- Born
- Died
- Birth nameDaniel Vincent Fowley
- Nicknames
- Doug
- Doug Fowley
- Height1.80 m
- He was born in the Bronx, New York. As a young man, he moved to Los Angeles and studied at Los Angeles City College. He served in the Navy during World War II. Fowley played everything from cowboys to gangsters, appearing alongside stars like Clark Gable, Ava Gardner, Esther Williams, Gene Kelly and Frank Sinatra. He debuted in Ravisseurs (1933), with Spencer Tracy and Claire Trevor. In his best-known performance, the 1952 musical Chantons sous la pluie (1952), he played a film director trying to ease a silent-film star into her first talking picture. His best-known television role was as Doc Holliday in the popular ABC western series The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp (1955) during the 1950s and early '60s. His last film was The North Avenue Irregulars (1979) in 1979. He played Grandpa Hanks in the CBS comedy Pistols 'n' Petticoats (1966) in 1966-67. Other television credits included Les rues de San Francisco (1972), Perry Mason (1957) and Deux cent dollars plus les frais (1974). He died at the Motion Picture and Television Country House and Hospital, aged 86.- IMDb mini biography by: Ed Stephan <stephan@cc.wwu.edu>
- SpousesJean Louise Paschall(1961 - May 21, 1998) (his death)Judy Walsh(March 28, 1954 - 1955) (divorced)Joy A. Torstrup(April 22, 1950 - 1954) (divorced, 2 children)Vivian M. Chambers(June 2, 1947 - ?) (divorced, 1 child)Mary Rose Hunter(September 27, 1944 - ?) (divorced, 2 children)Shelby Payne(February 21, 1938 - August 12, 1943) (divorced, 1 child)Marjorie Reid(July 20, 1935 - June 19, 1936) (divorced)Maria ?
- Children
- Served in the Navy in the South Pacific in World War II, and lost all of his own teeth in an explosion aboard his aircraft carrier during battle. The fact he had false teeth was used in Bastogne (1949), with his character Pvt. Kippton sometimes clicking his false teeth after speaking for effect and later "losing" them temporarily in an attempt to get off the front line.
- Father of Kim Fowley.
- Replaced by Myron Healey as Doc Holliday in The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp (1955) for several episodes in 1958 and 1959. He had begun shooting A Gift for Heidi (1958) in West Germany in the off-season of the series but filming there went on longer than expected.
- Interred at Laurel Cemetery in Murrieta, Riverside County, CA.
- First husband of Shelby Payne.
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