Douglas Fowley

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.

Known For

Roscoe Dexter

Singin' in the Rain

Taxi Driver (uncredited)

The Thin Man

Blackie Leonard (uncredited)

Life with Blondie

Franke Simmons

Finders Keepers

Larson

Behind Locked Doors

Buck Bowers

From Noon Till Three

Benjamin 'Benny' McBride

Armored Car Robbery

Bill Collins

Mr. Wise Guy

Henry Rutherford

One Body Too Many

'Kipp' Kippton

Battleground

Terry Lee

Scared to Death

Judge Clarke

Walking Tall

Peter Lewis

Charlie Chan at Treasure Island

Rocky Andrews

The Great Swindle

Pete

Desperate

Toothless Cowboy

7 Faces of Dr. Lao

Detective #2

Edge of Doom

Stew Shallis

Coroner Creek

Walter 'Walt' Walters

Cat-Women of the Moon

Snapper

Alexander's Ragtime Band

Duke Benson

36 Hours to Kill

Henchman Willie (Uncredited)

Blonde Alibi

Inspector Shannon

Fall Guy

McGhee

Bandido!

Red Bailey

Backlash

Harry Cheney

Criminal Lawyer

Speed Spelvin

Straight from the Heart

Here Comes the Judge

Det. Sgt. Mack McManus

Bunco Squad

Johnny Burke

Charlie Chan on Broadway

Delaney

The North Avenue Irregulars

Max, Detective

Flaxy Martin

Joe Eykner

The Glass Alibi

Jones

Mighty Joe Young

Munger

Dodge City

The Inspector

Search for Danger

Alsop

The High and the Mighty

Dr. Dwight 'Brad' Bradford

Lady in the Death House

Grock

Docks of New Orleans

Rocky Taylor

Ellery Queen, Master Detective

Grundy

The Good Guys and the Bad Guys

Lijah

Starsky & Hutch

Frederick P. 'Fred' Fender

Arson, Inc.

Smitty (uncredited)

Any Number Can Play

Cutter Lieutenant Wells

Minesweeper

Doc Adams

Man from Del Rio

Harry Downs

Detective Kitty O'Day

Police Sgt. Brent

Dangerous Lady

Nick Crowder

Mr. Moto's Gamble

Buckley Saloon Manager

The Man Behind The Gun

Mr. Knudsen

Guns of Diablo

Nails Blanton (Uncredited)

The Chance of a Lifetime

Mr. Crawford

Homebodies

Joe Sargus

Waterfront at Midnight

Phil

Merton of the Movies

Grandpa Andrew Hanks

Pistols 'n' Petticoats

Eddie Eads

On the Avenue

Louie Bracado

Killer Shark

Rusty Farrell

Chick Carter, Detective

Convict (uncredited)

So You Think You're Not Guilty

Madder

Slightly Honorable

Steve Morgan

Shake Hands with Murder

Johnnie Hale

Pier 13

Roberts aka Walter P. Johnson

Susanna Pass

Ace Oliver (as Doug Fowley)

Roses Are Red

Ramsay McCall

Sunset on the Desert

Alec

This Is My Affair

J.E. 'Dutch' Moran

Time Out for Murder

Cy Turner

East of the River

Freddie Barlow

It Could Happen to You

Gus Hammond

So's Your Aunt Emma!

Ed Tompkins

Horizons West

'Crabs' Freeley

He's a Cockeyed Wonder

Louie Barton

Gildersleeve's Bad Day

Joe Grant

Doctors Don't Tell

Jim Tabor

One Mile from Heaven

Bill Monroe

The Trespasser

Clay Ballard (Clarion owner)

Texas Lady

Stag Roper

20 Mule Team

Mr. White

A Slight Case of Larceny

Ritchie

City Girl

Dave Gans

Kelly and Me

Ricky Dole

Henry Goes Arizona

George

Lucky Night

Daniels

Undercover Maisie

Marshal Brennan

The Badge of Marshal Brennan

Steve Trent

In Fast Company

Lt. Steve Bassett

Navy Born

Dixie Samson

Rationing

Bryan Hancock (as Douglas V. Fowley)

Black Oak Conspiracy

Clark Varney

Wild Country

Pop Wright

Rock, Pretty Baby

Brown

Riding High

Tom Hammond

Jungle Flight

Pooch Donahue

Two for Tonight

Nelson

I Hate Women

Hiram Charleton

The Broken Star

Herman

Wake Up and Live

Mushy

Student Tour

Seaman Pinky Brett

Submarine Patrol

Malcolm Bennett

Jitterbugs

Gordon, Miller Executive

With This Ring

Tin Cup Owens (uncredited)

Across the Wide Missouri

Gang Leader (uncredited)

Hoedown

Georgie Gaver

The Hucksters

Joey Farr

I Live on Danger

Second Prisoner

Casanova's Big Night

N.Y. Cafe Manager (uncredited)

And the Angels Sing

Toad Ellis

Southwest Passage

Beetle

The Dude Goes West

Case Lockwood

Red River Shore

Cyril Sparks

Night Life of the Gods

Benny Battle

Big Brown Eyes

Emcee (uncredited)

Princess O'Hara

Tiger Martin

Passport Husband

Gus Brawley

Inside Story

Mac

Sing, Baby, Sing

Frank Pirosh

Just This Once

Chick Page (uncredited)

Small Town Girl

Medicine Man

The Naked Jungle

Webster

Love and Hisses

J. Richard Bentley

Along the Navajo Trail

Oyster

Old Man Rhythm

Matt Baxter

Transient Lady

Jim Guthrie (uncredited)

Key Witness

Amos Bixby

The White Buffalo

Auctioneer (uncredited)

The Band Wagon

Mr. Fowley - Press Photographer (uncredited)

Manhattan Angel

Vincent Mackay

Mr. District Attorney in the Carter Case

Ira Prentiss

Stage to Tucson

Max Janus

Kansas Pacific

Gaffer (uncredited)

Callaway Went Thataway

Dave Norris

South of Caliente

Emil Hebert

Bayou

Charlie - Stickman

The Girl Rush

Bill Marsden

Wagons Westward

Zuba Wilson

Desire in the Dust

Jack Ruskin

The Matchmaking Marshal

Pal

Untamed Heiress

Alf Barrett

Cherokee Strip

Bragg Orcutt

Rio Grande Patrol

Ed Mygatt

The Man in the Trunk

Murgatroyd Bartholomew Davis

Yankee Fakir

Harold Butterfield (uncredited)

Deep in My Heart

Roy Webster

Time Out for Romance

Mace Morgan

Three on a Ticket

Nick Shelby

15 Maiden Lane

Chappie Ellerton

The Parson of Panamint

Jack Gordon

Don't Fence Me In

Ed Boyd

Boy Friend

Doc H. C. Patterson

Larceny in Her Heart

Cedric Hunt

Keep Smiling

Rufe Galloway

The Arizona Wildcat

Toby Sykes

The Racket Man

Dutch Mullner

For the Common Defense!

Herbert Trask

Tarzan's Peril

Slick Connolly

The Leather Pushers

Capt. Rossmead

Tanks a Million

Captain Rossmead

Hay Foot

Joe Horton (uncredited)

The Sea of Grass

Bob Rankin

Rider from Tucson

Steve Reeves

Gun Smugglers

Mitch Gordon

The Gas House Kids in Hollywood

Slade Salters

Secret of the Wastelands

Jeff Burton

Lost Canyon

Simms

Massacre River

Ted Curlew

Ring Around the Moon

Marty

If You Knew Susie

Cab Driver (uncredited)

Angels in the Outfield

Bit Part (uncredited)

The Story of Dr. Wassell

Doc Holliday / Doc Fabrique (flashback sequences) (archive footage)

Wyatt Earp: Return to Tombstone

Narrator

The Golden Dog

Eddie Morgan

Cafe Hostess

Steve Kepplar

Mrs. O'Malley and Mr. Malone

New Bellboy with Vase (uncredited)

The Girl from Missouri

Self (archive footage)

Gene Kelly: Anatomy of a Dancer

Sloper

Renegades of the Sage

Joe Brass

Colt Comrades

Ned Thompson

'Neath Canadian Skies

Nails Nelson

North of the Border

Joe Bickley

Run, Cougar, Run

Jack Dailey

Drifting Along

Mark Butler

Ridin' Down the Trail

Henchman Slip

The Denver Kid

Steve Gentry

Satan's Cradle

Rudy (uncredited)

Johnny Doesn't Live Here Anymore

Stanley

Sunshine Christmas

Henchman Slash

Bar 20

Crazy Charley Bonesteel

The Lonesome Trail

Ben Nash

The Kansan

Bartender

The Lone Gun

Sheriff

Raiders of Old California

Sheriff

Buffalo Gun

Gangster (uncredited)

Sleepers East

Ace Wagner

Walking Down Broadway

Saunders (Uncredited)

This Woman Is Dangerous

Walter Beeter

The Devil with Hitler

Humphrey Hepburn

Cruisin' Down the River

Chet Matthews

Mississippi Gambler

Coach Carter

High School Hero

Capt. R.S. Manville

See Here, Private Hargrove

Dutch Nelson

Fifty Roads to Town

Ensign Martin

Stand by for Action

Vasasio

Barabbas

Duke Stacey

She Had to Eat

Wallace (uncredited)

Dr. Gillespie's Criminal Case

Gambling House Owner (Uncredited)

Fun on a Weekend

Harris

Crash Donovan

Sailor Jones

Let's Talk It Over

Reporter

Joe Palooka in Winner Take All

Thurston

Joe Palooka in the Counterpunch

Stevens

Woman-Wise

Sheik (Uncredited)

Private Number

Blackie Morgan

Wild and Woolly

Honest John (uncredited)

So You Want to Be a Gambler

Investigator (Uncredited)

Swing Shift Maisie

Sheriff Mix (uncredited)

Black Bart

J. 'The Brain' Lucarno

Sleepy Lagoon

Lt. Fenning

Chain of Circumstance

Larry Fish

Rose of Santa Rosa

Alm Uncle

A Gift for Heidi

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

221

Gender

Male

Birthday

1911-05-30

Place of Birth

The Bronx, New York City, New York, USA

Also Known As

Daniel Vincent Fowley