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.

Known For: Acting

Born: The Bronx, New York City, New York, USA, 1911-05-30

Died: 1998-05-21

Film

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1934	Sleepers East	Gangster (uncredited)	0
2	1934	I Hate Women	Nelson	0
3	1934	The Thin Man	Taxi Driver (uncredited)	75
4	1934	Let's Talk It Over	Sailor Jones	0
5	1934	The Girl from Missouri	New Bellboy with Vase (uncredited)	69
6	1934	Student Tour	Mushy	50
7	1935	Night Life of the Gods	Cyril Sparks	0
8	1935	Transient Lady	Matt Baxter	55
9	1935	Straight from the Heart	Speed Spelvin	0
10	1935	Princess O'Hara	Emcee (uncredited)	60
11	1935	Old Man Rhythm	Oyster	63
12	1935	Two for Tonight	Pooch Donahue	65
13	1936	Ring Around the Moon	Ted Curlew	30
14	1936	Big Brown Eyes	Benny Battle	63
15	1936	Small Town Girl	Chick Page (uncredited)	62
16	1936	Navy Born	Lt. Steve Bassett	45
17	1936	Private Number	Sheik (Uncredited)	65
18	1936	36 Hours to Kill	Duke Benson	53
19	1936	Crash Donovan	Harris	0
20	1936	Sing, Baby, Sing	Mac	56
21	1936	15 Maiden Lane	Nick Shelby	60
22	1937	Woman-Wise	Stevens	0
23	1937	Time Out for Romance	Roy Webster	56
24	1937	On the Avenue	Eddie Eads	67
25	1937	This Is My Affair	Alec	73
26	1937	Fifty Roads to Town	Dutch Nelson	0
27	1937	She Had to Eat	Duke Stacey	50
28	1937	Wild and Woolly	Blackie Morgan	0
29	1937	One Mile from Heaven	Jim Tabor	67
30	1937	Wake Up and Live	Herman	53
31	1937	Charlie Chan on Broadway	Johnny Burke	70
32	1937	Love and Hisses	Webster	0
33	1938	City Girl	Ritchie	60
34	1938	Walking Down Broadway	Ace Wagner	57
35	1938	Mr. Moto's Gamble	Nick Crowder	63
36	1938	Alexander's Ragtime Band	Snapper	66
37	1938	Passport Husband	Tiger Martin	60
38	1938	Keep Smiling	Cedric Hunt	0
39	1938	Time Out for Murder	J.E. 'Dutch' Moran	60
40	1938	Submarine Patrol	Seaman Pinky Brett	66
41	1939	The Arizona Wildcat	Rufe Galloway	55
42	1939	Inside Story	Gus Brawley	0
43	1939	Dodge City	Munger	69
44	1939	Lucky Night	George	66
45	1939	Boy Friend	Ed Boyd	0
46	1939	It Could Happen to You	Freddie Barlow	15
47	1939	Charlie Chan at Treasure Island	Peter Lewis	66
48	1939	Henry Goes Arizona	Ricky Dole	60
49	1939	Slightly Honorable	Madder	51
50	1940	Cafe Hostess	Eddie Morgan	55
51	1940	20 Mule Team	Stag Roper	60
52	1940	Wagons Westward	Bill Marsden	60
53	1940	Pier 13	Johnnie Hale	50
54	1940	The Leather Pushers	Slick Connolly	0
55	1940	Cherokee Strip	Alf Barrett	45
56	1940	East of the River	Cy Turner	57
57	1940	Ellery Queen, Master Detective	Rocky Taylor	57
58	1941	The Great Swindle	Rocky Andrews	0
59	1941	The Parson of Panamint	Chappie Ellerton	50
60	1941	Dangerous Lady	Police Sgt. Brent	45
61	1941	Tanks a Million	Capt. Rossmead	50
62	1941	Doctors Don't Tell	Joe Grant	49
63	1941	Secret of the Wastelands	Slade Salters	0
64	1941	Mr. District Attorney in the Carter Case	Vincent Mackay	60
65	1942	Hay Foot	Captain Rossmead	55
66	1942	Mr. Wise Guy	Bill Collins	61
67	1942	Sunset on the Desert	Ramsay McCall	58
68	1942	So's Your Aunt Emma!	Gus Hammond	65
69	1942	Mississippi Gambler	Chet Matthews	60
70	1942	I Live on Danger	Joey Farr	57
71	1942	For the Common Defense!	Dutch Mullner	43
72	1942	The Man in the Trunk	Ed Mygatt	0
73	1942	The Devil with Hitler	Walter Beeter	52
74	1942	Lost Canyon	Jeff Burton	50
75	1942	Stand by for Action	Ensign Martin	70
76	1943	Dr. Gillespie's Criminal Case	Wallace (uncredited)	55
77	1943	Gildersleeve's Bad Day	Louie Barton	64
78	1943	Jitterbugs	Malcolm Bennett	58
79	1943	Colt Comrades	Joe Brass	56
80	1943	Sleepy Lagoon	J. 'The Brain' Lucarno	45
81	1943	The Kansan	Ben Nash	52
82	1943	Bar 20	Henchman Slash	38
83	1943	Swing Shift Maisie	Investigator (Uncredited)	65
84	1943	The Chance of a Lifetime	Nails Blanton (Uncredited)	62
85	1943	Minesweeper	Cutter Lieutenant Wells	50
86	1943	Riding High	Brown	40
87	1944	The Racket Man	Toby Sykes	70
88	1944	Lady in the Death House	Dr. Dwight 'Brad' Bradford	54
89	1944	See Here, Private Hargrove	Capt. R.S. Manville	60
90	1944	Rationing	Dixie Samson	30
91	1944	Shake Hands with Murder	Steve Morgan	53
92	1944	And the Angels Sing	N.Y. Cafe Manager (uncredited)	74
93	1944	Detective Kitty O'Day	Harry Downs	48
94	1944	The Story of Dr. Wassell	Bit Part (uncredited)	63
95	1944	Johnny Doesn't Live Here Anymore	Rudy (uncredited)	60
96	1944	One Body Too Many	Henry Rutherford	52
97	1945	Along the Navajo Trail	J. Richard Bentley	0
98	1945	Don't Fence Me In	Jack Gordon	43
99	1945	Life with Blondie	Blackie Leonard (uncredited)	60
100	1946	Drifting Along	Jack Dailey	0
101	1946	Blonde Alibi	Henchman Willie (Uncredited)	39
102	1946	The Glass Alibi	Joe Eykner	41
103	1946	Larceny in Her Heart	Doc H. C. Patterson	60
104	1946	In Fast Company	Steve Trent	63
105	1946	Chick Carter, Detective	Rusty Farrell	45
106	1946	High School Hero	Coach Carter	50
107	1946	'Neath Canadian Skies	Ned Thompson	40
108	1946	North of the Border	Nails Nelson	0
109	1947	Wild Country	Clark Varney	58
110	1947	Scared to Death	Terry Lee	42
111	1947	Backlash	Red Bailey	49
112	1947	Undercover Maisie	Daniels	80
113	1947	Fall Guy	Inspector Shannon	48
114	1947	Yankee Fakir	Murgatroyd Bartholomew Davis	50
115	1947	Three on a Ticket	Mace Morgan	58
116	1947	The Sea of Grass	Joe Horton (uncredited)	63
117	1947	Fun on a Weekend	Gambling House Owner (Uncredited)	70
118	1947	Desperate	Pete	65
119	1947	The Trespasser	Bill Monroe	50
120	1947	The Hucksters	Georgie Gaver	69
121	1947	Jungle Flight	Tom Hammond	59
122	1947	The Gas House Kids in Hollywood	Mitch Gordon	60
123	1947	Ridin' Down the Trail	Mark Butler	0
124	1947	Key Witness	Jim Guthrie (uncredited)	46
125	1947	Merton of the Movies	Phil	68
126	1947	Roses Are Red	Ace Oliver (as Doug Fowley)	55
127	1948	If You Knew Susie	Marty	75
128	1948	So You Want to Be a Gambler	Honest John (uncredited)	47
129	1948	Black Bart	Sheriff Mix (uncredited)	45
130	1948	Docks of New Orleans	Grock	59
131	1948	The Dude Goes West	Beetle	58
132	1948	Waterfront at Midnight	Joe Sargus	40
133	1948	Coroner Creek	Stew Shallis	61
134	1948	Behind Locked Doors	Larson	62
135	1948	Joe Palooka in Winner Take All	Reporter	60
136	1948	The Denver Kid	Henchman Slip	70
137	1948	Gun Smugglers	Steve Reeves	0
138	1949	Flaxy Martin	Max, Detective	57
139	1949	Manhattan Angel	Mr. Fowley - Press Photographer (uncredited)	0
140	1949	Search for Danger	The Inspector	0
141	1949	Susanna Pass	Roberts aka Walter P. Johnson	50
142	1949	Arson, Inc.	Frederick P. 'Fred' Fender	59
143	1949	Massacre River	Simms	62
144	1949	Any Number Can Play	Smitty	69
145	1949	Mighty Joe Young	Jones	63
146	1949	Joe Palooka in the Counterpunch	Thurston	0
147	1949	Satan's Cradle	Steve Gentry	42
148	1949	Battleground	'Kipp' Kippton	67
149	1949	Renegades of the Sage	Sloper	0
150	1950	Killer Shark	Louie Bracado	60
151	1950	So You Think You're Not Guilty	Convict (uncredited)	57
152	1950	Hoedown	Gang Leader (uncredited)	0
153	1950	Rider from Tucson	Bob Rankin	60
154	1950	Armored Car Robbery	Benjamin 'Benny' McBride	66
155	1950	Edge of Doom	Detective #2	59
156	1950	Bunco Squad	Det. Sgt. Mack McManus	59
157	1950	Rio Grande Patrol	Bragg Orcutt	50
158	1950	Stage to Tucson	Ira Prentiss	57
159	1950	He's a Cockeyed Wonder	'Crabs' Freeley	33
160	1950	Mrs. O'Malley and Mr. Malone	Steve Kepplar	60
161	1951	Tarzan's Peril	Herbert Trask	50
162	1951	Criminal Lawyer	Harry Cheney	67
163	1951	Chain of Circumstance	Lt. Fenning	0
164	1951	Across the Wide Missouri	Tin Cup Owens (uncredited)	59
165	1951	South of Caliente	Dave Norris	0
166	1951	Angels in the Outfield	Cab Driver (uncredited)	67
167	1951	Callaway Went Thataway	Gaffer (uncredited)	51
168	1952	Finders Keepers	Franke Simmons	0
169	1952	This Woman Is Dangerous	Saunders (Uncredited)	57
170	1952	Just This Once	Frank Pirosh	38
171	1952	Singin' in the Rain	Roscoe Dexter	81
172	1952	Horizons West	Ed Tompkins	57
173	1953	The Man Behind The Gun	Buckley Saloon Manager	57
174	1953	Kansas Pacific	Max Janus	48
175	1953	A Slight Case of Larceny	Mr. White	40
176	1953	Cruisin' Down the River	Humphrey Hepburn	0
177	1953	The Band Wagon	Auctioneer (uncredited)	71
178	1953	Cat-Women of the Moon	Walter 'Walt' Walters	41
179	1953	Red River Shore	Case Lockwood	50
180	1954	With This Ring		0
181	1954	The Naked Jungle	Medicine Man	64
182	1954	Untamed Heiress	Pal	60
183	1954	Southwest Passage	Toad Ellis	54
184	1954	Casanova's Big Night	Second Prisoner	61
185	1954	The Lone Gun	Bartender	53
186	1954	The High and the Mighty	Alsop	59
187	1954	Deep in My Heart	Harold Butterfield (uncredited)	68
188	1955	The Matchmaking Marshal	Jack Ruskin	0
189	1955	The Lonesome Trail	Crazy Charley Bonesteel	75
190	1955	The Girl Rush	Charlie - Stickman	37
191	1955	Texas Lady	Clay Ballard (Clarion owner)	54
192	1956	The Broken Star	Thornton W. Wills	64
193	1956	Bandit!	McGhee	57
194	1956	Man from Del Rio	Doc Adams	60
195	1956	Rock, Pretty Baby	Pop Wright	30
196	1957	Kelly and Me	Dave Gans	100
197	1957	The Badge of Marshal Brennan	Marshal Brennan	60
198	1957	Bayou	Emil Hebert	26
199	1957	Raiders of Old California	Sheriff	47
200	1960	Desire in the Dust	Zuba Wilson	40
201	1961	Buffalo Gun	Sheriff	0
202	1961	Barabbas	Vasasio	69
203	1964	7 Faces of Dr. Lao	Toothless Cowboy	69
204	1964	Guns of Diablo	Mr. Knudsen	53
205	1967	Pistols 'n' Petticoats	Grandpa Andrew Hanks	0
206	1969	The Good Guys and the Bad Guys	Grundy	54
207	1972	Here Comes the Judge		0
208	1972	Run, Cougar, Run	Joe Bickley	59
209	1973	Walking Tall	Judge Clarke	66
210	1974	Homebodies	Mr. Crawford	66
211	1975	Starsky & Hutch	Lijah	67
212	1976	From Noon Till Three	Buck Bowers	60
213	1977	The Golden Dog	Narrator	0
214	1977	Black Oak Conspiracy	Bryan Hancock (as Douglas V. Fowley)	55
215	1977	The White Buffalo	Amos Bixby	59
216	1977	Sunshine Christmas	Stanley	0
217	1979	The North Avenue Irregulars	Delaney	64
218	1994	Wyatt Earp: Return to Tombstone	Doc Holliday / Doc Fabrique (flashback sequences) (archive footage)	62
219	2002	Gene Kelly: Anatomy of a Dancer	Self (archive footage)	77

Television

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1950	The Colgate Comedy Hour	Self	70
2	1950	The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show	Charles Lowe	68
3	1951	The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok		45
4	1951	The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok	Ed Ruskin	45
5	1951	The Red Skelton Show	Pete	74
6	1952	Four Star Playhouse	Frank Harvey	61
7	1952	Four Star Playhouse	Police Lt.	61
8	1952	The Abbott and Costello Show	Lefty	73
9	1953	The Life Of Riley	Eddie	60
10	1953	City Detective		0
11	1954	Public Defender		60
12	1954	Lassie		61
13	1954	December Bride		55
14	1955	The Millionaire	Tom Diamond	50
15	1955	The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp		67
16	1955	The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp	Doc Holliday	67
17	1955	The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp	Doc Fabrique	67
18	1955	The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp	Grandpa Logan	67
19	1955	The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp	Dr. John H. Holliday	67
20	1955	Gunsmoke	Buck Doolin	66
21	1955	The Great Gildersleeve		0
22	1955	Cheyenne	Pritchard	58
23	1956	State Trooper		50
24	1956	State Trooper	Matt 'Pop' Porter	50
25	1956	State Trooper	Doc Crippin	50
26	1956	Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre	Luke	55
27	1957	Richard Diamond, Private Detective	Bailey	62
28	1957	Wagon Train	Ed Graham	64
29	1957	Perry Mason	Rubin Cason	77
30	1957	Alcoa Theatre	Pop	62
31	1957	Trackdown		64
32	1958	Sea Hunt		65
33	1958	Jefferson Drum	Wooley	45
34	1958	Wanted: Dead or Alive	Tolliver Bender	69
35	1958	The Texan		55
36	1959	Tightrope		55
37	1959	Bonanza	Ned Conrad	75
38	1960	My Three Sons	Toby Chambers	65
39	1960	The Andy Griffith Show	Hobo	76
40	1962	The Virginian	Sorrowful	64
41	1962	The Virginian	Sheriff Ben Tolliver	64
42	1962	The Lucy Show	Indian Chief	71
43	1963	Temple Houston	Doc Webb	57
44	1963	The Bill Dana Show		60
45	1964	Daniel Boone	Rufus C. Hoops	69
46	1964	Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.		71
47	1965	Branded	Jed Peck	64
48	1965	Laredo		63
49	1966	Pistols 'n' Petticoats		75
50	1967	The Guns of Will Sonnett		63
51	1968	Mayberry R.F.D.	Judson	57
52	1969	My World and Welcome to It		55
53	1971	O'Hara, U.S. Treasury		55
54	1972	The Streets of San Francisco		70
55	1972	Kung Fu		76
56	1974	Kolchak: The Night Stalker	The Super	76
57	1974	The Rockford Files	Ted (as Douglas V. Fowley)	75
58	1975	Switch	Jake	67
59	1975	Starsky & Hutch	Lijah	72
60	1976	Family	Watchman	70
61	1977	CHiPs	Barney (as Douglas V. Fowley)	68
62	1979	Detective School		55