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Alan Mowbray

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Actor

The Resume

    (August 18, 1896-March 25, 1969)
    Born in London, United Kingdom
    Birth name was Alfred Ernest Allen
    Appeared in 120 films, including ‘Alexander Hamilton’ (1931), ‘Sherlock Holmes’ (1932), ‘A Study in Scarlet’ (1933), ‘Voltaire’ (1933), ‘Roman Scandals’ (1933), ‘Charlie Chan in London’ (1934), ‘Becky Sharp’ (1935), ‘My Man Godfrey’ (1936), ‘Topper’ (1937), ‘Topper Takes a Trip’ (1938), ‘The Boys from Syracuse’ (1940), ‘That Hamilton Woman’ (1941), ‘The Perfect Snob’ (1941), ‘Panama Hattie’ (1942), ‘Stage Door Canteen’ (1943), ‘So This Is Washington’ (1943), ‘Ever Since Venus’ (1944), ‘Where Do We Go From Here?’ (1945), ‘My Darling Clementine’ (1946), ‘Terror by Night’ (1946), ‘Abbott and Costello Meet the Killer, Boris Karloff’ (1949), ‘Wagon Master’ (1950), ‘Dick Turpin’s Ride’ (1951), ‘Ma and Pa Kettle at Home’ (1954), ‘The Man Who Knew Too Much’ (1956), ‘The King and I’ (1956), ‘Around the World in 80 Days’ (1956), and ‘A Majority of One’ (1961)
    Appeared on Broadway in ‘Sport of Kings’ (1926), ‘These Modern Women’ (1928), and ‘Enter Laughing’ (1963-64)
    Last name pronounced ‘Moe-bree’

Why he might be annoying:

    He said he took up acting after World War I because he was broke and had no other skills.
    He wrote, directed, and starred in the comedy ‘Dinner Is Served,’ which closed after four performances on Broadway (August, 1929).
    He was sometimes confused with fellow British character actor Henry Daniell.
    He was typecast as butlers, to the point that Raymond Chandler wrote in a short story, ‘But Beverly Hills is Beverly Hills, so the butler had a wing collar and an accent like Alan Mowbray.’

Why he might not be annoying:

    He received the Military Medal and Croix de Guerre for bravery in action during World War I.
    He was cast frequently during the early days of talking pictures due to his excellent diction.
    As an English expatriate, he was one of the founders of the Hollywood Cricket Club.
    He was a founding member of the Screen Actors Guild, and funded the organization out of his own pocket during its early years.

Credit: C. Fishel


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Year In Review:

    For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 1 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2023, Out of 2 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 2 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 78 Votes: 38.46% Annoying