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amos bixby (train conductor / narrator) (as douglas v. fowley )
- claire (1975)... ted (as douglas v. fowley )
- graduation (1982)... amos perry (as douglas v. fowley )
- pressure point (1979)... barney (as douglas v. fowley )
- pilot (1976)... eli thorpe (as douglas v. fowley )
- the assassin (1973)... trapper (as douglas v. fowley )
- part iv (1976)... danny kerrigan (as douglas v. fowley )
- part ii (1976)... danny kerrigan (as douglas v. fowley )
- part i (1976)... danny kerrigan (as douglas v. fowley )
- the argonaut special (1976)... jake (as douglas v. fowley )
- the dawson marker (1976)... stumpy (as douglas v. fowley )
- flock of love (1970)... george (as douglas v. fowley )
- seek and destroy (1971)... haskell (as douglas v. fowley )
- little boys lost (1970)... gus (as douglas v. fowley )
- the new well (1970)... judson (as douglas v. fowley )
- dark corridors (1975)... dr. hanes (as douglas v. fowley )
- a friend indeed (1968)... charlie alford (as douglas v. fowley )
i thought you might like to see a memorial for douglas fowley i found on findagrave. com .
directed by w. lee wilder. starring frank reicher, douglas fowley, clem bevans. more info
- pilot: the best years (1976)... watchman (as douglas v. fowley )
- time is the rider (1969)... hi lowe (as douglas v. fowley )
- the standing still tour (1968)... toby chambers (as douglas v. fowley )
- harold' s double (1967)... grandpa hanks (as douglas v. fowley )
- the golden fleece (1967)... grandpa andrew hanks (as douglas v. fowley )
- the search (1966)... rufus c. hoops (as douglas v. fowley )
- a question of discipline (1965)... jerky collins (as douglas v. fowley )
- the last of the mountain men (1976)... windy (as douglas v. fowley )
- part iii (1976)... danny kerrigan (as douglas v. fowley, credit only )
- a quiet day in dodge (1973)... buck doolin (as douglas v. fowley )
- slay ride: part 1 (1972)... obie benteen (as douglas v. fowley )
- dealer' s choice (1967)... osgood dusty brewster (as douglas v. fowley )
- the dead man' s brief (1967)... judge (as douglas v. fowley )
- the death of matthew eldridge (1966)... gil harden (as douglas v. fowley )
- show me a hero (1965)... sheriff ben tolliver (as douglas v. fowley )
), memorial page for douglas fowley (30 may 1911–21 may 1998), find a grave memorial no .
- birthday party / ghostbreaker (1979)... old jacoby the gardener (as douglas v. fowley )
- quark (1977)... dr. o. b. mudd (as douglas v. fowley )
- the albatross (1973)... mr. hobbes - sr. (as douglas v. fowley )
- out of the valley of death (1968)... william arcane (as douglas v. fowley )
- the taming of sorry water (1967)... grandpa andrew hanks (as douglas v. fowley )
at this time, the mike douglas show was still a local cleveland program. the stooges’ appearance was one month prior to douglas expanding to syndication markets .
season 5, episode 34 ,
the judge
: douglas fowley (see the actor biographies above) plays elderly retired judge amos waggoner .
- peace offering (1967)... grandpa andrew hanks (as douglas v. frowley )
record producer kim fowley recalls being used as a decoy for his absentee father, actor douglas fowley, in 1946. fowley the elder took his son along on various hollywood scoring safaris - at nearby schwab' s pharmacy and in an upstairs room at the players, preston sturges' nightclub. the villa nova, where the rainbow bar &
watch kim fowley below discussing new wave on tomorrow with tom snyder in 1977 .
- colonel comes to town (1967)... grandpa andrew hanks (as douglas v. frowley )
- the cradle robbers (1974)... ike (as doug fowley )
kim fowley, runaways producer and l. a. rock icon, dead at 75
above - singin' cowboy eddie dean is locked in battle with douglas fowley in a lobby card from wild country (prc, 1947). the moustached guy standing on the right is forrest matthews .
dorothy appleby, douglas
wrong - way
corrigan, and joyce compton in the flying irishman (1939) .
divorced at least six times, fowley is survived by his wife, jean; five children, douglas jr. , kim, daniel, gretchen and kip; three grandchildren; and one great - grandchild .
born in l. a. , fowley was the son of douglas fowley, a familiar second - tier leading man and heavy in film and tv. he attended west l. a. ’s university high, where his classmates included surf duo jan & dean and future beach boy bruce johnston .
- the trevi collection (1975)... the super (as doug fowley )
fowley died may 21 at the motion picture and television country house and hospital in woodland hills .
above from left to right are douglas fowley, emmett vogan, roy rogers and roy barcroft in a 1954 blue duotone re - release lobby card from along the navajo trail (republic, 1945). fowley and barcroft report to vogan who is the president of an oil drilling company that needs dale evans' ranch for a pipeline .
fowley died may 21, 1998 at the motion picture and television home and hospital in los angeles .
fowley’s good clean fun album was released that year and i had the pleasure of contributing liner notes .
kim fowley, runaways producer and l. a. rock icon, dead at 75 – rolling stone
kim fowley, runaways producer and l. a. rock icon, has died at age 75 .
he was born to actor parents douglas fowley and shelby payne, and his grandfather was composer rudolf friml, who wrote ‘rose marie’ and the ‘indian love call’ for movie soundtrack placement. the blood of a strong melody ran in his veins .
- the boy and the hound dog (1955)... rufe tolliver (as doug fowley )
douglas fowley, character actor who appeared in more than 200 films and television shows but is probably best remembered as doc holliday in the long - running 1950s series
the life and legend of wyatt earp ,
has died. he was 86 .
( 01 / 10 / 69) - to obtain the cooperation of james sonnett, three stagecoach robbers take jeff hostage. walter brennan, dack rambo, jason evers, douglas fowley, allen jaffe, james griffith, joe higgins, sam edwards as telegrapher
fowley sought my opinion, and i was suitably impressed. he signed the band and they became the runaways .
it was a two - way street – i penned fowley’s liner notes but he provided me with linguistic ammunition .
douglas v. fowley, a character actor who appeared in more than 200 films and television series during a career that spanned five decades, died on may 21 at the motion picture and television country house and hospital in woodland hills, calif. he was 86 .
ariel pink, who fowley collaborated with on 2014’s pom pom tweeted, “rip kim fowley. no words. prayers go out to his wife, kara. his music, life, and spirit will continue to be an inspiration. ”
mr. fowley was born in the bronx on may 30, 1911 and named daniel vincent fowley. he moved to los angeles as a young man and studied at los angeles city college. he served in the navy during world war ii .
“one of the first who smelt something going on in ’63 and came to england, ” said former rolling stones manager andrew loog oldham of fowley. “kim fowley, a leader of that american brigade and a forever part of american music. ”
fowley was prominently featured in the 2003 documentary “mayor of the sunset strip, ” about l. a. dj and onetime club owner bingenheimer, a close friend. in floria sigismondi’s 2010 biopic “the runaways, ” fowley was portrayed by michael shannon .
however, it was on the sunset strip in the mid - ’70s that fowley’s career came into its own. production work continued with kiss, alice cooper and an early incarnation of the modern lovers. then, in 1974, fowley placed an advert in greg shaw’s who put the bomp fanzine to find female performers for an all - girl group. there were no takers, but fowley’s sunset strip recruitment policy led to a meeting between joan jett and sandy west, and with the addition of cherie currie, lita ford and jackie fox, the birth of the runaways. fowley managed the band and co - wrote their biggest hit, cherry bomb. although fowley’s management paperwork led to a series of legal tussles with the band down the years, in 2008 fowley and cherie currie buried the hatchet and last august currie moved fowley into her la home to help with his care .
always one to stand out in a crowd (inevitable at 1. 96m), fowley also possessed impeccable hollywood genealogical credentials .
the movie was a significant success, with kristen stewart playing jett, dakota fanning as currie, and michael shannon portraying fowley .
he is survived by his wife, jean; five children, douglas jr. , kim, daniel, gretchen and kip; three grandchildren and a great - grandchild .
in a 2012 interview with the san diego reader, fowley characterized his own role in rock music. “it’s necessary for a band to have charisma, and it’s necessary for a band to have a kim fowley in there someplace, ” he said. “the behind - the - scenes people are as much a part of rock ‘n’ roll as the guys onstage…. kim fowley is a necessary evil. ”
from debonair dress heavy to toothless old coot, douglas fowley did it all on screen from 1933 - 1981, a fabulous nearly 50 year career in over 400 film and tv shows, including a memorable stint as doc holliday on hugh o’brian’s popular abc “wyatt earp” series from ‘57 - ‘58 and again from ‘59 - ‘61 .
fowley was born in 1939 to singin’ in the rain actor douglas fowley and actress shelby payne and grew up in los angeles and around southern california. after a bout with polio in 1957, he began a career in the music industry, producing his first single – the renegades’ “charge” – in 1959. in the sixties, worked with paul revere and the raiders, the seeds and gene vincent, among others, as well as launching his own solo career; his 1968 lp outrageous, fowley’s third, was the only one to chart in the u. s. fowley closed out the sixties by mcing john lennon’s performance at the toronto rock and roll revival, where he asked the audience to hold up its cigarette lighters, arguably starting the concert fad .
kim fowley' s passion for pop music brought him a career in the business that lasted almost 60 years. photograph: michael ochs archives / getty
born and raised in new york city, douglas fowley wound up in hollywood during the 1930s. under a contract at fox, he appeared in numerous roles in films of that studio during the late 1930s - early 1940s, including the mr. moto, charlie chan and laurel & hardy series. typecast as a villain, and often wearing a moustache, fowley worked at many of the a and b film studios and production units during the 1940s. he served in the navy during world war ii .
fowley’s greatest notoriety began in 1975, when he facilitated a meeting between guitarist joan jett and drummer sandy west, local teens who were interested in starting an all - girl band. fowley then recruited singer cherie currie, guitarist lita ford and bassist jackie fox for the group, which he christened the runaways .
“kim fowley is a big loss to me. a good friend. one of a kind. he’d been everywhere, done everything, knew everybody. ”
( 01 / 23 / 73) - five - o has a suspect for a murder, but they have one problem. how can the suspect have been in two places at the same time? jack lord, james mcarthur, zulu, kam fong, monte markham, sandra smith, madlyn rhue, douglas kennedy, george oshiro, clarence garcia, douglas mossman, lawrence montaigne, sam peters, sam edwards
after earp' s cancelation, fowley continued his film and occasional tv work, though at a much sparser pace than earlier in his career, until he landed the role of family patriarch grandpa hanks in the old west spoof pistols' n' petticoats during the 1966 - 67 season. sporadic work continued thereafter throughout the 1970s, but he landed another regular role at the end of his career playing a character named robert redford in the p. i. parody detective school in 1979. his last television appearance came in 1982 on an episode of merlin olsen' s father murphy. fowley was married seven times and was the father of record producer and songwriter kim fowley, the impresario of the all - girl punk band the runaways. douglas fowley died in woodland hills, california at the age of 86 on may 21, 1998 .
on television, he appeared regularly on dozens of western series, including
the adventures of wild bill hickok ,
range rider ,
bonanza ,
maverick
and
rawhide .
in the late' 50s, healey replaced douglas fowley in the role of doc holliday for a year on
the life and legend of wyatt earp .
you may want to go to the in search of... page on the old corral and then to the california death records database. there you will find a record for: douglas vincent fowley, born 5 / 30 / 1911 in new york, mother' s maiden name of o' connor, and he passed away on 5 / 21 / 1998 .
cast: william windom (john monroe, john monroe sr .), joan hotchkis (ellen monroe, agnes monroe), lisa gerritsen (lydia monroe), douglas fowley (grandpa), billy corcoran (roy monroe), bobby rina (little john), vic tayback (alexander), joe besser (fire chief), ralph montgomery, ken greenwald (firemen )
above from l - to - r are douglas fowley, lynne carver, stuntman ted mapes (with hat), steve clark, terry frost (with hat), johnny mack brown, lynton brent (partial face), a very old jack rockwell (wearing the suit), tom quinn and raymond hatton in a scene from jmb' s drifting along (monogram, 1946) .
fowley put jett with drummer sandy west, whom he’d met outside the rainbow bar and grill in hollywood. he then recruited lita ford, cherie currie and jackie fox .
long - running (1961 - 1981), syndicated, 90 - minute afternoon talk show. mike douglas' easy going, homey personality, genuine interest in his guests' careers and lives, and an equal focus on performance as much as talk... combined to make douglas a hit with television audiences. originally it was a local talk show based out of cleveland. douglas rolled out to syndication in september 1963, and moved to philadelphia in 1965 where it remained thru the 1970s. away from the entertainment centers of ny and l. a. , its popularity still ensured a steady stream of eager guests from film, television, music, radio, publishing and government .
( 12 / 01 / 59) - a priest comes to wyoming on a mission - to bring peace between the sioux and the white man. james gregory, douglas kennedy, kathleen o' malley, bill williams, sam edwards
fowley constantly gave me credit for prompting him to sign the girls, but i believe it was more a case of his own karma in being able to forecast the musical future .
also on the small screen, fowley appeared in the popular series
the streets of san francisco ,
chips ,
the rockford files
and
perry mason .
there were a few other attempts at runaways - style projects in later years, but if fowley largely faded from the pop foreground he continued to make friends in the background, extending his myth by way of his own word - of - mouth. mojo regularly received letters and compilation cds in the post from fowley, introducing us to new bands and new songs and we would occasionally be on the other end of long - distance phonecalls, one - way conversations detailing fowley’s ongoing pop philosophy, delivered in that inimitable style that hovered somewhere between the charming and the sinister .
fowley was hosting his own weekly satellite radio show on little steven’s underground garage – operated by steve van zandt, guitarist with bruce springsteen’s e street band – until a week before he died .
fowley made his screen debut in
the mad game ,
starring spencer tracy, in 1933. among his other films were
the hucksters ,
take me out to the ballgame ,
mighty joe young ,
battleground ,
the naked jungle
and
barabbas .
fowley' s final film was the 1979
the north avenue irregulars .
“kim fowley is a big loss to me, ” said e street band guitarist steven van zandt, who worked with fowley on his satellite radio show, “underground garage. ” “a good friend. one of a kind. he’d been everywhere, done everything, knew everybody. he was working in the underground garage until last week. we should all have as full a life. ”
though he continued to dabble in commercial projects, such as writing for performers like pop singer helen reddy (“ear candy, ” 1977), fowley primarily scoured the streets of hollywood for talent .
born in los angeles, he was the son of the actor douglas fowley, who played doc holliday in the popular 1950s tv series the life and legend of wyatt earp, and one of his seven wives, the actress shelby payne. after his mother left them, he spent some time in an orphanage. in his autobiography he claimed that his father later used him as a lookout while making drug deals and as a lure when picking up women .
the current owner of the mike douglas show library reports that no record of this show' s videotape can be found in their archives. an audio recording of moe howard' s sequences survives in a fan' s personal library... it was transcribed in
moe, larry & curly joe guested on one episode, in september 1964. the 3rd is the earliest known airdate, per pittsburgh listings; douglas was syndicated, so dates can vary from market to market. additional information on the boys' participation is pending .
courtland starred in the 1959 - 1960 television series tales of the vikings, playing the lead character, leif. he dyed his hair and beard blonde for the role. the series was produced by kirk douglas' bryna productions and ran for thirty - nine episodes .
although probably best known for discovering and producing the ’70s all - girl rock band the runaways, hollywood composer / producer / entrepreneur kim fowley had links with a string of early rock ’n’ roll hits .
ralph peer, the chairman and ceo of peer music was the first to report on fowley’s passing saying, “he and his energy will be missed. ” he confirmed the news with author harvey kubernik .
as he proved on many occasions, fowley had a knack of identifying the slightest hint of a trend or the possibility of a breakthrough. he could discern the heart of a hit from a considerable distance .
of himself, fowley observed in 2012: “i’m a horrible human being, with a heart of gold. i’m the worst – horrifying, but lovely. i’m a bad guy who does nice things. ”
runaways producer and notorious l. a. music legend kim fowley has died. in recent months, he had been undergoing cancer treatments, though no cause of death has been announced. he was 75 .
kim fowley never stopped. only a few months ago, while undergoing painful treatment for bladder cancer, he was in discussion with a brace of mojo journalists about a possible life - spanning feature. at the same time he was completing the second instalment of lord of garbage, his two - part biography intended to be released after his death, and recording his siriusxm radio show on little steven van zandt' s underground garage. in november he made an appearance in beyoncé’s haunted video. self - promotion, right up to the end. it’s what he would have wanted. fowley was born in los angeles in 1939. the son of singin’ in the rain actor douglas fowley and ’40s noir actress shelby paine, kim fowley arrived into a world of performance, attending los angeles’ university high school with ryan o’neal, james brolin, sandra dee, nancy sinatra and jan & dean. he started out as a survivor, and continued in like style: diagnosed with polio at the age of 18, he would check himself out of hospital to become the manager of a local rock band, the sleepwalkers .
in the 1940s through 1950s, fowley also did some low budget westerns, appearing in films of roy rogers at republic, eddie dean at prc, tim holt at rko, the hopalong cassidy series, more .
kim fowley, the self - mythologizing musician - writer - producer who epitomized hollywood music biz hucksterism in the ’60s and ’70s, died on january 15 after a long battle with bladder cancer. he was 75 .
blessed with a genius for self - promotion, with a sharp tongue and gift of gab that magnetized writers, fowley styled himself, in english writer barney hoskyns’ words, as “the ultimate hollywood pop hustler. ”
in the mid - ’60s, fowley relocated to london, where he penned the b side of troubadour cat stevens’ debut single and produced them belfast gypsies, a spinoff of the van morrison - fronted band them .
kim fowley, the self - mythologizing musician - writer - producer who epitomized hollywood music biz hucksterism in the ’60s and ’70s, died on january 15 after a long battle with bladder cancer. he was 75. a ubiquitous behind - the - scenes figure on the l. a. scene, the towering, skeletal fowley was best known as svengali, producer and promoter of the all - girl ’70s rock [ … ]
a ubiquitous behind - the - scenes figure on the l. a. scene, the towering, skeletal fowley was best known as svengali, producer and promoter of the all - girl ’70s rock act the runaways .
bandmate lita ford tweeted: “my first manager, my start in the music industry, my first band put together by kim. sometimes i wonder if there would ever have been a lita ford without kim fowley. ”
he was a trendsetter and a scene shifter. fowley sniffed the musical breeze and was out chasing the rudiments of the british rock scene before it collectively dropped an oar in the ocean to cross the atlantic in the early ’60s .
in september 2014, billboard reported that fowley had been receiving cancer treatments and that runaways frontwoman currie, with whom he had been in legal battles over royalties over the years, had been caring for him. the pair had been working with lita ford that was earmarked for 2014 but has yet to come out. at the time of the billboard report, currie said she was optimistic about fowley’s condition, even though he had been hospitalized and was recording a radio show for siriusxm’s little steven’s garage channel from his bed. los angeles times reports that fowley moved into a west hollywood residence with his wife, kara wright – whom he married in september – where he lived out his final days .
most frequently a villain or gangster in films from the 1930s through the 1970s, fowley was also memorable as the 1920s - era motion picture director in the gene kelley musical
singin' in the rain ,
released in 1952 .
portraying the sympathetic boyfriend to lovely pauline moore (as psychic
eve cairo
), fowley aids sidney toler in his quest for
dr. zodiac
in charlie chan at treasure island (20th century fox, 1939) .
my father was there in the beginning of the golden era of hollywood ,
said his son, kim fowley of new orleans, who has produced music for such films as
american graffiti
and
the butcher boy .
“my first manager, my first start in the music industry, my first band put together by kim, ” ford wrote in a facebook post. “sometimes i wonder if there would ever have been a lita ford without kim fowley. ”
daniel vincent fowley was born in greenwich village, new york, on may 30, 1911, and aspired to an acting career from childhood. his father was an irishman, john fowley of new york, and his mother, from ireland, was annie o’connor. after attending st. francis xavier military academy where he was active in school plays, he appeared in nightclubs as a song and dance man and acquired experience in stock. he even sang in backyards for change. additionally, fowley was a barker for theatres, a wall st. runner, an athletic coach at a summer camp and worked in the shipping department of a silk house. for a time, later on, he ran his own drama school in hollywood .
in 1972, fowley produced early demos by boston proto - punk band the modern lovers. the following year, he was enlisted to helm rock ‘n’ roll remakes by flash cadillac and the continental kids for the soundtrack of george lucas’ “american graffiti. ”
the seventies found fowley working with the modern lovers, blue cheer and helen reddy. he also co - wrote songs on kiss’ hit destroyer and a “escape” on alice cooper’s welcome to my nightmare. fowley and the runaways severed their ties in 1977, after which he set out to find another group he could market as a novelty. although he worked with a few groups over the ensuing decades and continued to put out his own solo lps, none reached the success or notoriety of the runaways .
mike douglas and co - hosts al freeman jr. & ellen holly (one life to live) wrap up a weeklong salute to soap operas. they were joined for this show by leonard nimoy and comedian milt kamen, both of whom appeared on soap operas early in their careers. author richard lamparski promotes the 4th edition of his
despite his height and profile, he was renowned for what one observer described as pasty white skin, pale blue eyes, and slicked - back hair. punk rock pioneer iggy pop noted that fowley looked “physically frail, a lot like boris karloff’s frankenstein” .
this writer first encountered fowley in london 1966, and i quickly introduced him to australia’s king of pop, normie rowe, who had recently arrived to pursue a rock career abroad. we became firm friends and normie was mortified to learn of kim’s death .
mr. fowley, who was adept at a wide variety of roles, played everything from cowboys to gangsters. he appeared in films alongside some of entertainment' s biggest names, including clark gable, ava gardner, esther williams, gene kelly and frank sinatra .
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
born daniel vincent fowley in the bronx, n. y. , he began acting on stage and appeared in several off - broadway shows before moving to los angeles. he attended los angeles city college and ucla extension and served in the navy during world war ii .
in some of his roles - especially his later work - fowley would remove his false teeth (or' click' his false teeth) - an example is his performance as the cold and battle weary g. i. in mgm' s battleground (1949) .
as with many of the performers of the period, fowley ultimately wound up in tv playing bit parts and character roles in various shows from the 1950s through the 1970s, and that included tvers like wild bill hickok and perry mason. however, his most memorable television work was the three or four year period in the late 1950s when he portrayed gunslinger doc holliday, the helper to hugh o' brian in the life and legend of wyatt earp (myron healey portrayed holliday during one season of that series when fowley was busy with movie work) .
fowley attended university high school in la at the same time as singers jan berry and dean torrence (later of jan and dean ‘surf city’ fame), nancy sinatra and bruce johnston (the beach boys), as well as actors ryan o’neal, james brolin and sandra lee .
another of his key accomplishments features prominently in the annals of musical history. when john lennon and yoko ono were enticed by promoter john brower and myself to travel to canada in the summer of ’69 to take part in the toronto rock ’n’ roll revival, fowley acted as emcee .
lyle talbot had the lead in the serial chick carter, detective (columbia, 1946). but it was fowley (as newspaper reporter
rusty farrell
) and eddie acuff (as
spud
the photographer) that seemed to get most of the early action and dialog .
few people in pop music spanned such a range as kim fowley, the record producer, songwriter and sunset strip svengali who has died aged 75. in a career lasting almost 60 years, fowley created b. bumble and the stingers and the pioneering all - female hard - rock band the runaways, produced artists from gene vincent to the seekers and the soft machine to helen reddy, sang with the mothers of invention and made radio programmes with miami steve van zandt, and could claim to be on familiar terms with just about everyone who counted in the music business .
in the 2000s, he tried his hands at experimental film, and in 2012, he won a special jury prize for innovation and audaciousness at the melbourne underground film festival for his films golden road to nowhere and blackroomdoom. in 2014, fowley made an appearance in beyoncé’s “haunted” video .
long - running (1961 - 1981), syndicated, 90 - minute afternoon talk show. mike douglas' easy going, homey personality, genuine interest in his guests' careers and lives, and an equal focus on performance as much as talk... combined to make douglas a hit with television audiences. produced in philadelphia for most of the run, away from the entertainment centers of ny and l. a. , its popularity still ensured a steady stream of eager guests from film, television, music, radio, publishing and government. a hallmark of the show was the co - host, a celebrity who joined mike for a week' s worth of shows, sometime with a theme, who frequently participated in the selection of guests .
cast: morey amsterdam (himself, m. c .), barry wood (co - m. c .), art carney (charlie the doorman), jacqueline susann (lola), johnny guarnieri (bandleader), the three stooges, the raymond scott quintet, larry douglas, bill skipper, carole coleman, dorothy collins, danny daniels and the tally beatty dancers .
long - running (1961 - 1981), syndicated, 90 - minute afternoon talk show. mike douglas' easy going, homey personality, genuine interest in his guests' careers and lives, and an equal focus on performance as much as talk... combined to make douglas a hit with television audiences. produced in philadelphia for most of the run, away from the entertainment centers of ny and l. a. , its popularity still ensured a steady stream of eager guests from film, television, music, radio, publishing and government. a hallmark of the show' s legacy was the co - host, a celebrity who joined mike for a week' s worth of shows, sometime with a theme, who frequently participated in the selection of guests .
although his own recording career was regarded by many as a joke footnote to his management skills, fowley’s sinister psych - pop recordings such as the trip, night of the hunter, wildfire and animal man later became cult collectables, with sonic youth covering bubble gum on their 1986 lp, evol .
in later years, fowley used his annual music royalty payments to finance his involvement in producing independent films. he travelled to australia to promote the 2011 film black room doom, about an all - female band using that name and delving into their sexual appetites as they perform in la fetish clubs .
( 04 / 12 / 73) - stone and keller look into the beating death of three homeless men. note that while filming this episode sam was nearly thrown off the set by security as his demeanor and appearance were so convincing. karl malden, michael douglas, jeannie stone, leslie neilsen, dean stockwell, karen carlson, tom troupe, al nabandian, david fresco, eddie firestone, sam edwards as bum .
though fowley never registered any major hits in his own name – his 1969 imperial album “outrageous” barely grazed the charts at no. 198 – he had a hand in several ’60s and ’70s chart records. consistently ahead of the curve as a talent scout, he was involved with artists like warren zevon and cat stevens early in their careers .
jailbait pin - ups who could actually rock, the runaways secured a contract with mercury records. bringing the full extent of his promotional guile to his dream project, fowley co - wrote and produced their first two albums, “the runaways” (1976) and “queens of noise” (1977), which garnered more media attention than sales. fowley’s relationship with his headstrong protegees, fractious from the first, ended in 1977; after currie left the band later that year, he produced her solo debut, which went unreleased in the u. s. jett and ford both later mounted successful solo careers, and the band itself is credited for its powerful influence on succeeding distaff rockers .
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 ...
i was associated with one or two of them myself. back in ’74, the ever - scheming fowley had placed an ad in local fanzine who put the bomp seeking female singers and musicians. there was no response, but a year later he met teenage guitarist joan jett, who was interested in forming an all - girl rock band .
fowley charmed, hustled and beguiled his way into the la studio scene as a producer, promoter, publisher and songwriter. he was still a teenager when, in 1960, he co - produced the number 1 novelty doo - wop hit alley oop for the hollywood argyles. he also wrote the novelty number nut rocker for b. bumble and the stingers, discovered bread’s david gates while hitchhiking through california and worked publicity for p. j. proby’s controversial trouser - splitting british career in the mid - ’60s. instrumental in the nascent careers of slade, soft machine and ritchie blackmore, fowley saw out the ’60s producing gene vincent and warren zevon, and writing for the byrds with his friend skip battin .
mike douglas and co - hosts donny & marie osmond welcome guests moe howard and jon voight. moe howard discusses his childhood experience in show business, detailing his entry into film at brooklyn' s vitagraph studios. moe talks about his first job as a studio gopher, and as a child actor in shorts starring silent film stars flora finch, john bunny, and others. donny' s inquiry of the eye - poke technique results in a personal demonstration from moe .
douglas fowley (may 30, 1911 - may 21, 1998) appeared in episodes of the andy griffith show, gomer pyle u. s. m. c. and mayberry r. f. d. his film career includes the thin man, alexander' s ragtime band, cherokee strip, don' t fence me in, the hucksters, mighty joe young, across the wide missouri, angels in the outfield, singin' in the rain, the band wagon, casanova' s big night, the high and the mighty, the geisha boy, barabbas, disney' s miracle of the white stallions, 7 faces of dr. lao, disney' s run cougar run, walking tall and disney' s the north avenue irregulars. he also played the recurring role of doc holliday on the tv series
the life and legend of wyatt earp
.
introducing john lennon and the plastic ono band at a festival in toronto in 1969, and knowing that lennon was experiencing a bout of anxiety at the prospect of facing a crowd of 20, 000 with a new band, fowley invited the audience to welcome the musicians by striking matches or holding up lighters – the first recorded instance of what would become a rock and roll tradition .
as a sunset strip habitué in the mid - and late ’60s, fowley recorded his cult homage to lsd, “the trip”; guested on the mothers of invention’s debut album “freak out”; produced rockabilly pioneer gene vincent and garage rockers the seeds; co - wrote songs for warren zevon’s first lp “wanted dead or alive”; and penned songs for the latter - day incarnation of the byrds .
just before a nervous lennon and his newly formed plastic ono band ventured on stage for lennon’s historic first public performance in four years, fowley urged the audience of some 25, 000 to greet them with a blanket of lights – matches, lighters, torches ad infinitum. given the evolution of technology, this has evolved into a universal habit of applauding performers with a chorus of mobile phone lights .
fowley 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 battleground (1949), with his character private kippton sometimes clicking his false teeth after speaking for effect and later
losing
them temporarily in an attempt to get off the front line .
fowley never wanted to turn pop music into a subject for postdoctoral study. he loved its street qualities – its grime and its flash, its sleazy glamour – and when he published the first volume of his autobiography, in 2013, he called it lord of garbage. he was transgressive decades before the term was applied to pop. but he had great ears and a set of cultural antennae finely tuned to changing fashions .
some of the characters changed actors between or even within seasons. as explained in the actor biographies below, douglas fowley began playing the role of doc holliday in season 2 and into season 3 before being replaced by myron healey through the end of season 4, but then returned to the role of holliday for the series' final two seasons. lash larue played corrupt sheriff johnny behan in season 5 but was replaced by steve brodie in season 6. former child actor gary gray played the youngest of the clanton clan, billy, in
the buntline special stolen
( march 8, 1960) and in two other episodes prior, but the role was given to ralph reed in the series' final season. virgil earp was played by ross elliott in 4 episodes spanning from season 3 to season 5, but john anderson took over the role during the final season. john milford played ike clanton in season 5 and was replaced by rayford barnes in season 6. four different actors played outlaw johnny ringo .
in later years, fowley took his hustle to other locales ranging from australia to new orleans. returning to l. a. after the turn of the millennium, he remained active as both a producer and performer (in the l. a. duo crazy white man) and hosted a weekend show on sirius satellite radio. he also tried his hand at filmmaking and won a special jury prize from the melbourne underground film festival in 2012 .
other early hits were made with doo - wop vocal groups, including classics by the rivingtons (papa oom mow mow, 1962) and the paradons (diamonds and pearls, 1960). when he met the young songwriter david gates (later to found the group bread), who played him a song called popsicles and icicles, fowley put together a female singing group called the murmaids and took the resulting record to the top of the us charts .
walter reed, a co - worker for years at rko and star of the only movie fowley directed, “macumba love”, recalled doug as, “…a wonderful actor who really knew his craft. he could do anything. doug asked me if i’d star in a picture he was gonna do in brazil. ‘macumba love’ turned into a little sleeper. doug was a fine director as well as an actor. i wish he’d directed more. an all around good guy. ”
back in los angeles, he set up house for homeless groups, providing a pre - fame refuge for jim morrison, steppenwolf and three dog night. adjusting to the psychedelic revolution, he produced the seeds’ falling off the edge of my mind (1968) and sang on the fraternity of man’s don’t bogart me (1968). he supervised gene vincent’s comeback album in 1969 and had songs to which he contributed lyrics recorded by the byrds and the sir douglas quintet. he worked with the modern lovers and the finnish group wigwam, and with flash cadillac and the continental kids on songs for george lucas’s film american graffiti (1973) .
mike douglas and country singer co - host roger miller discuss roger' s voiceover work in disney' s robin hood (1973). roger reciprocates by presenting a clip of mike' s singing voiceover as
prince charming
in disney' s sleeping beauty (1959). comedian charles fleischer (the voice of
roger rabbit
) talks about his talent of
using
buildings as musical instruments, and performs harmonica alongside miller' s guitar strumming. julie newmar discusses dance as exercise, entertainment and art, her love of ballet, and performs an interpretive dance. author norman mailer promotes his photographic book of marilyn monroe ,
moe is introduced in the
niagara falls
sketch, performed with mike, roger and julie. in his interview, he recounts curly as a slow script study, and the invention of the eye - poke gag. in moe' s earlier appearance on the douglas show, he hit his wife with a pie, but it was never fully explained to viewers who she was. the details are revealed, and when moe goes to audience to kiss his wife... she smacks him with a pie! very briefly, larry' s brother moe feinberg can be seen in the audience, a few seats to helen' s left .
during his long and varied career, the handsome fowley appeared in many westerns and could change his appearance and persona like a chameleon. he was the dapper, alcoholic and tuberculin doc in the wyatt earp series, which starred hugh o' brian, from 1955 through 1961. gray - bearded and squinting behind wire - rimmed glasses, he was also the sharp - shooting patriarch grandpa hanks in the shorter series
pistols' n' petticoats ,
starring ann sheridan, in 1966 - 67 .
fowley eventually gravitated to hollywood where he made his movie debut opposite spencer tracy in “the mad game” (‘33). soon the fast talking, sharp - tongued, handsomely mustached fowley was seen playing everything from gangsters to reporters to military men to western heavies. his chameleon - like talent allowed him to immerse himself in a role. always in demand throughout his career, doug was able to mix major films like “dodge city’, “it could happen to you”, “riding high”, “mighty joe young”, “singin’ in the rain” and “the high and the mighty” with dozens of b - melodramas and comedies: charlie chan, mr. moto, tarzan, hopalong cassidy, laurel and hardy, kitty o’day, maisie, gas house kids, joe palooka, blondie, and many more. he occasionally played leads as in “lady in the death house” (‘44) and “yankee fakir” (‘47). he even co - starred in one serial with lyle talbot, “chick carter, detective” (‘46 columbia) .
“kim fowley is a big loss to me, ” said steve van zandt. “a good friend. one of a kind. he’d been everywhere, done everything, knew everybody. he was working in the underground garage until last week. we should all have as full a life. i wanted djs that could tell stories first person. he was the ultimate realization of that concept. rock gypsy dna. reinventing himself whenever he felt restless. which was always. one of the great characters of all time. irreplaceable. ”
charismatic and eccentric, fowley is best remembered as the record producer for the all - female rock group the runaways. he introduced joan jett, who was 15 at the time, to teenage drummer sandy west and helped them find frontwoman cherie currie, lead guitarist lita ford and bassist jackie fox. he produced the band’s 1976 self - titled debut and co - wrote the band’s biggest hit, the punkish “cherry bomb, ” with jett. he also co - produced the following year’s queens of noise and helmed the same year’s waitin’ for the night .
myron healey, who replaced doug as doc holliday for a year, smiled, “when i did the doc holliday thing, doug was in germany doing a movie and he couldn’t get loose, so they used me. doug said, ‘the only reason they hired myron healey was they were trying to find somebody as ugly as doug fowley! ’ (chuckles) he was a hell of a man with a good sense of humor. i enjoyed him when i was a little kid growing up back in the ‘30s at the mystic theatre. wonderful man. ”
“kim fowley is a big loss to me, ” e street band guitarist steven van zandt said in a statement. “a good friend. one of a kind. he’d been everywhere, done everything, knew everybody. he was working in the underground garage until last week. we should all have as full a life. i wanted djs that could tell stories first person. he was the ultimate realization of that concept. rock gypsy dna. reinventing himself whenever he felt restless. which was always. one of the great characters of all time. irreplaceable. ”
douglas fowley ( may 30 , 1911 – may 21 , 1998 ) was an american movie and television actor in more than 240 films and dozens of television programs , he is probably best remembered for his role as the frustrated movie director roscoe dexter in singin ' in the rain ( 1952 ) , and for his regular supporting role as doc holliday in the life and legend of wyatt earp . he is the father of rock and roll musician and record producer kim fowley . 
douglas fowley (may 30, 1911 – may 21, 1998) was an american movie and television actor in more than 240 films and dozens of television programs, he is probably best remembered for his role as the frustrated movie director roscoe dexter in singin' in the rain (1952), and for his regular supporting role as doc holliday in the life and legend of wyatt earp. he is the father of rock and roll musician and record producer kim fowley.
douglas fowley (may 30, 1911 – may 21, 1998) was an american movie and television actor in more than 240 films and dozens of television programs, he is probably best remembered for his role as the frustrated movie director roscoe dexter in singin' in the rain (1952), and for his regular supporting role as doc holliday in the life and legend of wyatt earp. he is the father of rock and roll musician and record producer kim fowley.