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Alan Mowbray, nascut Alfred Ernest Allen (Londres, 18 d’agost de 1896 - Hollywood, Los Angeles, 25 de març de 1969), va ser un actor de cinema i teatre anglès que va tenir èxit a Hollywood.

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Alan Mowbray

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Alan Mowbray MM, (18 August 1896 - 25 March 1969), was an English stage and film actor who found success in Hollywood. Born Alfred Ernest Allen in London, England, he served with distinction the British Army in World War I, being awarded the Military Medal for bravery. He began as a stage actor, making his way to the United States where he appeared in Broadway 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 sterling butler role in the comedy Merrily We Live, 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 propaganda comedy The Devil with Hitler. He appeared in some two dozen guest roles on various television series. Mowbray was a founding member of the Screen Actors Guild, with outside interests that led to membership in Britain's Royal Geographic Society. He played the title role in the television series Colonel Humphrey Flack, which first appeared in 1953-1954 and then was revived in 1958-1959. In the 1954-1955 television season Mowbray played Mr. Swift, the drama coach of the character Mickey Mulligan, in NBC's short-lived situation comedy The Mickey Rooney Show: Hey, Mulligan. Mowbray died of a heart attack in 1969 in Hollywood and was interred in the Holy Cross Cemetery in Culver City, California.

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Alan Mowbray fue un actor teatral, cinematográfico y televisivo británico, aunque con una exitosa carrera en Hollywood, Estados Unidos.

Nació en Londres, Inglaterra. Sirvió con distinción en el Ejército Británico durante la Primera Guerra Mundial, siendo recompensado con la Medalla Militar por su valor. Se inició como actor teatral, buscando oportunidades en los Estados Unidos, donde actuó en el circuito de Broadway y formó parte de una compañía itinerante.

Ya con el nombre artístico de Alan Mowbray, debutó en el cine en 1931, prosiguiendo con una carrera como actor de carácter durante la cual actuó en más de 140 títulos, destacando su papel de mayordomo en la comedia Merrily We Live. En los años de la Segunda Guerra Mundial hizo una memorable interpretación como el Diablo en la comedia propagandística de Hal Roach The Devil with Hitler.

En el medio televisivo hizo unas dos docenas de papeles como artista invitado en diferentes series. Además, interpretó el papel del título en la serie Colonel Humphrey Flack, la cual se emitió por vez primera en 1953-1954 y después en 1958-1959. En la temporada televisiva 1954-1955 Mowbray fue Mr. Swift en la sitcom de la NBC The Mickey Rooney Show: Hey, Mulligan.

Mowbray fue miembro fundador del Sindicato de Actores estadounidense, y sus intereses le llevaron a formar parte también de la Royal Geographic Society británica.

Alan Mowbray falleció a causa de un infarto agudo de miocardio en 1969 en Hollywood, California, y fue enterrado en el Cementerio de Holy Cross, en Culver City, California.

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