Harry Fowler

Henry James "Harry" Fowler, MBE (10 December 1926 – 4 January 2012) was an English actor in film and television. Over a career lasting more than sixty years, he made nearly 200 appearances on screen.

Personal life

Fowler was born in Lambeth, South London on 10 December 1926. As a “near illiterate newspaper boy” making eight shillings a week, he told film historian Brian McFarlane, he was invited on to radio to speak about his life in wartime London.

In 1951, Fowler married actress Joan Dowling, who committed suicide in 1954. In 1960, he married Catherine Palmer, who survived him.

Fowler died on 4 January 2012. He had no children.

Career

Fowler made his on-screen debut as Ern in the 1942 film Those Kids from Town, a propaganda piece about wartime evacuee children from London. This role was given to him after film company executives heard him speaking on the radio about his experiences in wartime London. After a screen test at Elstree studios, Fowler was given the part to star alongside George Cole. His fee was 2 Guineas (41 shillings) a day, compared with the 8 shillings a week he had been earning as a newspaper boy up to his audition.

Harry Fowler (disambiguation)

Harry Fowler (1926–2012) was an English actor.

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