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Bruce Cowling

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Bruce Cowling
from the film Till the Clouds Roll By (1946)
Born(1919-10-30)October 30, 1919
DiedAugust 22, 1986(1986-08-22) (aged 66)
Years active1946–1961

Bruce Cowling (October 30, 1919 – August 22, 1986[citation needed] ) was a film and television actor in the 1940s and 1950s.

Biography

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Born in Coweta, Oklahoma,[1] Cowling was the son of Mr. and Mrs. L. A. Cowling. His father was a telegrapher.[2] He grew up in Coweta and graduated from Porter High School. Later he and his parents moved to Eufaula.[1] Cowling attended the University of Arkansas and played football there. During his summers in college he was a telegrapher, and in World War II he was a radio operator in the United States Army Signal Corps.[2]

Cowling appeared in twenty films including Song of the Thin Man (1947), Battleground (1949), Ambush (1950), The Painted Hills (1951), Gun Belt (1953) as Virgil Earp and To Hell and Back (1955).

He voiced several characters on the Lone Ranger radio show [3] and also made several appearances in different roles on The Loretta Young Show. He played Brady on "Have Gun Will Travel" S1 E31 "Hey Boy's Revenge" which aired 4/11/1958.

Filmography

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Year Title Role Notes
1946 Till the Clouds Roll By Steve Baker (segment "Show Boat"), Uncredited
1947 The Beginning or the End Enola Gay Ground Crewman Uncredited
1947 It Happened in Brooklyn Soldier Uncredited
1947 High Barbaree Captain Uncredited
1947 Dark Delusion Dr. Williams Uncredited
1947 The Romance of Rosy Ridge Clancy Uncredited
1947 Song of the Thin Man Phil Orval Brant
1948 The Pirate Guard Uncredited
1948 Command Decision Operations Officer Uncredited
1949 The Stratton Story Ted Lyons
1949 Battleground Wolowicz
1950 Ambush Tom Conovan
1950 A Lady Without Passport Archer Delby James, Pilot
1950 Devil's Doorway Lt. Grimes
1951 Cause for Alarm! Dr. Ranney Grahame
1951 The Painted Hills Lin Taylor
1951 Westward the Women The Cat Uncredited
1952 The Battle at Apache Pass Neil Baylor
1953 Gun Belt Virgil Earp
1954 Cannibal Attack Rovak
1954 Masterson of Kansas Wyatt Earp
1955 To Hell and Back Capt. Marks

References

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  1. ^ a b "Movie Actor Coweta Born". Coweta Times-Star. March 6, 1947. p. 1. Retrieved July 4, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ^ a b "From Coweta to Hollywood". The Record-Democrat. Oklahoma, Wagoner. June 10, 1948. p. 1. Retrieved July 4, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ Goldin, J. David. "Cowling, Bruce". RadioGOLDINdex. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved June 22, 2013.
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