Douglas Rowe

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| birth_date = {{birth year|1938|}}

| birth_place = Paterson, New Jersey, U.S.

| death_date = {{death date and given age|2023|05|13|85}}

| death_place = Medford, Oregon, U.S.

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| occupation = Actor, director

| years_active = 1963–2019

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Douglas Rowe (1938 – May 13, 2023) was an American actor.

Early life and career

Rowe was born in Paterson, New Jersey in 1938.{{cite web|last1=HERMAN|first1=JAN|title=Playhouse Director to Leave Post : Stage: Douglas Rowe to retire next June as artistic leader of the Laguna Playhouse after 14 years. He says he will concentrate on acting and writing.|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1990-09-19-ca-805-story.html|website=Los Angeles Times|access-date=15 January 2017|date=19 September 1990}} He was mostly a character and supporting actor. Rowe 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."{{cite book|last=Scheuer|first=Steven H.|title=Movies on TV and videocassette, 1991-1992|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0UcCmNkNL8kC|accessdate=27 August 2011|date=1 October 1990|publisher=Bantam|isbn=978-0-553-28801-8}} On television he appeared in the Star Trek: The Next Generation, episode "The Outrageous Okona."{{cite book|last1=Nemecek|first1=Larry|title=Star Trek: The Next Generation Companion|date=25 September 2012|publisher=Star Trek (1758)|isbn=978-0743457989|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VTifVpk6cekC&q=Douglas+Rowe+actor+star+trek&pg=PT89|accessdate=15 January 2017}} In the 1990s he appeared as a Proprietor in Murder She Wrote, portrayed Dr. Arndt in ER and Ricky in Northern Exposure and pilot Aylesworth in M*A*S*H.{{cite web|last1=Boehm|first1=Mike|last2=Dubin|first2=Zan|title=A Special Report: The Arts|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1991-09-09-mn-1522-story.html|website=Los Angeles Times|access-date=15 January 2017|date=9 September 1991}} He played Governor Brubaker's attendant in "The Wild Wild West" S3 E12 "The Night of the Legion of Death" which aired 11/22/1967.

=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,{{cite web|last1=HERMAN|first1=JAN|title=Douglas Rowe Moves North for 'Salesman' Role|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1996-12-14-ca-8837-story.html|website=Los Angeles Times|access-date=15 January 2017|date=14 December 1996}} Caesar and Cleopatra,{{cite web|last1=HERMAN|first1=JAN|title=AN HONORABLE MAN : Douglas Rowe Sees Shaw's Ceasar as an Emperor With Clothes|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1990-09-06-ol-1114-story.html|website=Los Angeles Times|access-date=15 January 2017|date=6 September 1990}} Our Town{{cite web|last1=LEWIS|first1=RANDY|title=Rowe Leads Cast for Grove's 'Our Town' Season Opener|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1991-09-12-ca-3208-story.html|website=Los Angeles Times|access-date=15 January 2017|date=12 September 1991}}{{cite web|last1=Varble|first1=Bill|title=At AHS, 'Our Town' gets a pro's touch|url=http://www.mailtribune.com/article/20001103/NEWS/311039980?start=2|website=MailTribune.com|accessdate=15 January 2017}} and As You Like It.{{cite web|title=Oregon Shakespeare Festival|url=https://www.osfashland.org/en/artist-biographies/acting-company/douglas-rowe.aspx|website=osfashland.org|accessdate=15 January 2017}}

=Death=

Rowe died in Medford, Oregon on May 13, 2023, at the age of 85.{{cite news |title=Obituary: Doug Rowe |url=https://ashland.news/obituary-doug-rowe/ |access-date=3 December 2023 |publisher=Ashland News |date=22 May 2023}}{{cite web |title=Magazine Fall/Winter 2023 |url=https://digital.copcomm.com/i/1512402-fall-winter-2023/63? |website=SAG-AFTRA |access-date=3 December 2023 |pages=63}}

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Category:1938 births

Category:2023 deaths

Category:American male television actors

Category:Male actors from Paterson, New Jersey