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Robert Lowery(1913-1971)

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Robert Lowery
Those wacky Bowery Boys invent a super fast fuel, which will help them win an auto race (isn't this cheating?). However, the fuel is stolen by the bad guys just before the big race.
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Jalopy (1953)
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Robert Lowery was born Robert Larkin Hanks in Kansas City, Missouri, the only living child of Roscoe Hanks, noted Kansas City attorney and oil investor; and Leah Thompson, concert pianist and organist. He attended local Kansas City schools and graduated from Paseo High School in 1931 with a record as an accomplished athlete. He played with the old Kansas City Blues baseball team and was a boxer and football player. After a field injury in which he broke his pelvis, he built himself back to strength working at a paper factory in Kansas City. With the premature death of his father at 43, he and his mother moved to Los Angeles in hopes of his landing film and theater roles, given his good looks, athletic ability and outstanding physique. He enrolled in Lila Bliss' acting school and soon came to the attention of Twentieth Century-Fox after successfully appearing in a number of stage roles in the Los Angeles area. He was signed to Fox in 1938, and was soon appearing in such first-class films as Drums Along the Mohawk (1939). Although not known for his stage work, he appeared in several major theater productions, such as "The Caine Mutiny" and "Born Yesterday" (as "Brock") with his wife and fellow actress Jean Parker. He enjoyed a film and stage career that lasted well into the 1960s, at which time he started a second career with Jackie Coogan in a celebrity travel cruise business. One of his more notable film appearances was with Ray Danton in The Rise and Fall of Legs Diamond (1960) and he turned in a rare, but funny, performance as a political hack governor on the make for John Wayne's ex-wife in Wayne's western comedy McLintock! (1963).

As he matured into middle age, he acquired a startling resemblance to Clark Gable. He also appeared extensively in television, including as Big Tim Champion in the 1956-57 Circus Boy (1956), also starring Noah Beery Jr. and Micky Dolenz (pre-Monkee days); Playhouse 90 (1956); episodes of Hazel (1961) and Pistols 'n' Petticoats (1966) starring Ann Sheridan, with Lowery playing Buss Courtney in the 1966-67 season. He and wife Jean had one son, Robert, who lives in Redondo Beach, California, with his wife Barbara and twin thirteen-year-old girls. Lowery passed away from a heart attack Christmas night of 1971, and is buried at Valhalla Memorial Park in North Hollywood, California. His motto: "Whatever's fair." He took a less-than-serious view of life and his career, and was well-loved by his friends and family as a raconteur and humorist.
BornOctober 17, 1913
DiedDecember 26, 1971(58)
BornOctober 17, 1913
DiedDecember 26, 1971(58)
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Maureen O'Hara and Robert Lowery in McLintock! (1963)
Robert Lowery, June Storey, and Grant Withers in Road to Alcatraz (1945)
Carole Mathews, Robert Lowery, Ralph Morgan, and Anthony Warde in The Monster and the Ape (1945)
Johnny Duncan and Robert Lowery in Batman and Robin (1949)
Don Ameche, Lon Chaney Jr., Joan Davis, and Robert Lowery in Josette (1938)
Jim Diehl and Robert Lowery in Batman and Robin (1949)
Robert Lowery in Batman and Robin (1949)
Johnny Duncan, Robert Lowery, Lyle Talbot, and Rick Vallin in Batman and Robin (1949)
Johnny Duncan and Robert Lowery in Batman and Robin (1949)
Virginia Grey and Robert Lowery in House of Horrors (1946)
Bill Goodwin, Robert Lowery, and Joan Shawlee in House of Horrors (1946)
Charles Arnt, Phyllis Brooks, Jack La Rue, and Robert Lowery in Dangerous Passage (1944)

Known for

Jane Adams, Johnny Duncan, and Robert Lowery in Batman and Robin (1949)
Batman and Robin
5.9
  • Batman
  • Bruce Wayne
  • 1949
Virginia Grey, Rondo Hatton, Robert Lowery, and Joan Shawlee in House of Horrors (1946)
House of Horrors
6.1
  • Steven Morrow
  • 1946
Dick Curtis and Robert Lowery in Mystery of the River Boat (1944)
Mystery of the River Boat
6.7
  • Steve Langtry
  • 1944
Ray Corrigan, Carole Mathews, and Robert Lowery in The Monster and the Ape (1945)
The Monster and the Ape
5.8
  • Ken Morgan
  • 1945

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Actor

  • Doris Day in The Ballad of Josie (1967)
    The Ballad of Josie
  • Douglas Fowley, Ruth McDevitt, Ann Sheridan, and Carole Wells in Pistols 'n' Petticoats (1966)
    Pistols 'n' Petticoats
  • Ray Dannis and Warrene Ott in The Undertaker and His Pals (1966)
    The Undertaker and His Pals
  • Jane Russell and Howard Keel in Waco (1966)
    Waco
  • Jane Russell and Dana Andrews in Johnny Reno (1966)
    Johnny Reno
  • Andy Devine, Joyce Meadows, Martin Milner, and Jay North in Zebra in the Kitchen (1965)
    Zebra in the Kitchen
  • Scott Brady, Marilyn Maxwell, and Barry Sullivan in Stage to Thunder Rock (1964)
    Stage to Thunder Rock
  • Inger Stevens and William Windom in The Farmer's Daughter (1963)
    The Farmer's Daughter
  • The Littlest Hobo (1963)
    The Littlest Hobo
  • Maureen O'Hara, John Wayne, Stefanie Powers, and Patrick Wayne in McLintock! (1963)
    McLintock!
  • Whitney Blake, Shirley Booth, Bobby Buntrock, and Don DeFore in Hazel (1961)
    Hazel
  • Gary Conway, Alana Ladd, Jody McCrea, James Mitchum, and Chill Wills in Young Guns of Texas (1962)
    Young Guns of Texas
  • Nick Adams in Saints and Sinners (1962)
    Saints and Sinners
  • Gunsmoke (1955)
    Gunsmoke
  • John Derek, Richard Jaeckel, and Chill Wills in Frontier Circus (1961)
    Frontier Circus

Soundtrack

  • Circus Boy (1956)
    Circus Boy
    • (uncredited)
  • Harry Langdon, Jerry Cooper, Joan Curtis, Dona Drake, Robert Lowery, Irene Ryan, and Tim Ryan in Hot Rhythm (1944)
    Hot Rhythm
    • (uncredited)
  • Mona Barrie, Rex Bell, Raymond Hatton, and Buck Jones in Dawn on the Great Divide (1942)
    Dawn on the Great Divide
    • (uncredited)

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Official Trailer
The Monster and the Ape
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The Monster and the Ape
Drums Along The Mohawk
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Drums Along The Mohawk
The Mummy's Ghost
Trailer 0:39
The Mummy's Ghost

Personal details

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    • October 17, 1913
    • Kansas City, Missouri, USA
    • December 26, 1971
    • Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA(heart attack)
    • Jean ParkerMay 29, 1951 - December 26, 1971 (his death, 1 child)
  • Other works
    Stage: Appeared (as "Harry Brock") in "Born Yesterday" on Broadway.
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    Related on his father's side to Nancy Hanks, Abraham Lincoln's natural mother.

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