TopTenREVIEWS presents the film career and movie reviews of Douglas Fowley.
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Birthdate: May 30, 1911
Death date: May 21, 1998
Douglas Fowley
ACTOR RANKINGS:
CAREER SPAN
Decade
Movie Score
# Movies
1930s
2.4234
42
1940s
2.1202
90
1950s
2.4477
45
1960s
1.8304
5
1970s
0.7737
4
1980s
No Reviews
0
1990s
0.7780
1
Ratings and rankings are based on all available critic reviews & awards.
Overall Actor Score: 
2.3041
2.3041
Douglas Fowley Movie Rankings
1
3.9856Don and Lina are a famous on-screen romantic pair at the height of their silent film careers. When talking pictures take Hollywood by storm Lina's high pitched, annoying voice threatens their careers, until Dan finds the perfect girl to dub Lina's voice. ...more about Singin' in the Rain
DVD from $9.99
(18 sellers)
2
2.9165Italy, 1757. Meek tailor Pippo Popolino disguises himself as the great Casanova in order to romance attractive widow Francesca. ...more about Casanova's Big Night
DVD from $3.88
(11 sellers)
3
2.9119Jill Young has brought up her pet gorilla since she was a child. ...more about Mighty Joe Young
DVD from $9.49
(12 sellers)
4
2.8727
From a slab in the morgue, a dead young woman tells the bizarre tale of how she got there, through a maze of murder involving a hypnotist, a midget and a mysterious figure in a blue mask. ...more about Scared to Death
DVD from $1.99
(15 sellers)
5
2.8320
It's 1901. At 19, tough, stubborn Christopher Leiningen came to South America and built levees to claim thousands of acres of Rio Negro river land for a chocolate plantation. ...more about Naked Jungle
DVD from $3.90
(11 sellers)
6
2.7939
When a commercial airliner developes engine problems on a trans- Pacific flight and the pilot loses his nerve, it is up to the washed-up co-pilot Dan Roman to bring the plane in safely. ...more about High and the Mighty
DVD from $11.25
(12 sellers)
7
2.7728
An old Chinese gentleman rides into the town of Abalone, Arizona and changes it forever, as the citizens see themselves reflected in the mirror of Lao's mysterious circus of mythical beasts. ...more about 7 Faces of Dr. Lao
DVD from $13.79
(9 sellers)
8
2.7685
This send-up of ragtime song and dance begins in 1915 San Francisco when society boy Roger Grant decides to pursue popular rather than serious music. ...more about Alexander's Ragtime Band
DVD from $6.59
(8 sellers)
9
2.7296
Dodge City. A wide-open cattle town run by Jeff Surrett. Even going on a children's Sunday outing is not a safe thing to do. What the place needs is a fearless honest Marshal. A guy like Wade Hatton, who helped bring the railroad in. ...more about Dodge City
DVD from $8.68
(16 sellers)
10
2.6817
A movie in the same genre of "sparatus" but much more intense. This is the story of the man that was supposed to be crucified, but the people cried out that the Romans should execute Jesus instead. ...more about Barabbas
DVD from $3.92
(12 sellers)
11
2.5716
A novelist friend of Charlie's appears to have committed suicide. At the international Exposition held on San Francisco Bay's Treasure Island Charlie shows that Zodiac, a phony mystic who blackmails clients, is the culprit. ...more about Charlie Chan at Treasure Island
- Not Available on DVD
12
2.5579
We follow a band of American soldiers as they engage the Germans in a snowy, foggy winter near Bastogne in World War II. ...more about Battleground
DVD from $6.13
(13 sellers)
13
2.5045
Five astronauts travel to the dark side of the moon on a scientific expedition. There they discover a cave which somehow retains a breathable atmosphere. ...more about Cat-Women of the Moon
DVD from $7.99
(8 sellers)
14
2.4382
A New York nightclub singer plans to reveal gangsters named in her private diary. The diary disappears and the singer is murdered. Charlie Chan is called into to investigate. ...more about Charlie Chan on Broadway
- Not Available on DVD
16
2.3591
Insurance salesman Albert Tuttle arrives at the Cyrus J. Rutherford estate to sell the millionaire some life insurance. Rutherford is already dead and his heirs have gathered at the mansion to hear the reading of the will. ...more about One Body Too Many
DVD from $5.16
(4 sellers)
17
2.3547
Dave Purvis takes pride in being unknown to the law, though famed among fellow crooks as a planner He plots a holdup in meticulous detail; but things go wrong, a cop and two robbers are killed, and Purvis hides out with the money while Lieut. ...more about Armored Car Robbery
- Not Available on DVD
19
2.2227
A well-known judge has become a fugitive from the police, with a large reward on his head. ...more about Behind Locked Doors
DVD from $17.93
(10 sellers)
20
2.2204
In WWII Austria, Col. Alois Podhajsky must protect his beloved Lipizzaner stallions and make sure that they are surrendered into the right hands. But Patton's something of a horse fancier and can help...if he sees the stallions perform. ...more about Miracle of the White Stallions
DVD from $7.02
(10 sellers)
21
2.1903
Brothers Dan and Neil Hammond return to Texas after the Civil War. Ambitious Dan turns to rustling and then shady land deals to build an empire. ...more about Horizons West
- Not Available on DVD
22
2.1323
When mobster Walt Radak tries to trick independent trucker Steve Randall into transporting stolen furs, Steve alerts the police, and Walt's young brother Al is caught and held for a cop-killing. ...more about Desperate
- Not Available on DVD
24
2.0821
Combining colorized footage from the television series 'The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp' with new scenes shot in Tombstone, Az in 1994-this movie shows the return of the legendary former Marshal to his old stomping grounds. ...more about Wyatt Earp: Return to Tombstone
- Not Available on DVD
26
2.0547
Tom Cochrane, full of dope (cocaine) and covered with blood, is picked up by the police and then questioned by detectives Shannon (Douglas Fowley) and Taylor (Harry Strang), but manages to escape. ...more about Fall Guy
- Not Available on DVD
28
1.9542
A scientist named Hunter Hawk invents a device that can turn flesh to stone. While celebrating his discovery he becomes involved with a half naked leprechaun. ...more about Night Life of the Gods
- Not Available on DVD
31
1.8173
Journalist Marion Hargrove enters the Army intending to supplement his income by writing about his training experiences. ...more about See Here
- Not Available on DVD
33
1.7831
Buford Pusser's a wrestler, whose wife wants him to settle down, so they go to his home town in Tennessee, where he plans to get into business with his father. But he is shocked to discover all sorts of graft and corruption going on. ...more about Walking Tall
DVD from $9.99
(1 sellers)
34
1.7625
Wildcat Kelly has been dead and buried for years. Or has he? Dale is a reporter for an Eastern magazine who comes West to find out the true story of Kelly, of whom Gabby seems to have mysterious knowledge. ...more about Don't Fence Me In
DVD from $6.39
(6 sellers)
36
1.7351
The LaFontanne Chemical Company is shipping out a load of we're not sure what, disguised as something entirely different. Mr. Pereaux and Mr. ...more about Docks of New Orleans
- Not Available on DVD
38
1.5981
Dan Barr is a flatfoot on the trail of jewel robbers. Eve Fallon is his girl of 5 years. We meet them spitting and sparring, but never doubting they're in love. Eve is a manicurist, with an eye for news. ...more about Big Brown Eyes
DVD from $12.34
(13 sellers)
39
1.5981
Victor Norman is just out of the Service and is looking for a job in advertizing. By playing hard to get, he figures that he can get a good job and a large salary. ...more about Hucksters
- Not Available on DVD
40
1.5031
When a quiet group of pensioners learn that their homes are to be torn down to make way for a block of flats, they decide to take action. ...more about Homebodies
- Not Available on DVD
42
Thompson is after Elliot's gold mine. If he can keep it inactive for one year he can file on it. But when his men kill a mountie, Tim is sent to investigate. Posing as an outlaw, he hopes to trap the gang by making a deal with them. ...more about 'Neath Canadian Skies
- Not Available on DVD
43
It is 1892 in Death Valley and the yields from the Borax ore are getting so small that refining it is a loosing proposition. ...more about 20 Mule Team
- Not Available on DVD
44
Another movie with Jerry Lewis and Dean Martin. Jerry and Pete are two friends with no money, looking for some job. They finally find one as workers in a circus, but Jerry has different dreams. He wants to become a clown... ...more about 3 Ring Circus
- Not Available on DVD
46
U.S. Deputy Marshal Roy investigates the disappearance of a government agent who has come to Dale's father's Ladder A Ranch. The bad guys want the land the ranch sits on because they know an oil pipeline is planned through this location. ...more about Along the Navajo Trail
DVD from $7.21
(4 sellers)
47
Mary Jane Patterson finds an old poster in the attic offering a reward for the capture of bandit "El Gato", whom she recognizes as Manuel Hernandez, her adopted father. ...more about Arizona Wildcat
- Not Available on DVD
50
A body, believed to be that of a criminal lawyer, sends the police hunting for the killer. The lawyer's wife, his partner, and an ex-convict are, in turn, suspected of the crime. But the body was incorrectly identified, and the lawyer is still alive. ...more about Backlash
- Not Available on DVD
52
Jim Davis is a man on the run. He comes across the body of a dead man wearing the badge of a marshal. He buries the body and takes the badge and rides on. At the next town, he is mistaken for the dead man, a legendary marshal named Brennan. ...more about Badge of Marshal Brennan
- Not Available on DVD
53
American arms dealer Kennedy hopes to make a killing by selling to the "regulares" in the 1916 Mexican revolution. ...more about Bandido
- Not Available on DVD
54
Mark Jackson has a scheme to get Adams' land. His gang robs Adams' fiancé of her jewels, robs Hoppy of his cattle money, and then gives that money to Adams to buy back the jewels in exchange for a deed to his land. ...more about Bar 20
- Not Available on DVD
55
A community of Cajun fishermen living around a remote bayou includes one authentic beauty, Marie, who wants to better herself but must deal with the unwelcome attentions of storekeeper Ulysses. ...more about Bayou
- Not Available on DVD
57
A cop pretends to be a crook in order to catch a gang of outlaws. The bad guys run a night club as a front. The cop's sister helps him by singing there; otherwise, she's busy making love to a military cadet. ...more about Boy Friend
- Not Available on DVD
61
Jo (Ann Dvorak), a "percentage girl" at the notorious Club 46, is in despair. ...more about Cafe Hostess
- Not Available on DVD
66
Hoppy and his pals use their reward money to buy a half interest in the Whitlock ranch. After Wildcat Kelly cons California into buying a well drilling rig, they strike water instead of oil. ...more about Colt Comrades
- Not Available on DVD
69
Beaurefard Clemment (Dick Haymes), a New York night club crooner, inherits a broken-down Georgia showboat. He decides to turn it into a nightclub. ...more about Cruisin' Down the River
- Not Available on DVD
71
When Border Patrol Lieut. Roberts is killed, it appears that his brother Tim was the killer. To clear the Robert's name for his boss, Lieut. Rocky Lane heads south of the border posing as an outlaw. ...more about Denver Kid
- Not Available on DVD
72
A recently released prisoner seeks revenge when he returns home to find his girlfriend has married. ...more about Desire in the Dust
- Not Available on DVD
75
Dr. Ralph Snyder (John Beal) and Dr. Frank Blake (Edward Norris) open an office together but soon split over a rivalry for nightclub singer Diana Wayne (Florence Rice) and a difference over ethics. ...more about Doctors Don't Tell
- Not Available on DVD
78
Troubled youths Joe and Nick Lorenzo grow into very different men: Joe a small-time hoodlum and Nick an honored college graduate. When Nick falls for Joe's girl Laurie, trouble erupts between the two men and also with the gang that has it in for Joe. ...more about East of the River
- Not Available on DVD
79
The mysteriously ill John Braun (Fred Niblo) makes a new will, leaving out his daughter Barbara (Marsha Hunt), over the protests of his wife (Ann Shoemaker). The trouble began when the daughter wanted to marry Mr. ...more about Ellery Queen
- Not Available on DVD
81
A man hides out in the country to avoid testifying in his friends' divorce. A girl who he thinks is a process server thinks he's a gangster. So do the sheriff and his men. ...more about Fifty Roads to Town
- Not Available on DVD
83
Unscrupulous showgirl Flaxy Martin (Virginia Mayo) involves young attorney Walter Colby (Zachary Scott) with mobster Hap Richie (Douglas Kennedy). ...more about Flaxy Martin
- Not Available on DVD
84
This Crime Does Not Pay short shows how cooperation among all the nations of the Americas helps the war effort. In this case, a US government agent travels to Chile and Colombia. ...more about For the Common Defense!
DVD from $7.99
(12 sellers)
89
Assorted citizens of Summerfield, including Gildersleeve of radio fame, sit on a jury in the trial of bank robber Louie Barton. Through coincidence, Gildersleeve is wrongly suspected of bribe-taking. ...more about Gildersleeve's Bad Day
- Not Available on DVD
90
An unscrupulous reporter marries a rich socialite he believes is dying of a heart condition, in order to inherit her money when she finally dies. Her health soon begins to improve, and instead of dying, she actually gets better. ...more about Glass Alibi
- Not Available on DVD
92
Young Danny leads an Army detail into a trap enabling his brother Steve and his gang to capture their load of gattling guns. Tim and Chito capture the brothers but don't find the guns. ...more about Gun Smugglers
- Not Available on DVD
93
Freddie Frisby (Mickey Rooney) is informed by Bob Sears (William Demarest) that he can't marry Bob's daughter, Judy (Terry Moore), as he is only a fumbling failure as an orange picker, and Judy can do better. ...more about He's a Cockeyed Wonder
- Not Available on DVD
94
Henry, a destitute New York actor, inherits his murdered brother, Jim's ranch located just outside Tonto City, AZ. Ricky Dole (Douglas Fowley) dishes out as much trouble as he can because he and his gang want control of the JC Ranch. ...more about Henry Goes Arizona
- Not Available on DVD
95
A WWII tale of romance that begins during New Orlean's "Mardi Gras" celebration when a soldier (Phillip Reed) and a girl (Nancy Coleman) meet and fall in love. He asks her to marry him but she decides to wait until his next leave. ...more about Her Sister's Secret
- Not Available on DVD
96
The students at Anytown, USA high school (Monogram version) are down in the dumps as; their football team faces almost certain defeat; the school paper may have to suspend publication because the circulation is so low; and the principal intends to ...more about High School Hero
- Not Available on DVD
99
As repayment to a priest who got him out of a scrape with the law, Slip agrees to drive the cab of a cabbie who has been injured in a collision. ...more about In Fast Company
- Not Available on DVD
102
The two-man Laurel and Hardy Zoot Suit Band find themselves fronting a scam for "gasolene pills" in wartime oil-short America. ...more about Jitterbugs
DVD from $22.39
(9 sellers)
103
Joe heads for South America to fight the Latin champ. Shipboard, he helps federal agents fight counterfeiters. He also spars with love interest Anne Howe. ...more about Joe Palooka in the Counterpunch
- Not Available on DVD
105
Kelly Jordan (Robert Lowery) and Andy Melton (Robert Kent) are former AAF fliers operating a cargo service over the South American mountain ranges in order to get enough money to return to Texas and buy a commercial line. ...more about Jungle Flight
- Not Available on DVD
106
Mark MacLene owes the IRS, the banks and others a lot of money. The problem is that his trust makes $1,000,000 a year, but he spends $150,000 every month. ...more about Just This Once
- Not Available on DVD
107
Wounded while stopping the James gang from robbing the local bank, a cowboy wakes up in the hospital to find that he's been elected town marshal. ...more about Kansan
DVD from $3.48
(5 sellers)
108
Just before the Civil War (but after the South has seceded), Southern saboteurs try to prevent railroad construction from crossing Kansas to the frontier; army captain Nelson is sent out to oppose them. ...more about Kansas Pacific
DVD from $2.95
(4 sellers)
109
Jane breaks into the film business while also reviving the flagging career of her film director uncle (Wilcoxon) and getting him hooked up with his secretary (Stuart). ...more about Keep Smiling
- Not Available on DVD
110
Flop vaudeville performer Len Carmody is adopted by Kelly, a trained dog abandoned by Malo's dog act. When Kelly joins Len's ho-hum song and dance, a popular comedy act is born. ...more about Kelly and Me
- Not Available on DVD
112
A young woman is on death row for the murder of a man who was blackmailing her family, although she claims she was framed. ...more about Lady in the Death House
- Not Available on DVD
113
In the second of the PRC "Michael Shayne" series,civic crusader Burton Stallings (Gordon Richards) hires private detective Michael Shayne (Hugh Beaumont) to locate the former's missin