Douglas Rowe (born 1938)
was an American actor.
Career
Rowe is mostly a character and supporting actor, he has appeared in films such as ''
The Incident'' (1990) and ''
Appointment with Fear'' (1985), his character as the off-beat, seedy looking detective in ''Appointment with Fear'' was described as a "maniac detective inspired by
Dirty Harry
''Dirty Harry'' is a 1971 American neo-noir action thriller film produced and directed by Don Siegel, the first in the ''Dirty Harry'' series. Clint Eastwood plays the title role, in his first outing as San Francisco Police Department (SFPD) ...
.".
On television he appeared in the ''
Star Trek: The Next Generation'', episode "
The Outrageous Okona
"The Outrageous Okona" ( ) is the fourth episode of the second season of the American science fiction television series '' Star Trek: The Next Generation'', the 30th episode overall. It was first aired on December 12, 1988, in broadcast syndicat ...
." In the 1990s he appeared as a Proprietor in ''
Murder She Wrote
''Murder, She Wrote'' is an American crime drama television series, created by Peter S. Fischer, Richard Levinson and William Link, starring Angela Lansbury, and produced and distributed by Universal Television for the CBS network. The seri ...
'', portrayed Dr. Arndt in ''
ER'' and Ricky in ''
Northern Exposure
''Northern Exposure'' is an American Northern comedy-drama television series about the eccentric residents of a fictional small town in Alaska that ran on CBS from July 12, 1990, to July 26, 1995, with a total of 110 episodes. It received 57 ...
'' and pilot Aylesworth in ''
M*A*S*H''.
Theater
Rowe was managing director of the
Laguna Playhouse from 1964 to 1966, and served as artistic director from 1976 to 1991.
Rowe is also a prolific stage actor, starring in productions of ''
Death of a Salesman
''Death of a Salesman'' is a 1949 stage play written by American playwright Arthur Miller. The play premiered on Broadway in February 1949, running for 742 performances. It is a two-act tragedy set in late 1940s Brooklyn told through a monta ...
'', ''
Caesar and Cleopatra'', ''