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Robert Lowery is a Actor American born on 17 october 1913 at Kansas City (USA)

Robert Lowery

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Birth name Robert Larkin Hanks
Nationality USA
Birth 17 october 1913 at Kansas City (USA)
Death 26 december 1971 (at 58 years) at Los Angeles (USA)

Robert Lowery (October 17, 1913 – December 26, 1971) was an American motion picture, television, and stage actor who appeared in over seventy films.

Biography

Au cinéma, de 1936 à 1967 — année où il se retire —, Robert Lowery (pseudonyme) contribue à cent-vingt-six films américains, dont des serials et films d'horreur au cours des années 1940. Ainsi, un de ses rôles notables est celui de Batman dans le serial Batman et Robin (1949). Citons aussi Le Fantôme de la momie de Reginald Le Borg (1945, avec Lon Chaney Jr. et John Carradine).

Durant sa carrière au grand écran, il apparaît également dans des westerns, tels Sur la piste des Mohawks de John Ford (1939, avec Claudette Colbert et Henry Fonda) ou Le Grand McLintock d'Andrew V. McLaglen (1963, avec John Wayne et Maureen O'Hara).

Mentionnons encore Le Signe de Zorro de Rouben Mamoulian (1940, avec Tyrone Power dans le rôle-titre et Linda Darnell) et La Chute d'un caïd de Budd Boetticher (1959, avec Ray Danton et Karen Steele).

De 1951 à 1957 (divorce), il est marié à l'actrice Jean Parker (1915-2005), avec laquelle il tourne deux films, dont le western The Parson and the Outlaw d'Oliver Drake (1957).

Pour la télévision, entre 1952 et 1967, Robert Lowery collabore à cinquante-quatre séries, notamment dans le domaine du western, comme Rawhide (trois épisodes, 1959-1962, avec Clint Eastwood). Et relevons son rôle récurrent de Big Tim Champion dans les quarante-neuf épisodes de Circus Boy (avec Micky Dolenz et Noah Beery Jr.), diffusés en 1956 et 1957.

Usually with

Thomas Little
Thomas Little
(22 films)
Richard Day
Richard Day
(14 films)
Lon Chaney, Jr.
Lon Chaney, Jr.
(13 films)
Charles Tannen
Charles Tannen
(13 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Robert Lowery (95 films)

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Actor

The Ballad of Josie, 1h42
Directed by Andrew V. McLaglen
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Western
Themes Feminist films, Political films
Actors Doris Day, Peter Graves, George Kennedy, Andy Devine, William Talman, David Hartman
Roles Whit
Rating57% 2.853292.853292.853292.853292.85329
A young woman living in (fictional) Arapahoe County, Wyoming accidentally kills her very abusive husband. She is put on trial but acquitted. She then incurs the annoyance of her male neighbors by farming sheep instead of cattle and setting up a women's suffrage movement.
Johnny Reno, 1h23
Directed by R. G. Springsteen
Origin USA
Genres Action, Western
Actors Dana Andrews, Jane Russell, Lon Chaney, Jr., John Agar, Lyle Bettger, Tom Drake
Roles Jake Reed
Rating57% 2.8593552.8593552.8593552.8593552.859355
The film features Dana Andrews, Jane Russell, and Lon Chaney, Jr., and involves a frontier marshal (Andrews) who finds himself desperately trying to stop a man he had brought to jail from being lynched by the furious townspeople.
Waco
Waco (1966)
, 1h25
Directed by R. G. Springsteen
Origin USA
Genres Action, Romance, Western
Actors Howard Keel, Jane Russell, Brian Donlevy, Wendell Corey, Terry Moore, John Agar
Roles Ned West
Rating54% 2.714652.714652.714652.714652.71465
A town in Wyoming is up in arms. Somebody has shot the sheriff, Billy Kelly, and things are so bad that preacher Sam Stone and businessman George Gates implore the mayor, Ned West, to bring in outside help.
Zebra in the Kitchen, 1h32
Directed by Ivan Tors
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Themes Films about animals, Environmental films, Films about lions, Political films, Children's films
Actors Jay North, Martin Milner, Andy Devine, Joyce Meadows, Jim Davis, Vaughn Taylor
Roles Preston Heston
Rating52% 2.6138352.6138352.6138352.6138352.613835
When Chris Carlyle (Jay North) moves with his parents from the farm to the city, he secretly takes with him his woodland friend, a full-grown mountain lion. The problems surface when the mountain lion strolls around his new neighborhood, his friendliness mistaken for predatory habits. The neighbors get into an uproar and Chris is forced to allow his friend to be relocated to the city zoo.
Stage to Thunder Rock, 1h22
Directed by William F. Claxton
Origin USA
Genres Western
Actors Barry Sullivan, Marilyn Maxwell, Scott Brady, Lon Chaney, Jr., Anne Seymour, John Agar
Roles Deputy Sheriff Seth Barrington
Rating56% 2.817112.817112.817112.817112.81711
Après qu'ils ont cambriolé une banque, le shérif Horne poursuit Sawyer et ses deux fils. Mais le banquier victime du hold-up juge que Horne est bien trop intègre pour cette mission. Il propose alors une récompense à Sam Swope, un ancien shérif, pour restituer l'argent volé. Ainsi s'engage une double course-poursuite...
McLintock!
McLintock! (1963)
, 2h7
Directed by John Wayne, Yvonne De Carlo, Maureen O'Hara, Andrew V. McLaglen, Patrick Wayne, James Edward Grant
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Action, Adventure, Romance, Western
Themes Films based on plays, Films based on works by William Shakespeare
Actors John Wayne, Maureen O'Hara, Yvonne De Carlo, Patrick Wayne, Stefanie Powers, Edgar Buchanan
Roles Governor Cuthbert H. Humphrey
Rating70% 3.54623.54623.54623.54623.5462
Cattle baron George Washington "G.W." McLintock (John Wayne) is living the single life on his ranch. He is estranged from wife Katherine (Maureen O'Hara), who left him two years before, suspecting him of adultery.
Young Guns of Texas, 1h18
Directed by Maury Dexter
Origin USA
Genres Western
Actors James Mitchum, Jody McCrea, Alan Ladd, Chill Wills, Gary Conway, Robert Lowery
Roles Jesse Glendenning
Rating49% 2.47212.47212.47212.47212.4721
Tyler Duane (Gary Conway) is expelled from West Point after the Civil War when his brother, a Union officer, is accused of stealing Army funds.
When the Girls Take Over, 1h19
Directed by Russell "Lucky" Hayden
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films, Political films
Actors Marvin Miller, Jackie Coogan, Robert Lowery, James Ellison, Jeffrey Stone, Tommy Cook
Roles Maximo Toro
Rating38% 1.91051.91051.91051.91051.9105
The film begins with shots of the United Nations Headquarters in New York City as a narrator quotes Genesis Chapter 11 about the Tower of Babel. The scene switches inside the UN with the delegate from the Republic of Hondo Rico being interrupted by Nikita Khrushchev recreating his shoe-banging incident. The Hondo Rican delegate revenges himself by stalking Khrushchev to an empty hallway and knocking him out with a shoe.
Deadly Duo
Deadly Duo (1962)

Directed by Reginald Le Borg
Origin USA
Actors Craig Hill, Robert Lowery, Irene Tedrow
Roles Jay Flagg
Rating53% 2.6604652.6604652.6604652.6604652.660465
The Rise and Fall of Legs Diamond, 1h43
Directed by Budd Boetticher
Origin USA
Genres Biography, Action, Historical, Noir, Crime
Themes Gangster films
Actors Ray Danton, Karen Steele, Elaine Stewart, Jesse White, Simon Oakland, Robert Lowery
Roles Arnold Rothstein
Rating66% 3.341993.341993.341993.341993.34199
In the 1920s, ambitious but smalltime thief Jack Diamond and his sickly brother Eddie Diamond move to New York City. Jack meets dance instructor Alice Shiffer, lies to her to date her and to steal a necklace from a jewelry store. After being incarcerated for a time, he works with Alice at her dance school while on probation.
Lay That Rifle Down, 1h11
Directed by Charles Lamont
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Musical
Actors Robert Lowery, Richard Deacon, Jacqueline deWit, Pierre Watkin, Robert Burton, Marjorie Bennett
Roles Nick Stokes, aka Poindexter March, III
Rating57% 2.86612.86612.86612.86612.8661
Judy Canova works in a hotel for her domineering aunt. Her unscrupulous relatives try to blackmail and dupe her into selling her apparently worthless farm, having been led to believe that it has enormous potential value by a couple of confidence tricksters.
Jalopy
Jalopy (1953)
, 1h2
Directed by William Beaudine
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Actors Leo Gorcey, Huntz Hall, David Gorcey, Bernard Gorcey, Benny Bartlett, Richard Benedict
Roles Skid Wilson
Rating60% 3.048033.048033.048033.048033.04803
Sach convinces Louie to rent the back room of the sweet shop to a professor. Meanwhile Slip is preoccupied with entering their car in an auto race to raise enough money to help Louie pay his bills. They don't have any luck with the car until Sach invents a formula that makes the car go faster. A crooked gambler tries to steal the formula from them, with no luck. Slip enters into another race, but has to start the race without the formula in the car as Sach was making another batch. When Sach reaches him in the middle of the race and puts the formula in the gas tank the cars begins to accelerate...only in reverse! Sach and Slip then continue the race in reverse and wind up winning. Sach then realizes why the formula didn't work as it did before.
Cow Country, 1h22
Directed by Lesley Selander
Origin USA
Genres Western
Actors Edmond O'Brien, Helen Westcott, Robert Lowery, Barton MacLane, Peggie Castle, Robert Barrat
Roles Harry Odell
Rating61% 3.0872053.0872053.0872053.0872053.087205
Ben Anthony runs a freight line in Texas. He disappointed cattleman Walt Garnet by not going into that business. Walt's beautiful daughter Linda returns to town after a long absence and Ben still carries a torch for her, but she's now involved with another man, Harry Odell.
Crosswinds
Crosswinds (1951)

Directed by Lewis R. Foster
Origin USA
Genres Action, Adventure
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films, Underwater action films
Actors John Payne, Rhonda Fleming, Robert Lowery, Forrest Tucker, Alan Mowbray, John Abbott
Roles Nick Brandon
Rating60% 3.0015953.0015953.0015953.0015953.001595
One day in New Guinea, two men, "Jumbo" Johnson and seaplane pilot Nick Brandon, are discussing a possible gold heist. They have a drink with Katherine Shelley, an attractive widow who's obviously drinking away her sorrows.