Douglas Fowley

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.

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Known For

Lassie

1954

Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.

1964

Perry Mason

1957 • as Rubin Cason

My Three Sons

1960 • as Toby Chambers

The Red Skelton Show

1951 • as Pete

The Red Skelton Show

1951 • as Muggsy

Filmography

2002

Gene Kelly: Anatomy of a Dancer

as Self (archive footage)

Movie - Released: 9/24/2002

1994

Wyatt Earp: Return to Tombstone

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

Movie - Released: 7/1/1994

1979

The North Avenue Irregulars

as Delaney

Movie - Released: 2/9/1979

Detective School

TV - Released: 7/31/1979

1977

Black Oak Conspiracy

as Bryan Hancock (as Douglas V. Fowley)

Movie - Released: 4/20/1977

The White Buffalo

as Amos Bixby

Movie - Released: 5/1/1977

The Golden Dog

as Narrator

Movie - Released: 1/2/1977

Sunshine Christmas

as Stanley

Movie - Released: 12/12/1977

CHiPs

as Barney (as Douglas V. Fowley)

TV - Released: 9/15/1977

1976

From Noon Till Three

as Buck Bowers

Movie - Released: 8/1/1976

Family

as Watchman

TV - Released: 3/9/1976

1975

Starsky & Hutch

as Lijah

Movie - Released: 5/1/1975

Switch

as Jake

TV - Released: 9/9/1975

Starsky & Hutch

as Lijah

TV - Released: 9/10/1975

1974

Homebodies

as Mr. Crawford

Movie - Released: 9/1/1974

Kolchak: The Night Stalker

as The Super

TV - Released: 9/13/1974

The Rockford Files

as Ted (as Douglas V. Fowley)

TV - Released: 9/13/1974

1973

Walking Tall

as Judge Clarke

Movie - Released: 2/22/1973

1972

Movie

Here Comes the Judge

Movie - Released: 9/3/1972

Run, Cougar, Run

as Joe Bickley

Movie - Released: 10/18/1972

Kung Fu

TV - Released: 10/14/1972

The Streets of San Francisco

TV - Released: 9/23/1972

1971

O'Hara, U.S. Treasury

TV - Released: 9/17/1971

1969

The Good Guys and the Bad Guys

as Grundy

Movie - Released: 10/10/1969

My World and Welcome to It

TV - Released: 9/15/1969

1968

Mayberry R.F.D.

as Judson

TV - Released: 9/23/1968

1967

Pistols 'n' Petticoats

as Grandpa Andrew Hanks

Movie - Released: 9/5/1967

The Guns of Will Sonnett

TV - Released: 9/8/1967

1966

Pistols 'n' Petticoats

TV - Released: 9/17/1966

1965

Laredo

TV - Released: 9/16/1965

Branded

as Jed Peck

TV - Released: 1/24/1965

1964

7 Faces of Dr. Lao

as Toothless Cowboy

Movie - Released: 3/18/1964

Guns of Diablo

as Mr. Knudsen

Movie - Released: 10/4/1964

Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.

TV - Released: 9/25/1964

Daniel Boone

as Rufus C. Hoops

TV - Released: 9/24/1964

1963

The Bill Dana Show

TV - Released: 9/22/1963

Temple Houston

as Doc Webb

TV - Released: 9/19/1963

1962

The Lucy Show

as Indian Chief

TV - Released: 10/1/1962

The Virginian

as Sorrowful

TV - Released: 9/19/1962

The Virginian

as Sheriff Ben Tolliver

TV - Released: 9/19/1962

1961

Buffalo Gun

as Sheriff

Movie - Released: 7/1/1961

Barabbas

as Vasasio

Movie - Released: 12/23/1961

1960

Desire in the Dust

as Zuba Wilson

Movie - Released: 10/10/1960

My Three Sons

as Toby Chambers

TV - Released: 9/29/1960

The Andy Griffith Show

as Hobo

TV - Released: 10/3/1960

1959

Tightrope

TV - Released: 9/8/1959

Bonanza

as Ned Conrad

TV - Released: 9/12/1959

1958

Sea Hunt

TV - Released: 1/4/1958

Wanted: Dead or Alive

as Tolliver Bender

TV - Released: 9/6/1958

The Texan

TV - Released: 9/29/1958

Jefferson Drum

as Wooley

TV - Released: 4/25/1958

1957

Kelly and Me

as Dave Gans

Movie - Released: 4/10/1957

The Badge of Marshal Brennan

as Marshal Brennan

Movie - Released: 4/14/1957

Bayou

as Emil Hebert

Movie - Released: 6/1/1957

Raiders of Old California

as Sheriff

Movie - Released: 11/1/1957

Perry Mason

as Rubin Cason

TV - Released: 9/21/1957

Richard Diamond, Private Detective

as Bailey

TV - Released: 7/1/1957

Wagon Train

as Ed Graham

TV - Released: 9/18/1957

Alcoa Theatre

as Pop

TV - Released: 9/30/1957

Trackdown

as Carlson

TV - Released: 10/4/1957

1956

Bandido!

as McGhee

Movie - Released: 9/1/1956

Man from Del Rio

as Doc Adams

Movie - Released: 10/30/1956

Rock, Pretty Baby

as Pop Wright

Movie - Released: 12/1/1956

The Broken Star

as Thornton W. Wills

Movie - Released: 4/1/1956

State Trooper

TV - Released: 9/25/1956

State Trooper

as Matt 'Pop' Porter

TV - Released: 9/25/1956

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

as Luke

TV - Released: 10/5/1956

State Trooper

as Doc Crippin

TV - Released: 9/25/1956

1955

Texas Lady

as Clay Ballard (Clarion owner)

Movie - Released: 11/23/1955

The Girl Rush

as Charlie - Stickman

Movie - Released: 9/16/1955

The Matchmaking Marshal

as Jack Ruskin

Movie - Released: 5/8/1955

The Lonesome Trail

as Crazy Charley Bonesteel

Movie - Released: 7/1/1955

Gunsmoke

as Buck Doolin

TV - Released: 9/10/1955

The Millionaire

as Tom Diamond

TV - Released: 1/19/1955

The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp

TV - Released: 9/6/1955

The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp

as Doc Holliday

TV - Released: 9/6/1955

The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp

as Doc Fabrique

TV - Released: 9/6/1955

The Great Gildersleeve

TV - Released: 9/20/1955

Cheyenne

as Pritchard

TV - Released: 9/20/1955

The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp

as Grandpa Logan

TV - Released: 9/6/1955

The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp

as Dr. John H. Holliday

TV - Released: 9/6/1955

1954

The High and the Mighty

as Alsop

Movie - Released: 7/3/1954

With This Ring

as Gordon, Miller Executive

Movie - Released: 1/1/1954

Casanova's Big Night

as Second Prisoner

Movie - Released: 4/7/1954

Southwest Passage

as Toad Ellis

Movie - Released: 4/1/1954

The Naked Jungle

as Medicine Man

Movie - Released: 3/3/1954

Untamed Heiress

as Pal

Movie - Released: 3/31/1954

Deep in My Heart

as Harold Butterfield (uncredited)

Movie - Released: 12/9/1954

The Lone Gun

as Bartender

Movie - Released: 4/25/1954

December Bride

TV - Released: 10/4/1954

Lassie

TV - Released: 9/12/1954

Public Defender

TV - Released: 3/11/1954

Studio 57

TV - Released: 9/21/1954

1953

Cat-Women of the Moon

as Walter 'Walt' Walters

Movie - Released: 9/3/1953

The Man Behind The Gun

as Buckley Saloon Manager

Movie - Released: 1/31/1953

A Slight Case of Larceny

as Mr. White

Movie - Released: 6/5/1953

Red River Shore

as Case Lockwood

Movie - Released: 12/15/1953

The Band Wagon

as Auctioneer (uncredited)

Movie - Released: 8/7/1953

Kansas Pacific

as Max Janus

Movie - Released: 2/22/1953

Cruisin' Down the River

as Humphrey Hepburn

Movie - Released: 8/2/1953

City Detective

TV - Released: 9/7/1953

The Life Of Riley

as Eddie

TV - Released: 1/2/1953

1952

Singin' in the Rain

as Roscoe Dexter

Movie - Released: 4/9/1952

Finders Keepers

as Franke Simmons

Movie - Released: 1/1/1952

Horizons West

as Ed Tompkins

Movie - Released: 10/11/1952

Just This Once

as Frank Pirosh

Movie - Released: 2/27/1952

This Woman Is Dangerous

as Saunders (Uncredited)

Movie - Released: 2/9/1952

Four Star Playhouse

as Frank Harvey

TV - Released: 9/25/1952

Four Star Playhouse

as Police Lt.

TV - Released: 9/25/1952

The Abbott and Costello Show

as Lefty

TV - Released: 12/5/1952

1951

Criminal Lawyer

as Harry Cheney

Movie - Released: 8/23/1951

Across the Wide Missouri

as Tin Cup Owens (uncredited)

Movie - Released: 10/12/1951

Callaway Went Thataway

as Gaffer (uncredited)

Movie - Released: 11/15/1951

South of Caliente

as Dave Norris

Movie - Released: 10/15/1951

Tarzan's Peril

as Herbert Trask

Movie - Released: 3/13/1951

Angels in the Outfield

as Cab Driver (uncredited)

Movie - Released: 10/19/1951

Chain of Circumstance

as Lt. Fenning

Movie - Released: 8/23/1951

The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok

TV - Released: 4/15/1951

The Red Skelton Show

as Pete

TV - Released: 9/30/1951

The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok

as Ed Ruskin

TV - Released: 4/15/1951

The Red Skelton Show

as Muggsy

TV - Released: 9/30/1951

1950

Armored Car Robbery

as Benjamin 'Benny' McBride

Movie - Released: 6/8/1950

Edge of Doom

as Detective #2

Movie - Released: 8/3/1950

Bunco Squad

as Det. Sgt. Mack McManus

Movie - Released: 9/1/1950

Killer Shark

as Louie Bracado

Movie - Released: 3/19/1950

Movie

So You Think You're Not Guilty

as Convict (uncredited)

Movie - Released: 4/15/1950

He's a Cockeyed Wonder

as 'Crabs' Freeley

Movie - Released: 12/2/1950

Hoedown

as Gang Leader (uncredited)

Movie - Released: 6/1/1950

Stage to Tucson

as Ira Prentiss

Movie - Released: 12/1/1950

Rio Grande Patrol

as Bragg Orcutt

Movie - Released: 10/20/1950

Rider from Tucson

as Bob Rankin

Movie - Released: 6/7/1950

Mrs. O'Malley and Mr. Malone

as Steve Kepplar

Movie - Released: 12/8/1950

The Colgate Comedy Hour

as Self

TV - Released: 9/10/1950

The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show

as Charles Lowe

TV - Released: 10/12/1950

1949

Battleground

as 'Kipp' Kippton

Movie - Released: 11/9/1949

Flaxy Martin

as Max, Detective

Movie - Released: 2/15/1949

Mighty Joe Young

as Jones

Movie - Released: 7/27/1949

Search for Danger

as The Inspector

Movie - Released: 4/15/1949

Arson, Inc.

as Frederick P. 'Fred' Fender

Movie - Released: 6/24/1949

Any Number Can Play

as Smitty (uncredited)

Movie - Released: 7/15/1949

Susanna Pass

as Roberts aka Walter P. Johnson

Movie - Released: 4/29/1949

Manhattan Angel

as Mr. Fowley - Press Photographer (uncredited)

Movie - Released: 3/17/1949

Massacre River

as Simms

Movie - Released: 6/26/1949

Renegades of the Sage

as Sloper

Movie - Released: 11/24/1949

Satan's Cradle

as Steve Gentry

Movie - Released: 10/6/1949

Joe Palooka in the Counterpunch

as Thurston

Movie - Released: 8/14/1949

1948

Behind Locked Doors

as Larson

Movie - Released: 9/13/1948

Coroner Creek

as Stew Shallis

Movie - Released: 7/1/1948

Docks of New Orleans

as Grock

Movie - Released: 3/21/1948

Waterfront at Midnight

as Joe Sargus

Movie - Released: 6/25/1948

The Dude Goes West

as Beetle

Movie - Released: 5/30/1948

Gun Smugglers

as Steve Reeves

Movie - Released: 12/28/1948

If You Knew Susie

as Marty

Movie - Released: 2/7/1948

The Denver Kid

as Henchman Slip

Movie - Released: 9/30/1948

Joe Palooka in Winner Take All

as Reporter

Movie - Released: 9/19/1948

Movie

So You Want to Be a Gambler

as Honest John (uncredited)

Movie - Released: 2/14/1948

Black Bart

as Sheriff Mix (uncredited)

Movie - Released: 2/17/1948

1947

Scared to Death

as Terry Lee

Movie - Released: 2/1/1947

Desperate

as Pete

Movie - Released: 6/20/1947

Fall Guy

as Inspector Shannon

Movie - Released: 3/15/1947

Backlash

as Red Bailey

Movie - Released: 3/1/1947

Merton of the Movies

as Phil

Movie - Released: 10/11/1947

Roses Are Red

as Ace Oliver (as Doug Fowley)

Movie - Released: 11/10/1947

The Trespasser

as Bill Monroe

Movie - Released: 7/3/1947

Undercover Maisie

as Daniels

Movie - Released: 3/1/1947

Wild Country

as Clark Varney

Movie - Released: 1/17/1947

Jungle Flight

as Tom Hammond

Movie - Released: 8/22/1947

The Hucksters

as Georgie Gaver

Movie - Released: 7/17/1947

Key Witness

as Jim Guthrie (uncredited)

Movie - Released: 10/9/1947

Yankee Fakir

as Murgatroyd Bartholomew Davis

Movie - Released: 4/1/1947

Three on a Ticket

as Mace Morgan

Movie - Released: 4/4/1947

The Sea of Grass

as Joe Horton (uncredited)

Movie - Released: 4/25/1947

The Gas House Kids in Hollywood

as Mitch Gordon

Movie - Released: 8/23/1947

Ridin' Down the Trail

as Mark Butler

Movie - Released: 10/3/1947

Fun on a Weekend

as Gambling House Owner (Uncredited)

Movie - Released: 5/15/1947

1946

Blonde Alibi

as Henchman Willie (Uncredited)

Movie - Released: 3/1/1946

The Glass Alibi

as Joe Eykner

Movie - Released: 4/27/1946

Chick Carter, Detective

as Rusty Farrell

Movie - Released: 7/11/1946

In Fast Company

as Steve Trent

Movie - Released: 6/22/1946

Larceny in Her Heart

as Doc H. C. Patterson

Movie - Released: 5/20/1946

'Neath Canadian Skies

as Ned Thompson

Movie - Released: 10/15/1946

North of the Border

as Nails Nelson

Movie - Released: 11/15/1946

Drifting Along

as Jack Dailey

Movie - Released: 1/26/1946

High School Hero

as Coach Carter

Movie - Released: 9/6/1946

1945

Life with Blondie

as Blackie Leonard (uncredited)

Movie - Released: 12/13/1945

Along the Navajo Trail

as J. Richard Bentley

Movie - Released: 9/15/1945

Don't Fence Me In

as Jack Gordon

Movie - Released: 10/20/1945

1944

One Body Too Many

as Henry Rutherford

Movie - Released: 11/24/1944

Lady in the Death House

as Dr. Dwight 'Brad' Bradford

Movie - Released: 3/15/1944

Detective Kitty O'Day

as Harry Downs

Movie - Released: 5/13/1944

Shake Hands with Murder

as Steve Morgan

Movie - Released: 4/22/1944

Rationing

as Dixie Samson

Movie - Released: 3/24/1944

And the Angels Sing

as N.Y. Cafe Manager (uncredited)

Movie - Released: 4/25/1944

The Racket Man

as Toby Sykes

Movie - Released: 1/18/1944

The Story of Dr. Wassell

as Bit Part (uncredited)

Movie - Released: 7/4/1944

Johnny Doesn't Live Here Anymore

as Rudy (uncredited)

Movie - Released: 7/7/1944

See Here, Private Hargrove

as Capt. R.S. Manville

Movie - Released: 3/18/1944

1943

Minesweeper

as Cutter Lieutenant Wells

Movie - Released: 11/10/1943

The Chance of a Lifetime

as Nails Blanton (Uncredited)

Movie - Released: 10/26/1943

Gildersleeve's Bad Day

as Louie Barton

Movie - Released: 5/10/1943

Riding High

as Brown

Movie - Released: 11/11/1943

Jitterbugs

as Malcolm Bennett

Movie - Released: 6/5/1943

Colt Comrades

as Joe Brass

Movie - Released: 6/18/1943

Bar 20

as Henchman Slash

Movie - Released: 10/1/1943

The Kansan

as Ben Nash

Movie - Released: 9/10/1943

Dr. Gillespie's Criminal Case

as Wallace (uncredited)

Movie - Released: 5/8/1943

Swing Shift Maisie

as Investigator (Uncredited)

Movie - Released: 10/1/1943

Sleepy Lagoon

as J. 'The Brain' Lucarno

Movie - Released: 9/5/1943

1942

Mr. Wise Guy

as Bill Collins

Movie - Released: 2/20/1942

Sunset on the Desert

as Ramsay McCall

Movie - Released: 4/1/1942

So's Your Aunt Emma!

as Gus Hammond

Movie - Released: 4/17/1942

I Live on Danger

as Joey Farr

Movie - Released: 6/16/1942

The Man in the Trunk

as Ed Mygatt

Movie - Released: 9/19/1942

For the Common Defense!

as Dutch Mullner

Movie - Released: 6/20/1942

Hay Foot

as Captain Rossmead

Movie - Released: 1/2/1942

Lost Canyon

as Jeff Burton

Movie - Released: 12/18/1942

The Devil with Hitler

as Walter Beeter

Movie - Released: 10/18/1942

Mississippi Gambler

as Chet Matthews

Movie - Released: 4/17/1942

Stand by for Action

as Ensign Martin

Movie - Released: 12/31/1942

1941

The Great Swindle

as Rocky Andrews

Movie - Released: 4/10/1941

Dangerous Lady

as Police Sgt. Brent

Movie - Released: 9/12/1941

Doctors Don't Tell

as Joe Grant

Movie - Released: 9/22/1941

Mr. District Attorney in the Carter Case

as Vincent Mackay

Movie - Released: 12/18/1941

The Parson of Panamint

as Chappie Ellerton

Movie - Released: 7/25/1941

Tanks a Million

as Capt. Rossmead

Movie - Released: 9/12/1941

Secret of the Wastelands

as Slade Salters

Movie - Released: 11/15/1941

1940

Ellery Queen, Master Detective

as Rocky Taylor

Movie - Released: 11/30/1940

Pier 13

as Johnnie Hale

Movie - Released: 8/8/1940

East of the River

as Cy Turner

Movie - Released: 11/9/1940

20 Mule Team

as Stag Roper

Movie - Released: 5/3/1940

Wagons Westward

as Bill Marsden

Movie - Released: 6/19/1940

Cherokee Strip

as Alf Barrett

Movie - Released: 10/10/1940

The Leather Pushers

as Slick Connolly

Movie - Released: 9/13/1940

Cafe Hostess

as Eddie Morgan

Movie - Released: 1/11/1940

1939

Charlie Chan at Treasure Island

as Peter Lewis

Movie - Released: 8/31/1939

Dodge City

as Munger

Movie - Released: 4/8/1939

Slightly Honorable

as Madder

Movie - Released: 12/22/1939

Movie

It Could Happen to You

as Freddie Barlow

Movie - Released: 6/8/1939

Henry Goes Arizona

as Ricky Dole

Movie - Released: 12/8/1939

Lucky Night

as George

Movie - Released: 5/5/1939

Inside Story

as Gus Brawley

Movie - Released: 3/10/1939

Boy Friend

as Ed Boyd

Movie - Released: 5/19/1939

The Arizona Wildcat

as Rufe Galloway

Movie - Released: 2/11/1939

1938

Alexander's Ragtime Band

as Snapper

Movie - Released: 5/24/1938

Mr. Moto's Gamble

as Nick Crowder

Movie - Released: 4/7/1938

Time Out for Murder

as J.E. 'Dutch' Moran

Movie - Released: 9/25/1938

City Girl

as Ritchie

Movie - Released: 1/7/1938

Submarine Patrol

as Seaman Pinky Brett

Movie - Released: 11/25/1938

Passport Husband

as Tiger Martin

Movie - Released: 7/15/1938

Keep Smiling

as Cedric Hunt

Movie - Released: 8/12/1938

Walking Down Broadway

as Ace Wagner

Movie - Released: 3/11/1938

1937

Charlie Chan on Broadway

as Johnny Burke

Movie - Released: 9/22/1937

On the Avenue

as Eddie Eads

Movie - Released: 2/12/1937

This Is My Affair

as Alec

Movie - Released: 5/28/1937

One Mile from Heaven

as Jim Tabor

Movie - Released: 8/18/1937

Wake Up and Live

as Herman

Movie - Released: 8/23/1937

Love and Hisses

as Webster

Movie - Released: 12/21/1937

Time Out for Romance

as Roy Webster

Movie - Released: 2/10/1937

Fifty Roads to Town

as Dutch Nelson

Movie - Released: 6/3/1937

She Had to Eat

as Duke Stacey

Movie - Released: 7/2/1937

Woman-Wise

as Stevens

Movie - Released: 1/22/1937

Wild and Woolly

as Blackie Morgan

Movie - Released: 7/19/1937

1936

36 Hours to Kill

as Duke Benson

Movie - Released: 7/24/1936

Navy Born

as Lt. Steve Bassett

Movie - Released: 6/2/1936

Big Brown Eyes

as Benny Battle

Movie - Released: 4/3/1936

Sing, Baby, Sing

as Mac

Movie - Released: 8/21/1936

Small Town Girl

as Chick Page (uncredited)

Movie - Released: 4/10/1936

15 Maiden Lane

as Nick Shelby

Movie - Released: 10/16/1936

Ring Around the Moon

as Ted Curlew

Movie - Released: 2/15/1936

Crash Donovan

as Harris

Movie - Released: 8/1/1936

Private Number

as Sheik (Uncredited)

Movie - Released: 6/5/1936

1935

Straight from the Heart

as Speed Spelvin

Movie - Released: 3/22/1935

Two for Tonight

as Pooch Donahue

Movie - Released: 9/12/1935

Movie

Night Life of the Gods

as Cyril Sparks

Movie - Released: 3/1/1935

Princess O'Hara

as Emcee (uncredited)

Movie - Released: 3/31/1935

Old Man Rhythm

as Oyster

Movie - Released: 8/2/1935

Transient Lady

as Matt Baxter

Movie - Released: 3/4/1935

1934

The Thin Man

as Taxi Driver (uncredited)

Movie - Released: 5/25/1934

I Hate Women

as Nelson

Movie - Released: 5/10/1934

Student Tour

as Mushy

Movie - Released: 10/5/1934

The Girl from Missouri

as New Bellboy with Vase (uncredited)

Movie - Released: 8/3/1934

Sleepers East

as Gangster (uncredited)

Movie - Released: 1/1/1934

Let's Talk It Over

as Sailor Jones

Movie - Released: 6/1/1934