1. Alan Mowbray served with distinction in the British Army in World War I, being awarded the Military Medal and the French Croix de Guerre for bravery in action.
13 Facts About Alan Mowbray
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Alan Mowbray applied for transfer to the Royal Air Force, which was granted just six days before the war ended.
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Alan Mowbray's service came to an end when the Royal Air Force wanted another seven years from him.
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Alan Mowbray debuted on Broadway in The Sport of Kings ; in 1929 he wrote, directed and starred in the unsuccessful Dinner Is Served.
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Alan Mowbray made his film debut in God's Gift to Women playing a butler, a role in which he was thereafter often cast.
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Alan Mowbray appeared in five more pictures in 1931, notably portraying George Washington in Alexander Hamilton.
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Alan Mowbray appeared in the titular role as a crooked astrologer in the 1959 episode "The Misfortune Teller" of the Maverick television series starring James Garner and Kathleen Crowley, and as Cranshaw in the episode "Quite a Woman" of the 1961 series The Investigators starring James Franciscus.
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In 1956, Alan Mowbray appeared in three major films, The King and I, The Man Who Knew Too Much and Around the World in 80 Days.
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Alan Mowbray was a founding member of the Screen Actors Guild in 1933, writing a personal check to fund the group's incorporation and serving as the first vice president.
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Alan Mowbray was a prominent early member of the Masquers Club, and donated to the group's long-time clubhouse at 1765 N Sycamore Street in Hollywood.
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Alan Mowbray was a founder of the British United Services Club, a club for ex British Military members in Hollywood that met at the Masquers.
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Alan Mowbray died of a heart attack in 1969 in Hollywood, survived by his wife and children.
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Alan Mowbray's body is interred in the Holy Cross Cemetery in Culver City, California.