- Born
- Died
- Birth nameEugene Devlan
- Nickname
- Pride of the Rockies
- Gene Fowler was born on March 8, 1890 in Denver, Colorado, USA. He was a writer and actor, known for Nuits d'Arabie (1937), Gare centrale (1932) and Some Like It Hot (1939). He was married to Agnes Fowler. He died on July 2, 1960 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
- SpouseAgnes Fowler(July 19, 1916 - July 2, 1960) (his death, 3 children)
- Eugene Devlan and his mother were abandoned by his father. When his mother remarried a man named Fowler, Eugene was adopted as his son.
- Was good friends with Lionel Barrymore and John Barrymore as well as W.C. Fields. They often drank and played cards together. Fields, who was famous for hating children, liked Fowler's two sons and sometimes took them fishing, actually refraining from using them as bait.
- While working as a young journalist in Denver, he interviewed Buffalo Bill Cody, the famous frontiersman-turned-showman known as "Buffalo Bill Cody", offending the old man by asking impertinent questions about his numerous love affairs. Fowler later covered Cody's funeral.
- Is portrayed by Louis Zorich in W.C. Fields et moi (1976)
- Father of Gene Fowler Jr..
- The best way to become a successful writer is to read good writing, remember it, and then forget where you remember it from.
- Hollywood is a place where you either ride in a Rolls Royce or are run over by one.
- Writing is easy. All you do is stare at a blank sheet of paper until drops of blood form on your forehead.
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