Art Fowler (actor)

{{Short description|Early 20th-century American actor, singer, and musician}}

{{Infobox person

| name = Art Fowler

| image = Art Fowler, ca. 1925.jpg

| caption = Art Fowler, ca. 1925

| birth_name = Arthur Gladstone Fowler

| birth_date = 1902

| birth_place = Harrah, Oklahoma, U.S.

| death_date = {{Death date and age|1939|6|9|1898|1|21}}

| death_place = Hollywood, California, U.S.

| occupation = {{Plainlist|

Actor
Musician
Singer

}}

| years_active = 1915–1928

| spouse = Emma Haig, February 5, 1928-death

}}

Arthur Gladstone "Dustbowl" Fowler (1902 – April 4, 1953) was an American actor and musician.

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.{{cite news |author=Eve, Edward |title=Looking 'Round: Art Fowler Arrives |work=The Era |date=27 April 1927 |accessdate=2 January 2018 |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000053/19270427/067/0007| via = British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription }} 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.

Fowler appeared in a number of films, including