Trivia

Eugene Devlan and his mother were abandoned by his father. When his mother remarried a man named Fowler, Eugene was adopted as his son.

Was good friends with Lionel Barrymore and John Barrymore as well as W.C. Fields. They often drank and played cards together. Fields, who was famous for hating children, liked Fowler's two sons and sometimes took them fishing, actually refraining from using them as bait.

While working as a young journalist in Denver, he interviewed Buffalo Bill Cody, the famous frontiersman-turned-showman known as "Buffalo Bill Cody", offending the old man by asking impertinent questions about his numerous love affairs. Fowler later covered Cody's funeral.

Is portrayed by Louis Zorich in W.C. Fields and Me (1976)

Father of Gene Fowler Jr..

Grandfather of Gene N. Fowler.

The Fowlers were also known in Hollywood for the many parties they hosted at their Beverly Hills home. Among their frequent guests were John Barrymore, W.C. Fields, Errol Flynn and Tyrone Power. Other guests included James Cagney, Humphrey Bogart and Johnny Weissmuller.

Was a newspaper reporter before becoming a screenwriter.

Granduncle-in-law of Jack Johnson.

Father-in-law of Marjorie Fowler.

Came to New York from Colorado in 1918 as a protégé of Damon Runyon.

Mentor to Samuel Fuller during his news reporter days.