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 The Mad Game (1933), with Spencer Tracy and Claire Trevor.
In his best-known performance, the 1952 musical Du sollst mein Glücksstern sein (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 Wyatt Earp greift ein (1955) during the 1950s and early '60s. His
last film was Eine ganz irre Truppe (1979) in 1979. He played Grandpa Hanks in the CBS
comedy Pistolen und Petticoats (1966) in 1966-67. Other television credits included Die Strassen von San Francisco (1972),
Perry Mason (1957) and Detektiv Rockford - Anruf genügt (1974). He died at the Motion Picture and Television
Country House and Hospital, aged 86.
