Aldrich Bowker

Aldrich Bowker (January 1, 1875 – March 21, 1947) was an American stage and film actor.^[1]

Aldrich Bowker
Born	(1875-01-01)January 1, 1875 Ashby, Massachusetts
Died	March 21, 1947(1947-03-21) (aged 72) San Bernardino, California
Occupation	Actor
Years active	? – 1942

Biography

Bowker was born in Ashby, Massachusetts.^[1] He graduated from Fitchburg High School.^[1] His debut came in Boston in a stage adaptation of The Christian, by Hall Caine.^[2]

He was a long-time stage performer in Chicago and Cincinnati, and in summer stock at amusement park Whalom Park in Lunenburg, Massachusetts. Bowker was a pioneer in "open air" theatre at Whalom Park and at his summer home in Ashburnham, where other performers were frequent guests, including Ainsworth Arnold and Bette Davis.^{[citation needed]}

Between 1912 and 1938 he was active on Broadway. Notable stage plays he performed in were The High Road (1912), A Night in Avignon (1919), You Can't Take It With You (1936) and 200 Were Chosen (1936).^[3]

Between 1939 and 1942 he appeared in about 25 films,^{[citation needed]} including Ball of Fire (1941).^[4]

Bowker died at Patton State Hospital in San Bernardino, California, from arteriosclerosis and senility.^[5]

Partial filmography

• Nancy Drew... Trouble Shooter (1939) as Matt Brandon
• Waterfront (1939) as Father Dunn
• Torchy Blane... Playing with Dynamite (1939) as Judge Hershey
• These Glamour Girls (1939) as Charlie, the Counterman (uncredited)
• Everybody's Hobby (1939) as Uncle Bert Leslie
• Angels Wash Their Faces (1939) as Turnkey
• No Place to Go (1939) as Heffernan
• Pride of the Blue Grass (1939) as Judge
• On Dress Parade (1939) as Father Ryan
• Joe and Ethel Turp Call on the President (1939) as Mike O'Brien
• Abe Lincoln in Illinois (1940) as Judge Bowling Green
• It All Came True (1940) as Father McDuffy (uncredited)
• Those Were the Days! (1940) as Judge Squire Jennings
• Susan and God (1940) as Patrick
• Jennie (1940) as Dr. Hildebrand
• Romance of the Rio Grande (1940) as Padre Martinez
• Meet John Doe (1941) as Pop Dwyer (uncredited)
• Pot o' Gold (1941) as Judge Mike Murray (uncredited)
• The Wagons Roll at Night (1941) as Mr. Williams
• Love Crazy (1941) as Jimmy, the Doorman (uncredited)
• Ball of Fire (1941) as Justice of the Peace
• I Was Framed (1942) as Dr. Phillip Black
• Mississippi Gambler (1942) as Judd Higgins, Mississippi Newspaper Editor
• The Major and the Minor (1942) as Reverend Doyle
• I Married a Witch (1942) as Justice of the Peace (final film role)