Born in Denver, CO; son of screenwriter-novelist Gene Fowler (1890 - 1960; WHAT PRICE HOLLYWOOD?, BACK STREET, TWENTIETH CENTURY, THE CALL OF THE WILD, WHITE FANG, ALI BABA GOES TO TOWN, THE COWBOY AND THE LADY). Entered American films in 1935 as a film editor at 20th Century-Fox on THANKS A MILLION and started a 48-year career in the industry. He was editor on WESTERN UNION, 1941; HANGMEN ALSO DIE, 1943; THE WOMAN IN THE WINDOW, 1944; HANG 'EM HIGH, 1968; and CAVEMAN, 1981, among others. He also edited television shows like "Rawhide," "The Wild Wild West," "The Waltons" and "Gilligan's Island." He directed some "B" pictures at American International and Paramount: I WAS A TEENAGE WEREWOLF, 1957; I MARRIED A MONSTER FROM OUTER SPACE, 1958 (which he also produced); and THE REBEL SET, 1959, among others. And, he wrote MY OUTLAW BROTHER, 1951, and THE OREGON TRAIL, 1959. Married to film editor Marjorie Fowler until his death in 1998. Their son is music editor Gene N. Fowler.  Nominated for Film Editing 1963: IT'S A MAD MAD MAD MAD WORLD (w. Frederic Knudtson & Robert C. Jones) 1 nomination