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	'''Henry James Fowler''', [[Order of the British Empire\|MBE]] (10 December 1926 – 4 January 2012) was an English [[character actor]] in film and television. Over a career lasting more than six decades, he made nearly 200 appearances on screen.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://explore.bfi.org.uk/4ce2b9f05bd82\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120803122612/http://explore.bfi.org.uk/4ce2b9f05bd82\|archive-date=2012-08-03\|title=Harry Fowler\|work=BFI}}</ref>		'''Henry James Fowler''', [[Order of the British Empire\|MBE]] (10 December 1926 – 4 January 2012) was an English [[character actor]] in film and television. Over a career lasting more than six decades, he made nearly 200 appearances on screen.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://explore.bfi.org.uk/4ce2b9f05bd82\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120803122612/http://explore.bfi.org.uk/4ce2b9f05bd82\|archive-date=2012-08-03\|title=Harry Fowler\|work=BFI}}</ref>

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	\| birth_name = Henry James Fowler		\| birth_name = Henry James Fowler
	\| birth_date = {{Birth date\|df=yes\|1926\|12\|10}}		\| birth_date = {{Birth date\|df=yes\|1926\|12\|10}}
	\| birth_place = [[~~w:Lambeth\|~~Lambeth]], London, England		\| birth_place = [[Lambeth]], London, England
	\| death_date = {{Death date and age\|df=yes\|2012\|01\|04\|1926\|12\|10}}		\| death_date = {{Death date and age\|df=yes\|2012\|01\|04\|1926\|12\|10}}
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	*{{marriage\|Catherine Palmer\|1960\|2012}}		*{{marriage\|Catherine Palmer\|1960\|2012}}
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	'''Henry James Fowler''', [[w:Order of the British Empire\|MBE]] (10 December 1926 – 4 January 2012) was an English [[~~w:character actor\|~~character actor]] in film and television. Over a career lasting more than six decades, he made nearly 200 appearances on screen.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://explore.bfi.org.uk/4ce2b9f05bd82\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120803122612/http://explore.bfi.org.uk/4ce2b9f05bd82\|archive-date=2012-08-03\|title=Harry Fowler\|work=BFI}}</ref>		'''Henry James Fowler''', [[Order of the British Empire\|MBE]] (10 December 1926 – 4 January 2012) was an English [[character actor]] in film and television. Over a career lasting more than six decades, he made nearly 200 appearances on screen.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://explore.bfi.org.uk/4ce2b9f05bd82\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120803122612/http://explore.bfi.org.uk/4ce2b9f05bd82\|archive-date=2012-08-03\|title=Harry Fowler\|work=BFI}}</ref>

	==Personal life==		==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.<ref name="Guardian"/>		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.<ref name="Guardian"/>

	In 1951, Fowler married actress [[~~w:Joan Dowling\|~~Joan Dowling]], who committed suicide in 1954. In 1960, he married Catherine Palmer, who survived him.<ref name=indy>[https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/harry-fowler-prolific-screen-actor-known-for-his-cheerful-cockney-characters-6286839.html The Independent 9 Jan 2012] Harry Fowler: Prolific screen actor known for his 'cheerful cockney' characters</ref>		In 1951, Fowler married actress [[Joan Dowling]], who committed suicide in 1954. In 1960, he married Catherine Palmer, who survived him.<ref name=indy>[https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/harry-fowler-prolific-screen-actor-known-for-his-cheerful-cockney-characters-6286839.html The Independent 9 Jan 2012] Harry Fowler: Prolific screen actor known for his 'cheerful cockney' characters</ref>

	Fowler died on 4 January 2012. He had no children.<ref name="Guardian">{{cite news \|url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2012/jan/04/harry-fowler \|title=Harry Fowler obituary \|first=Brian \|last=Baxter \|newspaper=The Guardian \|date=4 January 2012 \|access-date=4 January 2012 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120109022501/http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/2012/jan/04/harry-fowler \|archive-date=9 January 2012 \|url-status=live \|location=London}}</ref><ref name=indy/>		Fowler died on 4 January 2012. He had no children.<ref name="Guardian">{{cite news \|url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2012/jan/04/harry-fowler \|title=Harry Fowler obituary \|first=Brian \|last=Baxter \|newspaper=The Guardian \|date=4 January 2012 \|access-date=4 January 2012 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120109022501/http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/2012/jan/04/harry-fowler \|archive-date=9 January 2012 \|url-status=live \|location=London}}</ref><ref name=indy/>
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	In 1975, Fowler took the part of Eric Lee Fung, described as "a Chinese cockney [[spiv]]", in ''[[The Melting Pot (television programme)\|The Melting Pot]]'', a sitcom written by [[Spike Milligan]] and [[Neil Shand]]. The series was cancelled by the BBC after the first episode had been broadcast.<ref>{{cite book \|last1=Milligan \|first1=Spike \|author-link1=Spike Milligan \|last2=Shand \|first2=Neil \|author-link2=Neil Shand \|title=The Melting Pot \|year=1983 \|publisher=[[Robson Books]] \|location=London \|isbn=978-0-86051-195-3 \|at=introductory pages }}</ref>		In 1975, Fowler took the part of Eric Lee Fung, described as "a Chinese cockney [[spiv]]", in ''[[The Melting Pot (television programme)\|The Melting Pot]]'', a sitcom written by [[Spike Milligan]] and [[Neil Shand]]. The series was cancelled by the BBC after the first episode had been broadcast.<ref>{{cite book \|last1=Milligan \|first1=Spike \|author-link1=Spike Milligan \|last2=Shand \|first2=Neil \|author-link2=Neil Shand \|title=The Melting Pot \|year=1983 \|publisher=[[Robson Books]] \|location=London \|isbn=978-0-86051-195-3 \|at=introductory pages }}</ref>

	He was awarded an MBE in 1970, as part of [[w:1970 Prime Minister's Resignation Honours\|Harold Wilson's Resignation Honours]].<ref name=LonGaz>{{London Gazette\|issue=45165 \|supp=y\|pages=8677–8678\|date=4 August 1970}}</ref>		He was awarded an MBE in 1970, as part of [[1970 Prime Minister's Resignation Honours\|Harold Wilson's Resignation Honours]].<ref name=LonGaz>{{London Gazette\|issue=45165 \|supp=y\|pages=8677–8678\|date=4 August 1970}}</ref>

	In his book British Film Character Actors 1982, Terence Pettigrew wrote that Fowler 'was as English as suet pudding...his characters were neither honest nor irretrievably delinquent, merely wise in the ways of the streets, surviving through a combination of wit and stealth. He had a certain arrogance, but there was an appealing vulnerability, too.'		In his book British Film Character Actors 1982, Terence Pettigrew wrote that Fowler 'was as English as suet pudding...his characters were neither honest nor irretrievably delinquent, merely wise in the ways of the streets, surviving through a combination of wit and stealth. He had a certain arrogance, but there was an appealing vulnerability, too.'

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	'''Henry James Fowler''', [[w:Order of the British Empire\|MBE]] (10 December 1926 – 4 January 2012) was an English [[character actor]] in film and television. Over a career lasting more than six decades, he made nearly 200 appearances on screen.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://explore.bfi.org.uk/4ce2b9f05bd82\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120803122612/http://explore.bfi.org.uk/4ce2b9f05bd82\|archive-date=2012-08-03\|title=Harry Fowler\|work=BFI}}</ref>		'''Henry James Fowler''', [[w:Order of the British Empire\|MBE]] (10 December 1926 – 4 January 2012) was an English [[w:character actor\|character actor]] in film and television. Over a career lasting more than six decades, he made nearly 200 appearances on screen.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://explore.bfi.org.uk/4ce2b9f05bd82\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120803122612/http://explore.bfi.org.uk/4ce2b9f05bd82\|archive-date=2012-08-03\|title=Harry Fowler\|work=BFI}}</ref>

	==Personal life==		==Personal life==

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	'''Henry James Fowler''', [[Order of the British Empire\|MBE]] (10 December 1926 – 4 January 2012) was an English [[character actor]] in film and television. Over a career lasting more than six decades, he made nearly 200 appearances on screen.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://explore.bfi.org.uk/4ce2b9f05bd82\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120803122612/http://explore.bfi.org.uk/4ce2b9f05bd82\|archive-date=2012-08-03\|title=Harry Fowler\|work=BFI}}</ref>		'''Henry James Fowler''', [[w:Order of the British Empire\|MBE]] (10 December 1926 – 4 January 2012) was an English [[character actor]] in film and television. Over a career lasting more than six decades, he made nearly 200 appearances on screen.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://explore.bfi.org.uk/4ce2b9f05bd82\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120803122612/http://explore.bfi.org.uk/4ce2b9f05bd82\|archive-date=2012-08-03\|title=Harry Fowler\|work=BFI}}</ref>

	==Personal life==		==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.<ref name="Guardian"/>		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.<ref name="Guardian"/>

	In 1951, Fowler married actress [[Joan Dowling]], who committed suicide in 1954. In 1960, he married Catherine Palmer, who survived him.<ref name=indy>[https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/harry-fowler-prolific-screen-actor-known-for-his-cheerful-cockney-characters-6286839.html The Independent 9 Jan 2012] Harry Fowler: Prolific screen actor known for his 'cheerful cockney' characters</ref>		In 1951, Fowler married actress [[w:Joan Dowling\|Joan Dowling]], who committed suicide in 1954. In 1960, he married Catherine Palmer, who survived him.<ref name=indy>[https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/harry-fowler-prolific-screen-actor-known-for-his-cheerful-cockney-characters-6286839.html The Independent 9 Jan 2012] Harry Fowler: Prolific screen actor known for his 'cheerful cockney' characters</ref>

	Fowler died on 4 January 2012. He had no children.<ref name="Guardian">{{cite news \|url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2012/jan/04/harry-fowler \|title=Harry Fowler obituary \|first=Brian \|last=Baxter \|newspaper=The Guardian \|date=4 January 2012 \|access-date=4 January 2012 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120109022501/http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/2012/jan/04/harry-fowler \|archive-date=9 January 2012 \|url-status=live \|location=London}}</ref><ref name=indy/>		Fowler died on 4 January 2012. He had no children.<ref name="Guardian">{{cite news \|url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2012/jan/04/harry-fowler \|title=Harry Fowler obituary \|first=Brian \|last=Baxter \|newspaper=The Guardian \|date=4 January 2012 \|access-date=4 January 2012 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120109022501/http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/2012/jan/04/harry-fowler \|archive-date=9 January 2012 \|url-status=live \|location=London}}</ref><ref name=indy/>
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	In 1975, Fowler took the part of Eric Lee Fung, described as "a Chinese cockney [[spiv]]", in ''[[The Melting Pot (television programme)\|The Melting Pot]]'', a sitcom written by [[Spike Milligan]] and [[Neil Shand]]. The series was cancelled by the BBC after the first episode had been broadcast.<ref>{{cite book \|last1=Milligan \|first1=Spike \|author-link1=Spike Milligan \|last2=Shand \|first2=Neil \|author-link2=Neil Shand \|title=The Melting Pot \|year=1983 \|publisher=[[Robson Books]] \|location=London \|isbn=978-0-86051-195-3 \|at=introductory pages }}</ref>		In 1975, Fowler took the part of Eric Lee Fung, described as "a Chinese cockney [[spiv]]", in ''[[The Melting Pot (television programme)\|The Melting Pot]]'', a sitcom written by [[Spike Milligan]] and [[Neil Shand]]. The series was cancelled by the BBC after the first episode had been broadcast.<ref>{{cite book \|last1=Milligan \|first1=Spike \|author-link1=Spike Milligan \|last2=Shand \|first2=Neil \|author-link2=Neil Shand \|title=The Melting Pot \|year=1983 \|publisher=[[Robson Books]] \|location=London \|isbn=978-0-86051-195-3 \|at=introductory pages }}</ref>

	He was awarded an MBE in 1970, as part of [[1970 Prime Minister's Resignation Honours\|Harold Wilson's Resignation Honours]].<ref name=LonGaz>{{London Gazette\|issue=45165 \|supp=y\|pages=8677–8678\|date=4 August 1970}}</ref>		He was awarded an MBE in 1970, as part of [[w:1970 Prime Minister's Resignation Honours\|Harold Wilson's Resignation Honours]].<ref name=LonGaz>{{London Gazette\|issue=45165 \|supp=y\|pages=8677–8678\|date=4 August 1970}}</ref>

	In his book British Film Character Actors 1982, Terence Pettigrew wrote that Fowler 'was as English as suet pudding...his characters were neither honest nor irretrievably delinquent, merely wise in the ways of the streets, surviving through a combination of wit and stealth. He had a certain arrogance, but there was an appealing vulnerability, too.'		In his book British Film Character Actors 1982, Terence Pettigrew wrote that Fowler 'was as English as suet pudding...his characters were neither honest nor irretrievably delinquent, merely wise in the ways of the streets, surviving through a combination of wit and stealth. He had a certain arrogance, but there was an appealing vulnerability, too.'

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'''Henry James Fowler''', [[Order of the British Empire|MBE]] (10 December 1926 – 4 January 2012) was an English [[character actor]] in film and television. Over a career lasting more than six decades, he made nearly 200 appearances on screen.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://explore.bfi.org.uk/4ce2b9f05bd82|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120803122612/http://explore.bfi.org.uk/4ce2b9f05bd82|archive-date=2012-08-03|title=Harry Fowler|work=BFI}}</ref>

==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.<ref name="Guardian"/>

In 1951, Fowler married actress [[Joan Dowling]], who committed suicide in 1954. In 1960, he married Catherine Palmer, who survived him.<ref name=indy>[https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/harry-fowler-prolific-screen-actor-known-for-his-cheerful-cockney-characters-6286839.html The Independent 9 Jan 2012] Harry Fowler: Prolific screen actor known for his 'cheerful cockney' characters</ref>

Fowler died on 4 January 2012. He had no children.<ref name="Guardian">{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2012/jan/04/harry-fowler |title=Harry Fowler obituary |first=Brian |last=Baxter |newspaper=The Guardian |date=4 January 2012 |access-date=4 January 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120109022501/http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/2012/jan/04/harry-fowler |archive-date=9 January 2012 |url-status=live |location=London}}</ref><ref name=indy/>

==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 (actor)|George Cole]]. His fee was 2 [[Guinea (British coin)|guinea]]s (42 shillings) a day, compared with the 8 [[shilling]]s a week he had been earning as a newspaper boy up to his audition.<ref name="Guardian"/>

His early juvenile roles included ''[[Hue and Cry (film)|Hue and Cry]]'' (1947), usually considered the first of the [[Ealing comedies]]. Fowler later married [[Joan Dowling]], one of his co-stars in the Ealing film. Dowling committed suicide in 1954, aged 26.<ref name="Scotsman">{{cite news |url=http://www.scotsman.com/news/obituaries/obituary_harry_fowler_cockney_actor_found_fame_in_the_army_game_and_enjoyed_career_spanning_half_a_century_1_2040095 |title=Obituary: Harry Fowler – Cockney actor found fame in The Army Game and enjoyed career spanning half a century |first=Brian |last=Pendreigh |newspaper=The Scotsman |date=6 January 2012 |access-date=8 January 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160317154543/http://www.scotsman.com/news/obituaries/obituary_harry_fowler_cockney_actor_found_fame_in_the_army_game_and_enjoyed_career_spanning_half_a_century_1_2040095 |archive-date=17 March 2016 |url-status=live}}</ref>

During the [[Second World War]], he served as an [[aircraftman]] in the [[Royal Air Force]] and played a cheerful [[cockney]] character with the same job in the films ''[[Angels One Five]]'' (1952),<ref name=flight /> and ''[[Conflict of Wings]]'' (1954), a portrayal he used in other contexts, often with a humorous slant, mostly especially during his year in ''[[The Army Game]]'' (1959–60) TV series.

He played Harry Danvers in the clerical comedy ''[[Our Man at St. Mark's]]'' (1965–66) opposite [[Donald Sinden]]<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/9003414/Harry-Fowler.html | location=London | work=The Daily Telegraph | title=Harry Fowler | date=9 January 2012}}</ref> and made several appearances on children's television during the 1970s, reading on ''[[Jackanory]]'' and hosting the series ''Get This'' and ''[[Going a Bundle]]'' with [[Kenny Lynch]].<ref name=Scotsman/> He is also noted for having narrated [[Bob Godfrey]] Films' ''[[Great (1975 film)|Great: Isambard Kingdom Brunel]]'' (1975), the first British cartoon to win an Academy Award.<ref name=Cartoon>{{cite news |url=http://blog.bcdb.com/cockney-character-actor-harry-fowler-dies-85/ |title=Cockney character actor Harry Fowler dies at 85|first=Ethan |last=Minovitz|newspaper=Big Cartoon News |date=5 January 2012 |access-date=5 January 2012 }}</ref> His familiar voice was regularly used for TV commercials.

In 1975, Fowler took the part of Eric Lee Fung, described as "a Chinese cockney [[spiv]]", in ''[[The Melting Pot (television programme)|The Melting Pot]]'', a sitcom written by [[Spike Milligan]] and [[Neil Shand]]. The series was cancelled by the BBC after the first episode had been broadcast.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Milligan |first1=Spike |author-link1=Spike Milligan |last2=Shand |first2=Neil |author-link2=Neil Shand |title=The Melting Pot |year=1983 |publisher=[[Robson Books]] |location=London |isbn=978-0-86051-195-3 |at=introductory pages }}</ref>

He was awarded an MBE in 1970, as part of [[1970 Prime Minister's Resignation Honours|Harold Wilson's Resignation Honours]].<ref name=LonGaz>{{London Gazette|issue=45165 |supp=y|pages=8677–8678|date=4 August 1970}}</ref>

In his book British Film Character Actors 1982, Terence Pettigrew wrote that Fowler 'was as English as suet pudding...his characters were neither honest nor irretrievably delinquent, merely wise in the ways of the streets, surviving through a combination of wit and stealth. He had a certain arrogance, but there was an appealing vulnerability, too.'

==Selected filmography==
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* ''[[Those Kids from Town]]'' (1942) – Ern
* ''[[Salute John Citizen]]'' (1942) – Office Boy (uncredited)
* ''[[Went the Day Well?]]'' (1942) – Young George
* ''[[Get Cracking]]'' (1943) – (uncredited)
* ''[[The Demi-Paradise]]'' (1943) – Small Boy (An Evacuee) (uncredited)
* ''[[Bell-Bottom George]]'' (1944) – Boy on Bicycle (uncredited)
* ''[[Champagne Charlie (1944 film)|Champagne Charlie]]'' (1944) – 'Orace
* ''[[Give Us the Moon]]'' (1944) – Bellboy (uncredited)
* ''[[Don't Take It to Heart]]'' (1944) – Telegraph Boy
* ''[[Painted Boats]]'' (1945) – His Brother Alf
* ''[[Hue and Cry (film)|Hue and Cry]]'' (1947) – Joe Kirby
* ''Trouble in the Air'' (1948) – (uncredited)
* ''[[A Piece of Cake (film)|A Piece of Cake]]'' (1948) – Head Spiv
* ''[[For Them That Trespass]]'' (1949) – Dave, Rosie's friend
* ''[[Now Barabbas]]'' (1949) – Smith
* ''[[Landfall (1949 film)|Landfall]]'' (1949) – RAF Corporal Orderly (uncredited)
* ''[[Dance Hall (1950 film)|Dance Hall]]'' (1950) – Amorous Youth (uncredited)
* ''[[Once a Sinner]]'' (1950) – Bill James
* ''[[Trio (film)|Trio]]'' (1950) – Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)
* ''[[She Shall Have Murder]]'' (1950) – Albert Oates
* ''[[The Dark Man (film)|The Dark Man]]'' (1951) – 1st Reporter
* ''[[Mister Drake's Duck]]'' (1951) – Corporal
* ''[[Scarlet Thread]]'' (1951) – Sam
* ''[[There Is Another Sun]]'' (1951) – Young Rider
* ''[[Madame Louise]]'' (1951) – Trout's Clerk
* ''[[High Treason (1951 film)|High Treason]]'' (1951) – Street Photographer (uncredited)
* ''The Promise'' (1952)
* ''[[The Last Page]]'' (1952) – Joe
* ''13 East Street'' (1952) – (uncredited)
* ''[[I Believe in You (film)|I Believe in You]]'' (1952) – Hooker
* ''[[Angels One Five]]'' (1952) – Airman
* ''[[The Pickwick Papers (1952 film)|The Pickwick Papers]]'' (1952) – Sam Weller
* ''[[Top of the Form (film)|Top of the Form]]'' (1953) – Albert
* ''[[A Day to Remember (1953 film)|A Day to Remember]]'' (1953) – Stan Harvey
* ''[[Don't Blame the Stork]]'' (1954) – Harry Fenn
* ''[[Conflict of Wings]]'' (1954) – Leading Aircraftman 'Buster'
* ''[[Up to His Neck]]'' (1954) – Smudge
* ''[[Stock Car (film)|Stock Car]]'' (1955) – Monty Albright
* ''[[The Blue Peter (1955 film)|The Blue Peter]]'' (1955) – Charlie Barton
* ''[[Fire Maidens from Outer Space]]'' (1956) – Sydney Stanhope
* ''[[Behind the Headlines (1956 film)|Behind the Headlines]]'' (1956) – Alfie
* ''[[Home and Away (film)|Home and Away]]'' (1956) – Syd Jarvis
* ''[[Town on Trial]]'' (1957) – Leslie (Bandleader)
* ''[[West of Suez]]'' (1957) – Tommy
* ''Booby Trap'' (1957) – Sammy
* ''[[Lucky Jim (1957 film)|Lucky Jim]]'' (1957) – Cab Driver (uncredited)
* ''[[The Birthday Present]]'' (1957) – Charlie
* ''The Supreme Secret'' (1958) – Bluey
* ''Soapbox Derby'' (1958) – Barrow Boy
* ''[[The Diplomatic Corpse]]'' (1958) – Knocker Parsons
* ''[[I Was Monty's Double (film)|I Was Monty's Double]]'' (1958) – Civilian (End Scene)
* ''[[Idol on Parade]]'' (1959) – Ron
* ''[[The Heart of a Man]]'' (1959) – Razor
* ''The Dawn Killer'' (1959) – Bert Iron
* ''[[Don't Panic Chaps!]]'' (1959) – Ackroyd
* ''[[Crooks Anonymous]]'' (1962) – Woods
* ''[[Flight from Singapore]]'' (1962) – Sgt. Brooks
* ''[[The Longest Day (film)|The Longest Day]]'' (1962) – British Paratrooper (uncredited)
* ''[[Lawrence of Arabia (film)|Lawrence of Arabia]]'' (1962) – William Potter (uncredited)
* ''[[Tomorrow at Ten]]'' (1962) – Smiley
* ''[[Ladies Who Do]]'' (1963) – Drill Operator
* ''Seventy Deadly Pills'' (1964) – Covent Garden porter
* ''[[Father Came Too!]]'' (1964)
* ''[[Clash by Night (1963 film)|Clash by Night]]'' (1964) – Doug Roberts
* ''[[The Nanny (1965 film)|The Nanny]]'' (1965) – Milkman
* ''[[Life at the Top (film)|Life at the Top]]'' (1965) – Magic Beans Man
* ''[[Doctor in Clover]]'' (1966) – Grafton
* ''[[Secrets of a Windmill Girl]]'' (1966) – Harry
* ''[[Start the Revolution Without Me]]'' (1970) – Marcel
* ''[[Crossed Swords (1977 film)|Crossed Swords]]'' (1977) – Nipper
* ''High Rise Donkey'' (1980) – Crook
* ''[[Sir Henry at Rawlinson End (film)|Sir Henry at Rawlinson End]]'' (1980) – Buller Bullethead
* ''[[George and Mildred (film)|George and Mildred]]'' (1980) – Fisher
* ''[[Fanny Hill (1983 film)|Fanny Hill]]'' (1983) – Beggar (uncredited)
* ''[[Body Contact (film)|Body Contact]]'' (1987) – Herbert
* ''[[Chicago Joe and the Showgirl]]'' (1990) – Morry
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==Selected TV appearances==
*''[[Dial 999 (TV series)]]'' (1959) - ('Barge Burglars', episode) - Sandy Gordon
*''[[The Army Game]]'' (1959–1960) – Cpl. 'Flogger' Hoskins
*''[[Dixon of Dock Green]]'' (1963–1970) – Duncan / Billy Reynolds / Alf Stubbings / Handbag Wilson
*''[[Z-Cars]]'' (1963–1972) – Billy Carrick / Tony / Toff
*''[[Jackanory]]'' (1969–1971) – Storyteller
*''[[Going A Bundle]]'' (1976) – Himself
*''[[Minder (TV series)|Minder]]'' (1982) – Monty Wiseman
*''[[In Sickness and in Health]]'' (1985–1992) – Harry / Milkman
*''[[Casualty (TV series)|Casualty]]'' (1986–1992) – George / Terry
*''[[Super Gran]]'' (1987) – Sid Scoundrel
*''[[Doctor Who]]: [[Remembrance of the Daleks]]'' (1988)<ref>{{cite book |last1=Howe |first1=David J. |author-link1=David J. Howe |last2=Walker |first2=Stephen James |author-link2=Stephen James Walker |title=Doctor Who: The Television Companion |year=1998 |publisher=[[BBC Worldwide]] |location=London |isbn=978-0-563-40588-7 |page=514 |chapter=Remembrance of the Daleks |chapter-url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/doctorwho/classic/episodeguide/remembrancedaleks/detail.shtml#cast }}</ref> – Harry
*''[[The Bill]]'' (1989–1992) – Alfred Sheldon / Pat Fitzgerald
*''[[The Impressionable Jon Culshaw]]'' (2004) – Customer (final appearance)

==References==
{{reflist|30em|refs=
<ref name=flight>{{cite web
| url = http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1951/1951%20-%201270.html
| title = Film men—
| date = 6 July 1951
| page = 9
| publisher = Flight
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20121025193046/http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1951/1951%20-%201270.html
| archive-date = 25 October 2012
}}</ref>
}}

==External links==
*{{IMDb name|id=0288714|name=Harry Fowler}}

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