​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.

Filmography

• 1994Wyatt Earp: Return to Tombstone — Doc Holliday / Doc Fabrique (flashback sequences) (archive footage)
• Detective School
• 1979The North Avenue Irregulars — Delaney
• 1977Black Oak Conspiracy — Bryan Hancock (as Douglas V. Fowley)
• CHiPs — Barney (as Douglas V. Fowley)
• 1977Sunshine Christmas — Stanley
• 1977The Golden Dog — Narrator
• 1977The White Buffalo — Amos Bixby
• Family — Watchman
• 1976From Noon Till Three — Buck Bowers
• 1975Starsky & Hutch — Lijah
• Switch — Jake
• 1974Homebodies — Mr. Crawford
• Kolchak: The Night Stalker — The Super
• The Rockford Files — Ted
• 1973Walking Tall — Judge Clarke
• 1972Here Comes the Judge
• Kung Fu — Trapper
• 1972Run, Cougar, Run — Joe Bickley
• O'Hara, U.S. Treasury
• My World and Welcome to It
• 1969The Good Guys and the Bad Guys — Grundy
• Mayberry R.F.D. — Judson
• 1967Pistols 'n' Petticoats — Grandpa Andrew Hanks
• The Guns of Will Sonnett
• The Second Hundred Years — Henry Sykes
• Pistols 'n' Petticoats — Grandpa Andrew Hanks
• Branded — Jed Peck
• Laredo
• 19647 Faces of Dr. Lao — Toothless Cowboy
• Daniel Boone — Rufus C. Hoops
• Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.
• 1964Guns of Diablo — Mr. Knudsen
• Temple Houston — Doc Webb
• The Bill Dana Show
• The Lucy Show — Indian Chief
• The Virginian — Sorrowful, Sheriff Ben Tolliver
• 1961Barabbas — Vasasio
• 1961Buffalo Gun — Sheriff
• Hazel — Mr. Jeffries
• 1960Desire in the Dust — Zuba Wilson
• 1960Macumba Love — Director, Producer
• My Three Sons — Toby Chambers
• The Andy Griffith Show — Hobo
• Bonanza — Ned Conrad
• Tightrope — Max Rommey
• 1958A Gift for Heidi — Alm Uncle
• Jefferson Drum — Wooley
• Sea Hunt — Pop
• 1958The Geisha Boy — GI in Korea (uncredited)
• The Texan
• Wanted: Dead or Alive — Tolliver Bender
• Alcoa Theatre — Pop
• 1957Bayou — Emil Hebert
• 1957Kelly and Me — Dave Gans
• Perry Mason — Rubin Cason
• 1957Raiders of Old California — Sheriff
• Richard Diamond, Private Detective — Bailey
• 1957The Badge of Marshal Brennan — Marshal Brennan
• Trackdown — Carlson
• Wagon Train — Ed Graham
• 1956Bandido! — McGhee
• Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre — Luke
• 1956Man from Del Rio — Doc Adams
• 1956Rock, Pretty Baby — Pop Wright
• State Trooper — Matt 'Pop' Porter, Doc Crippin
• 1956The Broken Star — Hiram Charleton
• Cheyenne — Pritchard
• Gunsmoke — Buck Doolin
• 1955Texas Lady — Clay Ballard (Clarion owner)
• 1955The Girl Rush — Charlie - Stickman
• The Great Gildersleeve
• The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp — Doc Holliday, Doc Fabrique, Grandpa Logan, Dr. John H. Holliday
• 1955The Lonesome Trail — Crazy Charley Bonesteel
• 1955The Matchmaking Marshal — Jack Ruskin
• The Millionaire — Tom Diamond
• 1954Casanova's Big Night — Second Prisoner
• December Bride
• 1954Deep in My Heart — Harold Butterfield (uncredited)
• Lassie
• Public Defender
• 1954Southwest Passage — Toad Ellis
• Studio 57
• 1954The High and the Mighty — Alsop
• 1954The Lone Gun — Bartender
• 1954The Naked Jungle — Medicine Man
• 1954Untamed Heiress — Pal
• 1954With This Ring — Gordon, Miller Executive
• 1953A Slight Case of Larceny — Mr. White
• 1953Cat-Women of the Moon — Walter 'Walt' Walters
• City Detective
• 1953Cruisin' Down the River — Humphrey Hepburn
• 1953Kansas Pacific — Max Janus
• 1953Red River Shore — Case Lockwood
• Revlon Mirror Theatre
• 1953The Band Wagon — Auctioneer (uncredited)
• The Life Of Riley — Eddie
• 1953The Man Behind The Gun — Buckley Saloon Manager
• The Pride of the Family — Bushnell (uncredited)
• 1952Finders Keepers — Franke Simmons
• Four Star Playhouse — Frank Harvey, Police Lt.
• 1952Horizons West — Ed Tompkins
• 1952Just This Once — Frank Pirosh
• 1952Singin' in the Rain — Roscoe Dexter
• The Abbott and Costello Show — Lefty
• 1952This Woman Is Dangerous — Saunders (Uncredited)
• 1951Across the Wide Missouri — Tin Cup Owens (uncredited)
• 1951Angels in the Outfield — Cab Driver (uncredited)
• 1951Callaway Went Thataway — Gaffer (uncredited)
• 1951Chain of Circumstance — Lt. Fenning
• 1951Criminal Lawyer — Harry Cheney
• 1951South of Caliente — Dave Norris
• 1951Tarzan's Peril — Herbert Trask
• The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok — Ed Ruskin
• The Red Skelton Show — Pete, Muggsy
• 1950Armored Car Robbery — Benjamin 'Benny' McBride
• 1950Bunco Squad — Det. Sgt. Mack McManus
• 1950Edge of Doom — Detective #2
• 1950He's a Cockeyed Wonder — 'Crabs' Freeley
• 1950Hoedown — Gang Leader (uncredited)
• 1950Killer Shark — Louie Bracado
• 1950Mrs. O'Malley and Mr. Malone — Steve Kepplar
• 1950Rider from Tucson — Bob Rankin
• 1950Rio Grande Patrol — Bragg Orcutt
• 1950So You Think You're Not Guilty — Convict (uncredited)
• 1950Stage to Tucson — Ira Prentiss
• The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show — Charles Lowe
• 1949Any Number Can Play — Smitty (uncredited)
• 1949Arson, Inc. — Frederick P. 'Fred' Fender
• 1949Battleground — 'Kipp' Kippton
• 1949Clunked in the Clink
• 1949Flaxy Martin — Max, Detective
• 1949Joe Palooka in the Counterpunch — Thurston
• 1949Manhattan Angel — Mr. Fowley - Press Photographer (uncredited)
• 1949Massacre River — Simms
• 1949Mighty Joe Young — Jones
• 1949Renegades of the Sage — Sloper
• 1949Satan's Cradle — Steve Gentry
• 1949Search for Danger — The Inspector
• 1949Susanna Pass — Roberts aka Walter P. Johnson
• 1948Behind Locked Doors — Larson
• 1948Black Bart — Sheriff Mix (uncredited)
• 1948Coroner Creek — Stew Shallis
• 1948Docks of New Orleans — Grock
• 1948Gun Smugglers — Steve Reeves
• 1948If You Knew Susie — Marty
• 1948Joe Palooka in Winner Take All — Reporter
• 1948So You Want to Be a Gambler — Honest John (uncredited)
• 1948The Denver Kid — Henchman Slip
• 1948The Dude Goes West — Beetle
• 1948Waterfront at Midnight — Joe Sargus
• 1947Backlash — Red Bailey
• 1947Desperate — Pete
• 1947Fall Guy — Inspector Shannon
• 1947Fun on a Weekend — Gambling House Owner (uncredited)
• 1947Jungle Flight — Tom Hammond
• 1947Key Witness — Jim Guthrie (uncredited)
• 1947Merton of the Movies — Phil
• 1947Ridin' Down the Trail — Mark Butler
• 1947Rose of Santa Rosa — Larry Fish
• 1947Roses Are Red — Ace Oliver (as Doug Fowley)
• 1947Scared to Death — Terry Lee
• 1947The Gas House Kids in Hollywood — Mitch Gordon
• 1947The Hucksters — Georgie Gaver
• 1947The Sea of Grass — Joe Horton (uncredited)
• 1947The Trespasser — Bill Monroe
• 1947Three on a Ticket — Mace Morgan
• 1947Undercover Maisie — Daniels
• 1947Wild Country — Clark Varney
• 1947Yankee Fakir — Murgatroyd Bartholomew Davis
• 1946'Neath Canadian Skies — Ned Thompson
• 1946Blonde Alibi — Henchman Willie (Uncredited)
• 1946Chick Carter, Detective — Rusty Farrell
• 1946Drifting Along — Jack Dailey
• 1946High School Hero — Coach Carter
• 1946In Fast Company — Steve Trent
• 1946Larceny in Her Heart — Doc H. C. Patterson
• 1946North of the Border — Nails Nelson
• 1946The Glass Alibi — Joe Eykner
• 1945Along the Navajo Trail — J. Richard Bentley
• 1945Don't Fence Me In — Jack Gordon
• 1945Life with Blondie — Blackie Leonard (uncredited)
• 1944And the Angels Sing — N.Y. Cafe Manager (uncredited)
• 1944Detective Kitty O'Day — Harry Downs
• 1944Johnny Doesn't Live Here Anymore — Rudy (uncredited)
• 1944Lady in the Death House — Dr. Dwight 'Brad' Bradford
• 1944One Body Too Many — Henry Rutherford
• 1944Rationing — Dixie Samson
• 1944See Here, Private Hargrove — Capt. R.S. Manville
• 1944Shake Hands with Murder — Steve Morgan
• 1944The Racket Man — Toby Sykes
• 1944The Story of Dr. Wassell — Bit Part (uncredited)
• 1943Bar 20 — Henchman Slash
• 1943Colt Comrades — Joe Brass
• 1943Dr. Gillespie's Criminal Case — Wallace (uncredited)
• 1943Gildersleeve's Bad Day — Louie Barton
• 1943Jitterbugs — Malcolm Bennett
• 1943Minesweeper — Cutter Lieutenant Wells
• 1943Riding High — Brown
• 1943Sleepy Lagoon — J. 'The Brain' Lucarno
• 1943Swing Shift Maisie — Investigator (Uncredited)
• 1943The Chance of a Lifetime — Nails Blanton (Uncredited)
• 1943The Kansan — Ben Nash
• 1942For the Common Defense! — Dutch Mullner
• 1942Hay Foot — Captain Rossmead
• 1942I Live on Danger — Joey Farr
• 1942Lost Canyon — Jeff Burton
• 1942Mississippi Gambler — Chet Matthews
• 1942Mr. Wise Guy — Bill Collins
• 1942So's Your Aunt Emma! — Gus Hammond
• 1942Stand by for Action — Ensign Martin
• 1942Sunset on the Desert — Ramsay McCall
• 1942The Devil with Hitler — Walter Beeter
• 1942The Man in the Trunk — Ed Mygatt
• 1941Dangerous Lady — Police Sgt. Brent
• 1941Doctors Don't Tell — Joe Grant
• 1941Mr. District Attorney in the Carter Case — Vincent Mackay
• 1941Secret of the Wastelands — Slade Salters
• 1941Tanks a Million — Capt. Rossmead
• 1941The Great Swindle — Rocky Andrews
• 1941The Parson of Panamint — Chappie Ellerton
• 194020 Mule Team — Stag Roper
• 1940Cafe Hostess — Eddie Morgan
• 1940Cherokee Strip — Alf Barrett
• 1940East of the River — Cy Turner
• 1940Ellery Queen, Master Detective — Rocky Taylor
• 1940Pier 13 — Johnnie Hale
• 1940The Leather Pushers — Slick Connolly
• 1940Wagons Westward — Bill Marsden
• 1939Boy Friend — Ed Boyd
• 1939Charlie Chan at Treasure Island — Peter Lewis
• 1939Dodge City — Munger
• 1939Henry Goes Arizona — Ricky Dole
• 1939Inside Story — Gus Brawley
• 1939It Could Happen to You — Freddie Barlow
• 1939Lucky Night — George
• 1939Slightly Honorable — Madder
• 1939The Arizona Wildcat — Rufe Galloway
• 1938Alexander's Ragtime Band — Snapper
• 1938City Girl — Ritchie
• 1938Keep Smiling — Cedric Hunt
• 1938Mr. Moto's Gamble — Nick Crowder
• 1938Passport Husband — Tiger Martin
• 1938Submarine Patrol — Seaman Pinky Brett
• 1938Time Out for Murder — J.E. 'Dutch' Moran
• 1938Walking Down Broadway — Ace Wagner
• 1937Charlie Chan on Broadway — Johnny Burke
• 1937Fifty Roads to Town — Dutch Nelson
• 1937Love and Hisses — Webster
• 1937On the Avenue — Eddie Eads
• 1937One Mile from Heaven — Jim Tabor
• 1937She Had to Eat — Duke Stacey
• 1937This Is My Affair — Alec
• 1937Time Out for Romance — Roy Webster
• 1937Wake Up and Live — Herman
• 1937Wild and Woolly — Blackie Morgan
• 1937Woman-Wise — Stevens
• 193615 Maiden Lane — Nick Shelby
• 193636 Hours to Kill — Duke Benson
• 1936Big Brown Eyes — Benny Battle
• 1936Crash Donovan — Harris
• 1936Navy Born — Lt. Steve Bassett
• 1936Private Number — Sheik (Uncredited)
• 1936Ring Around the Moon — Ted Curlew
• 1936Sing, Baby, Sing — Mac
• 1936Small Town Girl — Chick Page (uncredited)
• 1935Night Life of the Gods — Cyril Sparks
• 1935Old Man Rhythm — Oyster
• 1935Princess O'Hara — Emcee (uncredited)
• 1935Straight from the Heart — Speed Spelvin
• 1935Transient Lady — Matt Baxter
• 1935Two for Tonight — Pooch Donahue
• 1934I Hate Women — Nelson
• 1934Let's Talk It Over — Sailor Jones
• 1934Sleepers East — Gangster (uncredited)
• 1934Student Tour — Mushy
• 1934The Girl from Missouri — New Bellboy with Vase (uncredited)
• 1934The Thin Man — Taxi Driver (uncredited)
• 1933The Woman Who Dared — Kay's Boyfriend

Appearances as themselves (2)

• 2002Gene Kelly: Anatomy of a Dancer — Self (archive footage)
• The Colgate Comedy Hour — Self