Art Fowler (actor)

This article is about the actor. For the baseball player, see Art Fowler.

Arthur Gladstone "Dustbowl" Fowler (1902 – April 1953^[1]) was an American actor and musician.

Art Fowler
Art Fowler, ca. 1925
Born	Arthur Gladstone Fowler 1902 Harrah, Oklahoma, U.S.
Died	April 1953(1953-04-00) (aged 50–51) Hollywood, California, U.S.
Occupations	Actor Musician Singer
Years active	1915–1946
Spouse(s)	Emma Haig, February 5, 1928-death

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.^[2] 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.^[2]

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.^[3]

He and Haig reportedly ran antique shops in Newport, RI and Manhattan after she left the stage in 1931.^[4]