Gene Fowler
Playwright, Author
1890 – 1960
Who was Gene Fowler?
Gene Fowler was an American journalist, author and dramatist.
He was born in Denver, Colorado. When his mother remarried, young Gene took his stepfather's name to become Gene Fowler. Fowler's career had a false start in taxidermy, which he later claimed gave him a permanent distaste for red meat. After a year at the University of Colorado, he took a job with The Denver Post. His assignments included an interview with frontiersman and Wild West Show promoter Buffalo Bill Cody. He established his trademark impertinence by questioning Cody about his many love affairs.
Subsequently, Fowler worked for the New York Daily Mirror, and then became newspaper syndication manager for King Features. His later work included over a dozen screenplays, mostly written in the 1930s, and a number of books including biographies and memoirs.
During his years in Hollywood, Fowler became close to such celebrities as John Barrymore and W.C. Fields. Fields, whose animus toward children is legendary, claimed that Gene Fowler's sons were the only children he could stand.
In 1916, Fowler married Agnes Hubbard who bore three children, the eldest of whom was Gene Fowler Jr., a prominent Hollywood film editor and a sometime director.
We need you!
Help us build the largest biographies collection on the web!
- Born
- Mar 8, 1890
Denver - Also known as
- Fowler
- Pride of the Rockies
- Eugene Devlan
- Spouses
- Agnes Hubbard Fowler
(1916 - 1960/07/02)
- Agnes Hubbard Fowler
- Children
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Lived in
- Colorado
- Died
- Jul 2, 1960
Los Angeles
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
Citation
Use the citation below to add to a bibliography:
Style:MLAChicagoAPA
"Gene Fowler." Biographies.net. STANDS4 LLC, 2024. Web. 26 Apr. 2024. <https://www.biographies.net/people/en/gene_fowler>.
Discuss this Gene Fowler biography with the community:
Report Comment
We're doing our best to make sure our content is useful, accurate and safe.
If by any chance you spot an inappropriate comment while navigating through our website please use this form to let us know, and we'll take care of it shortly.
Attachment
You need to be logged in to favorite.
Log In