Born and raised in the Greenwich Village section of New York, Douglas Fowley did his first acting while attending St. Francis Xavier Military Academy. The sponsor of a memorial may add an additional, No animated GIFs, photos with additional graphics (borders, embellishments. Douglas Fowley was born on May 30, 1911, in The Bronx, New York, USA. Your new password must contain one or more uppercase and lowercase letters, and one or more numbers or special characters. This memorial has been copied to your clipboard. He guest-starred in the David Janssen crime drama Richard Diamond, Private Detective and guest-starred in season two, episode four of the Robert Culp Western Trackdown. But he is fondly remembered for his role in the classic 1952 musical Singin' in the Rain (1952), where he played a film director trying to ease a silent-film star into her first talking picture. × Steven Jay Rube, Combat Films (Jefferson, N.C.: McFarland & Co., 2011), p. 28, "Douglas V. Fowley, 86, Versatile Character Actor", https://metv.com/stories/the-hobo-of-the-andy-griffith-show-actually-lost-his-teeth-serving-in-world-war-ii, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Douglas_Fowley&oldid=978030123, American military personnel of World War II, Xavier High School (New York City) alumni, Articles with unsourced statements from January 2019, Wikipedia articles with SNAC-ID identifiers, Wikipedia articles with SUDOC identifiers, Wikipedia articles with WorldCat identifiers, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, Douglas Jr., Kim, Daniel, Gretchen and Kip, This page was last edited on 12 September 2020, at 13:27. An email has been sent to the person who requested the photo informing them that you have fulfilled their request. We have 2 volunteers within ten miles of your requested photo location. I thought you might like to see a memorial for Douglas Fowley I found on Findagrave.com. Are you sure that you want to delete this memorial? To suggest a correction or addition, visit the memorial page and click Suggest Edits. Previously sponsored memorials or famous memorials will not have this option. Douglas passed away on May 21, 1998 at the age of 86 in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA. Fowley began as a singing waiter and then worked as a copy boy for The New York Times, a runner for a Wall Street broker,[4] a United States Postal Service employee, a barker, a salesman, a professional football player, and finally a professional actor. Please note: You are asking volunteers to find and take a photo of the headstone. If you have questions, please contact support@findagrave.com. GREAT NEWS! Fowley's films include Twenty Mule Team, Fall Guy, Mighty Joe Young, Angels in the Outfield, Battleground, Armored Car Robbery, Chick Carter, Detective, The Naked Jungle, The High and the Mighty, and Walking Tall. Please check your email and click on the link to activate your account. Remove advertising from a memorial by sponsoring it for just $5. He died nine days before his 87th birthday and was interred at the Murrieta, California, Laurel Cemetery. You have chosen this person to be their own family member. A system error has occurred. Year should not be greater than current year. Not at all so encumbered Doc would occasionally take the law into his own hands behind Earp's back to protect his friend from legal action or even death when the marshal was legally or morally ham-strung. After nightclub performing and stage work, Fowley appeared in 1933 in his first film, The Mad Game, alongside Spencer Tracy. We’ve updated the security on the site. In 1965, he was cast as Sorrowful in episode 83 of the series The Virginian. This account has been disabled. If a new volunteer signs up in your requested photo location, they may see your existing request and take the photo. Also an additional volunteer within fifty miles. Douglas was 86 years old at the time of death. Fowley died nine days before what would have been his 87th birthday. We have a volunteer within ten miles of your requested photo location. This role allowed Fowley to demonstrate his flair for comedy and other acting skills as a clever, sharp-witted, sardonic, cynical, alcoholic, poker-playing foil to the square-jawed, milk-drinking, church-going Wyatt Earp (Hugh O'Brian), whom Holiday nicknamed "Deacon" due to his rigid sense of morality. Holliday, as played by Fowley, having no problem working around morals or the law, could be either hilarious or cold-blooded.[8]. "I had a false upper plate, having lost my upper teeth prematurely in mid-life," he explained to Western Clippings in 1994. In fact, he ended up portraying one of the most well-known dentists in American history. Photos larger than 8Mb will be reduced. From 1966 to 1967, Fowley portrayed Andrew Hanks in Pistols 'n' Petticoats,[7]:837 a CBS sitcom. Please enter location or other information that may help the volunteer in fulfilling this request. Please complete the captcha to let us know you are a real person. Try again later. He was aboard an aircraft carrier when an explosion knocked out his teeth. Fowley was usually typecast as a villain; when not playing an actual criminal, he often portrayed an argumentative troublemaker. He had a role in the syndicated 1959-1960 Western Pony Express in the episode "Showdown at Thirty Mile Ridge". Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA; Recently Passed Away Celebrities and Famous People.

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