Rio Grande Patrol as Bragg Orcutt
- Stage to Tucson as Ira Prentiss
- Rider from Tucson as Bob Rankin
- He's a Cockeyed Wonder as 'Crabs' Freeley
- Edge of Doom as Detective #2
1949
- Battleground as 'Kipp' Kippton
- Arson, Inc. as Frederick P. 'Fred' Fender
- Massacre River as Simms
- Susanna Pass as Roberts aka Walter P. Johnson
- Flaxy Martin as Max, Detective
- Manhattan Angel as Mr. Fowley - Press Photographer (uncredited)
- Mighty Joe Young as Jones
- Satan's Cradle as Steve Gentry
- Joe Palooka in the Counterpunch as Thurston
- Any Number Can Play as Smitty (uncredited)
- Search for Danger as The Inspector
- Renegades of the Sage as Sloper
1948
- Black Bart as Sheriff Mix (uncredited)
- Gun Smugglers as Steve Reeves
- Coroner Creek as Stew Shallis
- Waterfront at Midnight as Joe Sargus
- If You Knew Susie as Marty
- Docks of New Orleans as Grock
- The Denver Kid as Henchman Slip
- Behind Locked Doors as Larson
- The Dude Goes West as Beetle
- Joe Palooka in Winner Take All as Reporter
- So You Want to Be a Gambler as Honest John (uncredited)
1947
- Wild Country as Clark Varney
- Key Witness as Jim Guthrie (uncredited)
- Fall Guy as Inspector Shannon
- Desperate as Pete
- The Trespasser as Bill Monroe
- Jungle Flight as Tom Hammond
- Yankee Fakir as Murgatroyd Bartholomew Davis
- Rose of Santa Rosa as Larry Fish
- Three on a Ticket as Mace Morgan
- Fun on a Weekend as Gambling House Owner (Uncredited)
- The Sea of Grass as Joe Horton (uncredited)
- Scared to Death as Terry Lee
- Merton of the Movies as Phil
- Roses Are Red as Ace Oliver (as Doug Fowley)
- The Hucksters as Georgie Gaver
- Undercover Maisie as Daniels
- Backlash as Red Bailey
- The Gas House Kids in Hollywood as Mitch Gordon
- Ridin' Down the Trail as Mark Butler
1946
- High School Hero as Coach Carter
- Blonde Alibi as Henchman Willie (Uncredited)
- The Glass Alibi as Joe Eykner
- Larceny in Her Heart as Doc H. C. Patterson
- In Fast Company as Steve Trent
- 'Neath Canadian Skies as Ned Thompson
- North of the Border as Nails Nelson
- Chick Carter, Detective as Rusty Farrell
- Drifting Along as Jack Dailey
1945
- Life with Blondie as Blackie Leonard (uncredited)
- Don't Fence Me In as Jack Gordon
- Along the Navajo Trail as J. Richard Bentley
1944
- Rationing as Dixie Samson
- Johnny Doesn't Live Here Anymore as Rudy (uncredited)
- And the Angels Sing as N.Y. Cafe Manager (uncredited)
- See Here, Private Hargrove as Capt. R.S. Manville
- Shake Hands with Murder as Steve Morgan
- Lady in the Death House as Dr. Dwight 'Brad' Bradford
- Detective Kitty O'Day as Harry Downs
- The Story of Dr. Wassell as Bit Part (uncredited)
- One Body Too Many as Henry Rutherford
- The Racket Man as Toby Sykes
1943
- Jitterbugs as Malcolm Bennett
- Riding High as Brown
- Colt Comrades as Joe Brass
- Minesweeper as Cutter Lieutenant Wells
- Bar 20 as Henchman Slash
- Swing Shift Maisie as Investigator (Uncredited)
- The Kansan as Ben Nash
- Dr. Gillespie's Criminal Case as Wallace (uncredited)
- The Chance of a Lifetime as Nails Blanton (Uncredited)
- Gildersleeve's Bad Day as Louie Barton
- Sleepy Lagoon as J. 'The Brain' Lucarno
1942
- Lost Canyon as Jeff Burton
- Mississippi Gambler as Chet Matthews
- Hay Foot as Captain Rossmead
- For the Common Defense! as Dutch Mullner
- Sunset on the Desert as Ramsay McCall
- The Devil with Hitler as Walter Beeter
- The Man in the Trunk as Ed Mygatt
- I Live on Danger as Joey Farr
- Stand by for Action as Ensign Martin
- So's Your Aunt Emma! as Gus Hammond
- Mr. Wise Guy as Bill Collins
1941
- The Parson of Panamint as Chappie Ellerton
- Secret of the Wastelands as Slade Salters
- Tanks a Million as Capt. Rossmead
- Doctors Don't Tell as Joe Grant
- Mr. District Attorney in the Carter Case as Vincent Mackay
- The Great Swindle as Rocky Andrews
- Dangerous Lady as Police Sgt. Brent
1940
- Wagons Westward as Bill Marsden
- Cafe Hostess as Eddie Morgan
- Cherokee Strip as Alf Barrett
- Pier 13 as Johnnie Hale
- East of the River as Cy Turner
- The Leather Pushers as Slick Connolly
- 20 Mule Team as Stag Roper
- Ellery Queen, Master Detective as Rocky Taylor
1939
- Dodge City as Munger
- Inside Story as Gus Brawley
- Lucky Night as George
- Slightly Honorable as Madder
- It Could Happen to You as Freddie Barlow
- Charlie Chan at Treasure Island as Peter Lewis
- The Arizona Wildcat as Rufe Galloway
- Boy Friend as Ed Boyd
- Henry Goes Arizona as Ricky Dole
1938
- Keep Smiling as Cedric Hunt
- Passport Husband as Tiger Martin
- City Girl as Ritchie
- Submarine Patrol as Seaman Pinky Brett
- Walking Down Broadway as Ace Wagner
- Alexander's Ragtime Band as Snapper
- Mr. Moto's Gamble as Nick Crowder
- Time Out for Murder as J.E. 'Dutch' Moran
1937
- Charlie Chan on Broadway as Johnny Burke
- Woman-Wise as Stevens
- She Had to Eat as Duke Stacey
- Love and Hisses as Webster
- This Is My Affair as Alec
- One Mile from Heaven as Jim Tabor
- On the Avenue as Eddie Eads
- Fifty Roads to Town as Dutch Nelson
- Wake Up and Live as Herman
- Time Out for Romance as Roy Webster
- Wild and Woolly as Blackie Morgan
1936
- Private Number as Sheik (Uncredited)
- Navy Born as Lt. Steve Bassett
- Crash Donovan as Harris
- Small Town Girl as Chick Page (uncredited)
- Big Brown Eyes as Benny Battle
- 36 Hours to Kill as Duke Benson
- Ring Around the Moon as Ted Curlew
- 15 Maiden Lane as Nick Shelby
- Sing, Baby, Sing as Mac
1935
- Transient Lady as Matt Baxter
- Two for Tonight as Pooch Donahue
- Old Man Rhythm as Oyster
- Princess O'Hara as Emcee (uncredited)
- Straight from the Heart as Speed Spelvin
- Night Life of the Gods as Cyril Sparks
1934
- Student Tour as Mushy
- The Girl from Missouri as New Bellboy with Vase (uncredited)
- I Hate Women as Nelson
- Let's Talk It Over as Sailor Jones
- The Thin Man as Taxi Driver (uncredited)
- Sleepers East as Gangster (uncredited)