Douglas Fowley

Douglas Fowley

actor, director, producer

Douglas Fowley was born on May 30, 1911 in USA. Douglas Fowley's big-screen debut came with The Woman Who Dared directed by Millard Webb in 1933, strarring Kay's Boyfriend. Douglas Fowley is known for Detective School directed by Bob LaHendro, Randolph Mantooth stars as Eddie Dawkins and Taylor Negron as Silvio Galindez. The upcoming new tvshow Douglas Fowley plays is Detective School - Season 1 which will be released on Jul 31, 1979.

He was born in the Bronx, New York. As a young man, he moved to Los Angeles and studied at Los Angeles City College. He served in the Navy during World War II. Fowley played everything from cowboys to gangsters, appearing alongside stars like Clark Gable, Ava Gardner, Esther Williams, Gene Kelly and Frank Sinatra. He debuted in Ravisseurs (1933), with Spencer Tracy and Claire Trevor. In his best-known performance, the 1952 musical Chantons sous la pluie (1952), he played a film director trying to ease a silent-film star into her first talking picture. His best-known television role was as Doc Holliday in the popular ABC western series The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp (1955) during the 1950s and early '60s. His last film was The North Avenue Irregulars (1979) in 1979. He played Grandpa Hanks in the CBS comedy Pistols 'n' Petticoats (1966) in 1966-67. Other television credits included Les rues de San Francisco (1972), Perry Mason (1957) and Deux cent dollars plus les frais (1974). He died at the Motion Picture and Television Country House and Hospital, aged 86.

  • Birthday

    May 30, 1911
  • Place of Birth

    Bronx, New York City, New York, USA

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