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Alan Mowbray MM
Military Medal

The Military Medal was a military decoration awarded to personnel of the British Army and other British Armed Forces, and formerly also to personnel of other Commonwealth of Nations countries, below commissioned officer rank, for bravery in battle on land....
, (18 August 1896 - 25 March 1969), was an English
England

native_name =|conventional_long_name = England|common_name = England|image_flag = Flag of England.svg|image_coat = England COA.svg|symbol_type = Royal Coat of Arms...
 stage and film actor who found success in Hollywood.

Born Alfred Ernest Allen in London
London

London is the capital of both England and the United Kingdom, and the most populous municipality in the European Union. An important settlement for two millennia, History of London goes back to its founding by the Roman Empire....
, England
England

native_name =|conventional_long_name = England|common_name = England|image_flag = Flag of England.svg|image_coat = England COA.svg|symbol_type = Royal Coat of Arms...
, he served with distinction the British Army
British Army

The British Army is the Army branch of the British Armed Forces. It came into being with the unification of the Kingdoms of Kingdom of England and Kingdom of Scotland into the Kingdom of Great Britain in 1707....
 in World War I
World War I

World War I, or the First World War , was a global military conflict which involved the Great powers, organized into two opposing military alliances: the Allies of World War I and the Central Powers....
, reaching the rank of major and being awarded the Military Medal for bravery. He began as a stage actor, making his way to the United States
United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
 where he appeared in Broadway
Broadway theatre

Broadway theatre, commonly called simply Broadway, refers to theatrical performances presented in one of the 39 large professional theaters with 500 seats or more located in the Theatre District, New York in Manhattan, New York City....
 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 memorable butler role in the brilliant comedy Merrily We Live
Merrily We Live

Merrily We Live is a 1938 in film film directed by Norman Z. McLeod and starring Constance Bennett, Bonita Granville, Brian Aherne, Alan Mowbray, Billie Burke, Clarence Kolb, Tom Brown, Patsy Kelly, Willie Best, Marjorie Kane, and Ann Dvorak....
, and playing the title role in the TV series The Adventures of Colonel Flack.






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Alan Mowbray MM
Military Medal

The Military Medal was a military decoration awarded to personnel of the British Army and other British Armed Forces, and formerly also to personnel of other Commonwealth of Nations countries, below commissioned officer rank, for bravery in battle on land....
, (18 August 1896 - 25 March 1969), was an English
England

native_name =|conventional_long_name = England|common_name = England|image_flag = Flag of England.svg|image_coat = England COA.svg|symbol_type = Royal Coat of Arms...
 stage and film actor who found success in Hollywood.

Born Alfred Ernest Allen in London
London

London is the capital of both England and the United Kingdom, and the most populous municipality in the European Union. An important settlement for two millennia, History of London goes back to its founding by the Roman Empire....
, England
England

native_name =|conventional_long_name = England|common_name = England|image_flag = Flag of England.svg|image_coat = England COA.svg|symbol_type = Royal Coat of Arms...
, he served with distinction the British Army
British Army

The British Army is the Army branch of the British Armed Forces. It came into being with the unification of the Kingdoms of Kingdom of England and Kingdom of Scotland into the Kingdom of Great Britain in 1707....
 in World War I
World War I

World War I, or the First World War , was a global military conflict which involved the Great powers, organized into two opposing military alliances: the Allies of World War I and the Central Powers....
, reaching the rank of major and being awarded the Military Medal for bravery. He began as a stage actor, making his way to the United States
United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
 where he appeared in Broadway
Broadway theatre

Broadway theatre, commonly called simply Broadway, refers to theatrical performances presented in one of the 39 large professional theaters with 500 seats or more located in the Theatre District, New York in Manhattan, New York City....
 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 memorable butler role in the brilliant comedy Merrily We Live
Merrily We Live

Merrily We Live is a 1938 in film film directed by Norman Z. McLeod and starring Constance Bennett, Bonita Granville, Brian Aherne, Alan Mowbray, Billie Burke, Clarence Kolb, Tom Brown, Patsy Kelly, Willie Best, Marjorie Kane, and Ann Dvorak....
, 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
Hal Roach

Harold Eugene "Hal" Roach, Sr. was an United States film producer and television producer from the 1910s to the 1990s....
  propaganda comedy The Devil with Hitler. He appeared in some two dozen guest roles on various other television series.

Mowbray was a founding member of the Screen Actors Guild
Screen Actors Guild

The Screen Actors Guild is an American trade union representing over 120,000 film and television actor and extra worldwide. According to SAG's Mission Statement, the Guild seeks to: negotiate and enforce collective bargaining agreements that establish equitable levels of compensation, benefits, and working conditions for its performers; col...
, with outside interests that led to membership in Britain's Royal Geographic Society.

Alan Mowbray died of a heart attack in 1969 in Hollywood and was interred in the Holy Cross Cemetery
Holy Cross Cemetery, Culver City

Holy Cross Cemetery is a Roman Catholic Church cemetery located at 5835 West Slauson Avenue in Culver City, California, that is operated by the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Los Angeles....
 in Culver City, California
Culver City, California

Culver City is a city in western Los Angeles County, California. As of the 2000 census, the city had a population of 38,816. The community is mostly surrounded by the city of Los Angeles, but also has a border with unincorporated areas of Los Angeles County....
.

Selected filmography

  • God's Gift to Women
    God's Gift to Women

    God's Gift to Women is a 1931 in film Pre-Code musical romantic comedy film produced and released by Warner Bros.. It was based on the play called "The Devil Was Sick" by Jane Hinton....
     (1931)
  • Alexander Hamilton (1931)
  • Honor of the Family
    Honor of the Family

    Honor of the Family is a 1931 in film dramatic film released by First National Pictures, in 1931. It was based on the play by Emil Fabre, from a story by Honor? de Balzac....
     (1931)
  • The Man from Yesterday
    The Man from Yesterday

    The Man from Yesterday is a 1932 in film romantic drama film made by Paramount Pictures, directed by Berthold Viertel, and starring Claudette Colbert and Clive Brook....
     (1932)
  • Winner Take All
    Winner Take All (1932 film)

    Winner Take All is a 1932 in film film starring James Cagney, who had electrified the industry the previous year with his performances in The Public Enemy and Smart Money , as a boxer....
     (1932)
  • Our Betters
    Our Betters

    Our Betters is a 1933 in film Cinema of the United States satire comedy film directed by George Cukor. The screenplay by Jane Murfin and Harry Wagstaff Gribble is based on the 1923 play of the same title by W....
     (1933)
  • A Study in Scarlet
    A Study in Scarlet (1933 film)

    A Study in Scarlet is a drama film directed by Edwin L. Marin and starring Anna May Wong and Reginald Owen as Sherlock Holmes. The title comes from the Sir Arthur Conan Doyle novel A Study in Scarlet, however the story is original....
     (1933)
  • Peg o' My Heart
    Peg o' My Heart (1933 film)

    Peg o' My Heart is a 1933 in film film adaptation of the play of the same name by J. Hartley Manners. It starred Marion Davies as a poor Irish girl who stands to inherit a fortune if she satisfies certain conditions....
     (1933)
  • The Midnight Club
    The Midnight Club (1933 film)

    The Midnight Club is a 1933 in film crime film about a gang of London jewel thieves infiltrated by an undercover agent . The movie was directed by Alexander Hall and George Somnes....
     (1933)
  • Voltaire
    Voltaire (film)

    Voltaire is a biographical film starring George Arliss as the renowned eighteenth century Voltaire....
     (1933)
  • Berkeley Square
    Berkeley Square (film)

    Berkeley Square is the title of a 1933 in film film produced by Fox Film Corporation. It was directed by Frank Lloyd and stars Leslie Howard , Heather Angel , Valerie Taylor and Colin Keith-Johnston....
     (1933)
  • Roman Scandals
    Roman Scandals

    Roman Scandals is a 1933 in film film starring Eddie Cantor, Ruth Etting, Gloria Stuart, Edward Arnold and David Manners. It was directed by Frank Tuttle....
     (1933)
  • The House of Rothschild (1934)
  • The Girl from Missouri
    The Girl from Missouri

    The Girl from Missouri is a film starring Jean Harlow and Franchot Tone. The movie was written by Anita Loos and directed by Jack Conway ....
      (1934)
  • Charlie Chan in London
    Charlie Chan in London

    Charlie Chan in London is a 1934 in film American mystery film directed by Eugene Forde. The film stars Warner Oland as Charlie Chan, with Drue Leyton....
     (1934)
  • Becky Sharp
    Becky Sharp (film)

    Becky Sharp is an Cinema of the United States film directed by Rouben Mamoulian and starring Miriam Hopkins, Frances Dee, Cedric Hardwicke, Billie Burke, Alison Skipworth, Nigel Bruce, and Alan Mowbray....
      (1935)
  • She Couldn't Take It
    She Couldn't Take It

    She Couldn't Take It is a 1935 in film comedy film made by Columbia Pictures, directed by Tay Garnett, written by Charles Graham Baker, Gene Towne and Oliver H.P....
     (1935)
  • Rose-Marie
    Rose-Marie

    Rose Marie is an operetta-style musical theatre with music by Rudolf Friml and Herbert Stothart, and book and lyrics by Otto Harbach and Oscar Hammerstein II....
     (1936)
  • Desire
    Desire (1936 film)

    Desire is an United States romantic drama film released in 1936 in film and directed by Frank Borzage. It was produced by Borzage and Ernst Lubitsch....
     (1936)
  • Mary of Scotland
    Mary of Scotland (film)

    Mary of Scotland is a 1936 in film RKO film starring Katharine Hepburn as the 16th century ruler, Mary I of Scotland. Directed by John Ford, it is an adaptation of the 1933 Maxwell Anderson play by Dudley Nichols....
     (1936)
  • My Man Godfrey
    My Man Godfrey

    My Man Godfrey is a screwball comedy film released in by Universal Pictures, directed by Gregory LaCava. It was adapted from Eric Hatch's novel 1101 Park Avenue by Hatch himself and Morrie Ryskind, with uncredited contributions by LaCava....
     (1936)
  • Ladies in Love
    Ladies in Love

    Ladies in Love is a romantic comedy film directed by Edward H. Griffith. Starring Janet Gaynor, Constance Bennett and Loretta Young the film revolves around three roommates in exotic Budapest and their comical romantic adventures....
     (1936)
  • On the Avenue
    On the Avenue

    On the Avenue is a 1937 in film musical film starring Dick Powell, Madeleine Carroll, and Alice Faye. All of the songs in this film were composed by Irving Berlin....
     (1937)
  • Topper (1937)
  • Stand-In
    Stand-in

    A stand-in in film and television is a person who substitutes for the actor before filming, for technical purposes such as lighting.Stand-ins are helpful in the initial processes of production....
     (1937)
  • Merrily We Live
    Merrily We Live

    Merrily We Live is a 1938 in film film directed by Norman Z. McLeod and starring Constance Bennett, Bonita Granville, Brian Aherne, Alan Mowbray, Billie Burke, Clarence Kolb, Tom Brown, Patsy Kelly, Willie Best, Marjorie Kane, and Ann Dvorak....
     (1938)
  • Topper Takes a Trip
    Topper Takes a Trip

    Topper Takes a Trip is a 1938 in film film sequel of Topper . Constance Bennett, Roland Young, Billie Burke and Alan Mowbray reprised their roles from the earlier movie; only Cary Grant was missing ....
     (1939)
  • Music in My Heart (1940)
  • The Boys from Syracuse
    The Boys from Syracuse (film)

    The Boys from Syracuse is a 1940 in film musical film directed by A. Edward Sutherland, based on the play The Comedy of Errors by William Shakespeare....
     (1940)
  • That Hamilton Woman
    That Hamilton Woman

    That Hamilton Woman -- the original British title was simply Lady Hamilton -- is a historical film drama, produced and directed by Alexander Korda for Alexander Korda Films....
     (1941)
  • That Uncertain Feeling
    That Uncertain Feeling

    That Uncertain Feeling is a comic novel by Kingsley Amis, first published in 1956.In 1962, the book was made into a film starring Peter Sellers, with the title changed to Only Two Can Play....
     (1941)
  • I Wake Up Screaming
    I Wake Up Screaming

    I Wake Up Screaming is a black-and-white suspense film starring Betty Grable, Victor Mature, and Carole Landis. The film is an early example of the film noir style....
     (1941)
  • The Devil with Hitler (1942)
  • Slightly Dangerous
    Slightly Dangerous

    Slightly Dangerous is a romantic comedy film starring Lana Turner and Robert Young . A bored young woman in a dead-end job runs away to New York City and ends up impersonating the long-lost daughter of a millionaire....
     (1943)
  • Holy Matrimony
    Holy Matrimony (film)

    Holy Matrimony is a 1943 in film comedy film directed by John M. Stahl and released by 20th Century Fox. The screenplay was based on the novel Buried Alive by Arnold Bennett....
     (1943)
  • Terror by Night
    Terror by Night

    Terror by Night is a 1946 in film Sherlock Holmes mystery feature film inspired by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, loosely based on The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax and The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle....
     (1946)
  • My Darling Clementine
    My Darling Clementine

    My Darling Clementine is a western movie film, directed by John Ford, and based on the story of the Gunfight at the O.K. Corral between the Earp brothers and the Clanton gang....
     (1946)
  • Lured
    Lured

    Lured is the title of a 1947 in film film released by United Artists, directed by Douglas Sirk, and starring Lucille Ball, George Sanders, Boris Karloff, Charles Coburn, and Cedric Hardwicke....
     (1947)
  • Captain from Castile
    Captain from Castile

    Captain from Castile is a swashbuckling, action adventure film released by 20th Century Fox in 1947 in film. Directed by Henry King, the Technicolor film starred Tyrone Power, Jean Peters, and Cesar Romero....
     (1947)
  • Every Girl Should Be Married
    Every Girl Should Be Married

    Every Girl Should Be Married is a 1948 in film romantic comedy film starring Cary Grant and Betsy Drake. ...
     (1948)
  • Abbott and Costello Meet the Killer, Boris Karloff
    Abbott and Costello Meet the Killer, Boris Karloff

    Abbott and Costello Meet the Killer, Boris Karloff is a 1949 in film comedy horror film starring Abbott and Costello and Boris Karloff. The full onscreen title is Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet the Killer, Boris Karloff....
     (1949)
  • Wagon Master
    Wagon Master

    Wagon Master is a 1950 in film Western film film director by John Ford and starring Ben Johnson , Harry Carey Jr., Joanne Dru, and Ward Bond....
     (1950)
  • The Jackpot
    The Jackpot

    The Jackpot is a 1950 United States comedy film directed by Walter Lang and starring James Stewart . The film is mostly forgotten today, but was a successful vehicle for Stewart at the time, and featured a young Natalie Wood....
     (1950)
  • Blackbeard the Pirate
    Blackbeard the Pirate

    Blackbeard the Pirate is a 1952 in film adventure film made by RKO. The movie was directed by Raoul Walsh and produced by Edmund Grainger from a screenplay by Alan Le May based on the story by DeVallon Scott....
     (1952)
  • Androcles and the Lion (1952)
  • Once Upon a Honeymoon (1956) (short)
  • The Man Who Knew Too Much
    The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956 film)

    The Man Who Knew Too Much is a suspense film directed by Alfred Hitchcock, starring James Stewart and Doris Day. The film is a remake in widescreen VistaVision and Technicolor of Hitchcock's The Man Who Knew Too Much ....
     (1956)
  • The King and I (1956)
  • Around the World in Eighty Days
    Around the World in Eighty Days (1956 film)

    Around the World in 80 Days is a 1956 in film adventure film produced by the Michael Todd Company and released by United Artists. It was directed by Michael Anderson ....
     (1956)
  • A Majority of One
    A Majority of One

    A Majority of One is a play by Leonard Spigelgass. The comedy involves Mrs. Jacoby, a Jewish widow from Brooklyn, New York, and Koichi Asano, a millionaire widower from Tokyo....
     (1962)


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