Bruce Cowling
American actor (1919–1986)
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Bruce Cowling (October 30, 1919 – August 22, 1986[citation needed] ) was a film and television actor in the 1940s and 1950s.
Bruce Cowling | |
|---|---|
 from the film Till the Clouds Roll By (1946) | |
| Born | October 30, 1919 Coweta, Oklahoma, U.S. |
| Died | August 22, 1986 (aged 66) |
| Years active | 1946–1961 |
Biography
Cowling was born in Coweta, Oklahoma,[1] 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
| 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 |
