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Known For
Acting
Birthday
May 30, 1911
Died
May 21, 1998
Place of Birth
The Bronx, New York City, New York, USA
Also Known As
- Daniel Vincent Fowley
- Douglas V. Fowley
- Doug Fowley
- Douglas V. Frowley
Douglas Fowley
0.9 Popularity
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
7.7
Self (archive footage)
Gene Kelly: Anatomy of a Dancer
2002
6.5
Doc Holliday / Doc Fabrique (flashback sequences) (archive footage)
Wyatt Earp: Return to Tombstone
1994
5.5
Detective School
1979
6.2
Delaney
The North Avenue Irregulars
1979
0.0
Stanley
Sunshine Christmas
1977
6.8
Barney (as Douglas V. Fowley)
CHiPs
1977
5.9
Amos Bixby
The White Buffalo
1977
5.0
Bryan Hancock (as Douglas V. Fowley)
Black Oak Conspiracy
1977
0.0
Narrator
The Golden Dog
1977
5.9
Buck Bowers
From Noon Till Three
1976
Credits
Gene Kelly: Anatomy of a Dancer
as Self (archive footage)
2002
7.7
Wyatt Earp: Return to Tombstone
as Doc Holliday / Doc Fabrique (flashback sequences) (archive footage)
1994
6.5
Detective School
1979
5.5
The North Avenue Irregulars
as Delaney
1979
6.2
Sunshine Christmas
as Stanley
1977
0.0
CHiPs
as Barney (as Douglas V. Fowley)
1977
6.8
The White Buffalo
as Amos Bixby
1977
5.9
Black Oak Conspiracy
as Bryan Hancock (as Douglas V. Fowley)
1977
5.0
The Golden Dog
as Narrator
1977
0.0
From Noon Till Three
as Buck Bowers
1976
5.9
Family
as Watchman
1976
7.2
Switch
as Jake
1975
6.7
Starsky & Hutch
as Lijah
1975
6.7
The Rockford Files
as Ted (as Douglas V. Fowley)
1974
7.6
Kolchak: The Night Stalker
as The Super
1974
7.6
Homebodies
as Mr. Crawford
1974
6.7
Walking Tall
as Judge Clarke
1973
6.6
Run, Cougar, Run
as Joe Bickley
1972
5.8
Kung Fu
as Trapper
1972
7.7
The Streets of San Francisco
1972
7.0
🎬
Here Comes the Judge
1972
0.0
O'Hara, U.S. Treasury
1971
5.5
The Good Guys and the Bad Guys
as Grundy
1969
5.5
My World and Welcome to It
1969
5.5
Mayberry R.F.D.
as Judson
1968
5.7
The Guns of Will Sonnett
1967
6.2
The Second Hundred Years
as Henry Sykes
1967
6.3
Pistols 'n' Petticoats
as Grandpa Andrew Hanks
1967
0.0
Pistols 'n' Petticoats
1966
7.5
Laredo
1965
6.3
Branded
as Jed Peck
1965
6.6
Guns of Diablo
as Mr. Knudsen
1964
5.1
Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.
1964
7.0
Daniel Boone
as Rufus C. Hoops
1964
7.0
7 Faces of Dr. Lao
as Toothless Cowboy
1964
6.9
The Bill Dana Show
1963
6.0
Temple Houston
as Doc Webb
1963
5.7
The Lucy Show
as Indian Chief
1962
7.0
The Virginian
as Sorrowful
1962
6.4
The Virginian
as Sheriff Ben Tolliver
1962
6.4
Barabbas
as Vasasio
1961
6.9
Hazel
as Mr. Jeffries
1961
6.8
Buffalo Gun
as Sheriff
1961
0.0
Desire in the Dust
as Zuba Wilson
1960
3.3
The Andy Griffith Show
as Hobo
1960
7.6
My Three Sons
as Toby Chambers
1960
6.5
Bonanza
as Ned Conrad
1959
7.5
Tightrope
1959
5.5
The Texan
1958
5.5
Wanted: Dead or Alive
as Tolliver Bender
1958
6.8
🎬
Jefferson Drum
as Wooley
1958
4.5
Sea Hunt
as Pop
1958
6.6
A Gift for Heidi
as Alm Uncle
1958
10.0
Raiders of Old California
as Sheriff
1957
4.7
Trackdown
as Carlson
1957
6.4
Alcoa Theatre
as Pop
1957
6.5
Perry Mason
as Rubin Cason
1957
7.7
Wagon Train
as Ed Graham
1957
6.6
Richard Diamond, Private Detective
as Bailey
1957
6.2
Bayou
as Emil Hebert
1957
2.6
The Badge of Marshal Brennan
as Marshal Brennan
1957
6.0
Kelly and Me
as Dave Gans
1957
10.0
Rock, Pretty Baby
as Pop Wright
1956
4.5
Man from Del Rio
as Doc Adams
1956
6.3
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
as Luke
1956
6.0
🎬
State Trooper
1956
5.0
🎬
State Trooper
as Matt 'Pop' Porter
1956
5.0
🎬
State Trooper
as Doc Crippin
1956
5.0
Bandido!
as McGhee
1956
5.7
The Broken Star
as Hiram Charleton
1956
6.4
Texas Lady
as Clay Ballard (Clarion owner)
1955
5.4
Cheyenne
as Pritchard
1955
6.0
🎬
The Great Gildersleeve
1955
0.0
The Girl Rush
as Charlie - Stickman
1955
3.7
Gunsmoke
as Buck Doolin
1955
6.6
The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
1955
6.8
The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
as Doc Holliday
1955
6.8
The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
as Doc Fabrique
1955
6.8
The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
as Grandpa Logan
1955
6.8
The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
as Dr. John H. Holliday
1955
6.8
The Lonesome Trail
as Crazy Charley Bonesteel
1955
7.5
The Matchmaking Marshal
as Jack Ruskin
1955
0.0
The Millionaire
as Tom Diamond
1955
5.0
Deep in My Heart
as Harold Butterfield (uncredited)
1954
6.8
December Bride
1954
5.5
Studio 57
1954
0.0
Lassie
1954
6.1
The High and the Mighty
as Alsop
1954
5.9
The Lone Gun
as Bartender
1954
5.4
Casanova's Big Night
as Second Prisoner
1954
5.8
Southwest Passage
as Toad Ellis
1954
5.4
Untamed Heiress
as Pal
1954
6.0
Public Defender
1954
5.7
The Naked Jungle
as Medicine Man
1954
6.4
With This Ring
as Gordon, Miller Executive
1954
6.0
Red River Shore
as Case Lockwood
1953
5.0
City Detective
1953
7.0
Cat-Women of the Moon
as Walter 'Walt' Walters
1953
4.1
The Band Wagon
as Auctioneer (uncredited)
1953
7.2
Cruisin' Down the River
as Humphrey Hepburn
1953
0.0
Revlon Mirror Theatre
1953
0.0
A Slight Case of Larceny
as Mr. White
1953
4.0
Kansas Pacific
as Max Janus
1953
4.8
The Man Behind The Gun
as Buckley Saloon Manager
1953
5.7
The Life Of Riley
as Eddie
1953
6.0
The Abbott and Costello Show
as Lefty
1952
7.2
Horizons West
as Ed Tompkins
1952
6.2
🎬
Four Star Playhouse
as Frank Harvey
1952
6.7
🎬
Four Star Playhouse
as Police Lt.
1952
6.7
Singin' in the Rain
as Roscoe Dexter
1952
8.1
Just This Once
as Frank Pirosh
1952
3.8
This Woman Is Dangerous
as Saunders (Uncredited)
1952
5.7
Finders Keepers
as Franke Simmons
1952
0.0
Callaway Went Thataway
as Gaffer (uncredited)
1951
5.1
Angels in the Outfield
as Cab Driver (uncredited)
1951
6.7
South of Caliente
as Dave Norris
1951
0.0
Across the Wide Missouri
as Tin Cup Owens (uncredited)
1951
5.9
The Red Skelton Show
as Pete
1951
7.4
The Red Skelton Show
as Muggsy
1951
7.4
Chain of Circumstance
as Lt. Fenning
1951
0.0
Criminal Lawyer
as Harry Cheney
1951
6.8
The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok
1951
4.5
The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok
as Ed Ruskin
1951
4.5
Tarzan's Peril
as Herbert Trask
1951
5.0
Mrs. O'Malley and Mr. Malone
as Steve Kepplar
1950
6.0
He's a Cockeyed Wonder
as 'Crabs' Freeley
1950
3.3
Stage to Tucson
as Ira Prentiss
1950
5.7
Rio Grande Patrol
as Bragg Orcutt
1950
5.0
The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show
as Charles Lowe
1950
7.1
The Colgate Comedy Hour
as Self
1950
6.8
Bunco Squad
as Det. Sgt. Mack McManus
1950
5.9
Edge of Doom
as Detective #2
1950
5.9
Armored Car Robbery
as Benjamin 'Benny' McBride
1950
6.5
Rider from Tucson
as Bob Rankin
1950
6.0
Hoedown
as Gang Leader (uncredited)
1950
5.0
So You Think You're Not Guilty
as Convict (uncredited)
1950
5.8
Killer Shark
as Louie Bracado
1950
6.0
Renegades of the Sage
as Sloper
1949
0.0
Battleground
as 'Kipp' Kippton
1949
6.7
Satan's Cradle
as Steve Gentry
1949
4.2
Joe Palooka in the Counterpunch
as Thurston
1949
0.0
Mighty Joe Young
as Jones
1949
6.4
Any Number Can Play
as Smitty (uncredited)
1949
6.9
Massacre River
as Simms
1949
6.2
Arson, Inc.
as Frederick P. 'Fred' Fender
1949
5.3
Susanna Pass
as Roberts aka Walter P. Johnson
1949
5.0
Search for Danger
as The Inspector
1949
0.0
Manhattan Angel
as Mr. Fowley - Press Photographer (uncredited)
1949
0.0
Flaxy Martin
as Max, Detective
1949
5.5
Gun Smugglers
as Steve Reeves
1948
0.0
The Denver Kid
as Henchman Slip
1948
7.0
Joe Palooka in Winner Take All
as Reporter
1948
6.0
Behind Locked Doors
as Larson
1948
6.2
Coroner Creek
as Stew Shallis
1948
6.1
Waterfront at Midnight
as Joe Sargus
1948
4.0
The Dude Goes West
as Beetle
1948
5.2
Docks of New Orleans
as Grock
1948
5.9
Black Bart
as Sheriff Mix (uncredited)
1948
4.5
So You Want to Be a Gambler
as Honest John (uncredited)
1948
4.7
If You Knew Susie
as Marty
1948
7.5
Rose of Santa Rosa
as Larry Fish
1947
6.0
Roses Are Red
as Ace Oliver (as Doug Fowley)
1947
5.5
Merton of the Movies
as Phil
1947
6.8
Key Witness
as Jim Guthrie (uncredited)
1947
4.5
Ridin' Down the Trail
as Mark Butler
1947
0.0
The Gas House Kids in Hollywood
as Mitch Gordon
1947
6.0
Jungle Flight
as Tom Hammond
1947
5.7
The Hucksters
as Georgie Gaver
1947
6.9
The Trespasser
as Bill Monroe
1947
4.6
Desperate
as Pete
1947
6.5
Fun on a Weekend
as Gambling House Owner (Uncredited)
1947
7.0
The Sea of Grass
as Joe Horton (uncredited)
1947
6.1
Three on a Ticket
as Mace Morgan
1947
5.8
Yankee Fakir
as Murgatroyd Bartholomew Davis
1947
5.0
Fall Guy
as Inspector Shannon
1947
4.9
Undercover Maisie
as Daniels
1947
8.0
Backlash
as Red Bailey
1947
4.7
Scared to Death
as Terry Lee
1947
4.1
Wild Country
as Clark Varney
1947
5.8
North of the Border
as Nails Nelson
1946
0.0
'Neath Canadian Skies
as Ned Thompson
1946
4.0
High School Hero
as Coach Carter
1946
5.0
Chick Carter, Detective
as Rusty Farrell
1946
4.0
In Fast Company
as Steve Trent
1946
6.3
Larceny in Her Heart
as Doc H. C. Patterson
1946
6.0
The Glass Alibi
as Joe Eykner
1946
3.9
Blonde Alibi
as Henchman Willie (Uncredited)
1946
3.9
Drifting Along
as Jack Dailey
1946
0.0
Life with Blondie
as Blackie Leonard (uncredited)
1945
6.0
Don't Fence Me In
as Jack Gordon
1945
4.3
Along the Navajo Trail
as J. Richard Bentley
1945
0.0
One Body Too Many
as Henry Rutherford
1944
5.0
Johnny Doesn't Live Here Anymore
as Rudy (uncredited)
1944
6.0
The Story of Dr. Wassell
as Bit Part (uncredited)
1944
6.3
Detective Kitty O'Day
as Harry Downs
1944
4.6
And the Angels Sing
as N.Y. Cafe Manager (uncredited)
1944
7.0
Shake Hands with Murder
as Steve Morgan
1944
5.2
Rationing
as Dixie Samson
1944
2.7
See Here, Private Hargrove
as Capt. R.S. Manville
1944
6.0
Lady in the Death House
as Dr. Dwight 'Brad' Bradford
1944
5.4
The Racket Man
as Toby Sykes
1944
7.0
Riding High
as Brown
1943
4.5
Minesweeper
as Cutter Lieutenant Wells
1943
5.0
The Chance of a Lifetime
as Nails Blanton (Uncredited)
1943
6.2
Swing Shift Maisie
as Investigator (Uncredited)
1943
6.5
Bar 20
as Henchman Slash
1943
3.9
The Kansan
as Ben Nash
1943
5.4
Sleepy Lagoon
as J. 'The Brain' Lucarno
1943
4.0
Colt Comrades
as Joe Brass
1943
5.3
Jitterbugs
as Malcolm Bennett
1943
5.8
Gildersleeve's Bad Day
as Louie Barton
1943
6.4
Dr. Gillespie's Criminal Case
as Wallace (uncredited)
1943
5.5
Stand by for Action
as Ensign Martin
1942
6.8
Lost Canyon
as Jeff Burton
1942
4.5
The Devil with Hitler
as Walter Beeter
1942
5.5
The Man in the Trunk
as Ed Mygatt
1942
0.0
For the Common Defense!
as Dutch Mullner
1942
4.7
I Live on Danger
as Joey Farr
1942
5.7
Mississippi Gambler
as Chet Matthews
1942
6.0
So's Your Aunt Emma!
as Gus Hammond
1942
6.5
Sunset on the Desert
as Ramsay McCall
1942
5.8
Mr. Wise Guy
as Bill Collins
1942
6.1
Hay Foot
as Captain Rossmead
1942
6.0
Mr. District Attorney in the Carter Case
as Vincent Mackay
1941
6.0
Secret of the Wastelands
as Slade Salters
1941
4.0
Doctors Don't Tell
as Joe Grant
1941
4.9
Dangerous Lady
as Police Sgt. Brent
1941
4.4
Tanks a Million
as Capt. Rossmead
1941
5.3
The Parson of Panamint
as Chappie Ellerton
1941
5.0
The Great Swindle
as Rocky Andrews
1941
0.0
Ellery Queen, Master Detective
as Rocky Taylor
1940
5.5
East of the River
as Cy Turner
1940
5.7
Cherokee Strip
as Alf Barrett
1940
4.0
The Leather Pushers
as Slick Connolly
1940
0.0
Pier 13
as Johnnie Hale
1940
5.0
Wagons Westward
as Bill Marsden
1940
6.0
20 Mule Team
as Stag Roper
1940
6.0
Cafe Hostess
as Eddie Morgan
1940
5.3
Slightly Honorable
as Madder
1939
4.7
Henry Goes Arizona
as Ricky Dole
1939
6.0
Charlie Chan at Treasure Island
as Peter Lewis
1939
6.6
🎬
It Could Happen to You
as Freddie Barlow
1939
1.5
Boy Friend
as Ed Boyd
1939
0.0
Lucky Night
as George
1939
6.6
Dodge City
as Munger
1939
6.9
Inside Story
as Gus Brawley
1939
0.0
The Arizona Wildcat
as Rufe Galloway
1939
5.5
Submarine Patrol
as Seaman Pinky Brett
1938
6.6
Time Out for Murder
as J.E. 'Dutch' Moran
1938
5.7
Keep Smiling
as Cedric Hunt
1938
0.0
Passport Husband
as Tiger Martin
1938
6.0
Alexander's Ragtime Band
as Snapper
1938
6.7
Mr. Moto's Gamble
as Nick Crowder
1938
6.3
Walking Down Broadway
as Ace Wagner
1938
5.7
City Girl
as Ritchie
1938
6.0
Love and Hisses
as Webster
1937
0.0
Charlie Chan on Broadway
as Johnny Burke
1937
7.0
Wake Up and Live
as Herman
1937
5.3
One Mile from Heaven
as Jim Tabor
1937
6.7
Wild and Woolly
as Blackie Morgan
1937
0.0
She Had to Eat
as Duke Stacey
1937
5.0
Fifty Roads to Town
as Dutch Nelson
1937
0.0
This Is My Affair
as Alec
1937
7.3
On the Avenue
as Eddie Eads
1937
6.7
Time Out for Romance
as Roy Webster
1937
5.6
Woman-Wise
as Stevens
1937
0.0
15 Maiden Lane
as Nick Shelby
1936
6.0
Sing, Baby, Sing
as Mac
1936
5.7
Crash Donovan
as Harris
1936
0.0
36 Hours to Kill
as Duke Benson
1936
5.3
Private Number
as Sheik (Uncredited)
1936
6.6
Navy Born
as Lt. Steve Bassett
1936
4.5
Small Town Girl
as Chick Page (uncredited)
1936
5.9
Big Brown Eyes
as Benny Battle
1936
6.3
Ring Around the Moon
as Ted Curlew
1936
4.0
Two for Tonight
as Pooch Donahue
1935
6.5
Old Man Rhythm
as Oyster
1935
6.3
Princess O'Hara
as Emcee (uncredited)
1935
6.0
Straight from the Heart
as Speed Spelvin
1935
0.0
Transient Lady
as Matt Baxter
1935
5.5
🎬
Night Life of the Gods
as Cyril Sparks
1935
0.0
Student Tour
as Mushy
1934
5.0
The Girl from Missouri
as New Bellboy with Vase (uncredited)
1934
6.9
Let's Talk It Over
as Sailor Jones
1934
0.0
The Thin Man
as Taxi Driver (uncredited)
1934
7.5
I Hate Women
as Nelson
1934
0.0
Sleepers East
as Gangster (uncredited)
1934
0.0