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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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Filmography
all 175
Movies 145
TV Shows 30
self 3
Narrator 1
Producer 1
Going Hollywood: The '30s (1984)
The Flying Nun (1967)
The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (1964)
Petticoat Junction (1963)
Burke's Law (1963)
A Majority of One (1961)
Dante (1960)
Fibber McGee & Molly (1959)
Maverick (1957)
Meet McGraw (1957)
Blondie (1957)
Around the World in Eighty Days (1956)
The Gale Storm Show (1956)
The King and I (1956)
The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956)
The King's Thief (1955)
The Bob Cummings Show (1955)
The Steel Cage (1954)
Social Lion (1954)
Hey Mulligan (1954)
Ma and Pa Kettle at Home (1954)
Colonel Humphrey Flack (1953)
The Life Of Riley (1953)
Androcles and the Lion (1952)
Four Star Playhouse (1952)
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars (1951)
Crosswinds (1951)
The Red Skelton Show (1951)
The Lady and the Bandit (1951)
The Jackpot (1950)
The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show (1950)
Wagon Master (1950)
The Lone Wolf and His Lady (1949)
You're My Everything (1949)
Every Girl Should Be Married (1948)
My Dear Secretary (1948)
An Innocent Affair (1948)
The Prince Of Thieves (1948)
The Main Street Kid (1948)
Captain from Castile (1947)
Merton of the Movies (1947)
Lured (1947)
The Pilgrim Lady (1947)
My Darling Clementine (1946)
Idea Girl (1946)
Terror by Night (1946)
Sunbonnet Sue (1945)
Men in Her Diary (1945)
Tell It to a Star (1945)
Where Do We Go from Here? (1945)
The Phantom of 42nd Street (1945)
Earl Carroll Vanities (1945)
My Gal Loves Music (1944)
The Doughgirls (1944)
Ever Since Venus (1944)
His Butler's Sister (1943)
Holy Matrimony (1943)
So This Is Washington (1943)
Stage Door Canteen (1943)
Slightly Dangerous (1943)
The Powers Girl (1943)
Panama Hattie (1942)
Isle of Missing Men (1942)
A Yank at Eton (1942)
The Mad Martindales (1942)
We Were Dancing (1942)
Yokel Boy (1942)
Three Blonde Mice (1942)
The Perfect Snob (1941)
I Wake Up Screaming (1941)
Moon Over Her Shoulder (1941)
Ice-Capades (1941)
The Cowboy and the Blonde (1941)
That Uncertain Feeling (1941)
That Hamilton Woman (1941)
Footlight Fever (1941)
The Quarterback (1940)
The Villain Still Pursued Her (1940)
Scatterbrain (1940)
Curtain Call (1940)
Music in My Heart (1940)
The Llano Kid (1939)
Way Down South (1939)
Never Say Die (1939)
There Goes My Heart (1938)
Merrily We Live (1938)
Hollywood Hotel (1938)
Stand-In (1937)
Music for Madame (1937)
On Such a Night (1937)
Vogues of 1938 (1937)
Topper (1937)
Marry the Girl (1937)
On the Avenue (1937)
Rainbow on the River (1936)
Four Days Wonder (1936)
Ladies In Love (1936)
My Man Godfrey (1936)
Mary of Scotland (1936)
Fatal Lady (1936)
The Case Against Mrs. Ames (1936)
Desire (1936)
Give Us This Night (1936)
Muss 'em Up (1936)
Rose Marie (1936)
In Person (1935)
She Couldn't Take It (1935)
The Gay Deception (1935)
Lady Tubbs (1935)
Becky Sharp (1935)
Night Life of the Gods (1935)
Charlie Chan in London (1934)
One More River (1934)
The Girl from Missouri (1934)
Little Man, What Now? (1934)
Where Sinners Meet (1934)
Cheaters (1934)
The House of Rothschild (1934)
Long Lost Father (1934)
Her Secret (1933)
Roman Scandals (1933)
The World Changes (1933)
Berkeley Square (1933)
Voltaire (1933)
Midnight Club (1933)
Peg o' My Heart (1933)
Our Betters (1933)
The Bride's Bereavement; or, The Snake in the Grass (1932)
Sherlock Holmes (1932)
The Phantom President (1932)
Two Against the World (1932)
The Man Called Back (1932)
Jewel Robbery (1932)
The Man from Yesterday (1932)
Man About Town (1932)
Hotel Continental (1932)
The Silent Witness (1932)
Nice Women (1931)
Honor of the Family (1931)
Alexander Hamilton (1931)
Guilty Hands (1931)
The Man in Possession (1931)
God's Gift to Women (1931)
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Known ForActing
GenderMale
Birthday1896-08-17
Deathday1969-03-25 (72 years old)
Birth PlaceLondon, England, UK
CitizenshipsUnited Kingdom
Also Known AsAllan Mowbray, Alfred Ernest Allen
AwardsMilitary Medal
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