Rudy Bowman (born Rudolph Marcy Bowman; December 15, 1890 – October 1972)
["United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JBQH-XWT : 11 January 2021), Rudy Bowman, Oct 1972; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).] was an American actor.
Early life and career
During World War I, Bowman's throat was injured by shrapnel, causing him to lose his voice. His recovery and subsequent work as an actor were featured on ''The Rudy Bowman Story'', a program broadcast on CBS radio on August 17, 1949.
Bowman played mostly small and uncredited roles in various westerns, such as playing a juror in 1956's ''
Gunsmoke
''Gunsmoke'' is an American radio and television Western drama series created by director Norman Macdonnell and writer John Meston. It centered on Dodge City, Kansas, in the 1870s, during the settlement of the American West. The central charact ...
'' episode “Custer” and in its 1961 episode "The Squaw”. His film appearances include ''
She Wore a Yellow Ribbon
''She Wore a Yellow Ribbon'' is a 1949 American Technicolor Western film directed by John Ford and starring John Wayne. It is the second film in Ford's "Cavalry Trilogy", along with '' Fort Apache'' (1948) and ''Rio Grande'' (1950). With a budge ...
'' (1949). He also guest starred as
Robert E. Lee
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in ''
The Twilight Zone
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'' episode "
The Bard
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Bard, BARD, Bård or similar terms m ...
".
Personal life and death
From April 23, 1914 until his death, Bowman was married to Gertrude Creason, with whom he had three daughters and one son.
"Bowman-Creason"
''The Tri-City Independent''. April 24, 1914. p. 4. Retrieved June 23, 2023.
References
Further reading
"Missouri Youth Writes to Mother of 'Slavery' in the Canadian Wilds"
''St. Louis Post-Dispatch''. January 10, 1913.
External links
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1890 births
1972 deaths
20th-century American male actors
American male film actors
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