Art Fowler (actor)
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Arthur Gladstone "Dustbowl" Fowler (1902 – April 4, 1953) was an American actor and musician.
Career
Foweler was known as "The Wizard of the Ukulele." He played tenor ukulele accompanied by a gentle croon. Among his hits are No Wonder She's a Blushing Bride, "Crazy Words, Crazy Tune" and "Just a Bird's Eye View of My Old Kentucky Home".
Fowler took up ukulele around 1922, playing professionally from 1925 with his first professional performance at the Metropolitan Picture House in Los Angeles.[1] He went on to tour internationally and in 1927 he traveled to England for a series of performances after being discovered by Gerald Samson while performing in New York City.[1]
Fowler appeared in a number of films, including
- Tonto Basin Outlaws (1941)
- Arizona Trail (1943)
- West of Texas (1943)
- Black Market Rustlers (1943)
- Law Men (1944)
- West of the Rio Grande (1944)
- Range Law (1944)
Personal life
Fowler married actress and dancer Emma Haig in 1928 at the Savoy Chapel in London, England.[2]
He and Haig reportedly ran antique shops in Newport, RI and Manhattan after she left the stage in 1931.[3]
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