Robert Lowery (born Robert Lowery Hanks, October 17, 1913 â€" December
26, 1971) was an American motion picture, television, and stage actor
who appeared in more than seventy films.Born in Kansas City, Missouri,
Lowery grew up on Wayne Avenue near the long-demolished Electric Park.
Lowery's father was a local attorney and oil investor who worked
several years for the Pullman Corporation as a railroad agent; his
mother, Leah Thompson Hanks, was a concert pianist.Syndicated
newspaper columnist Harrison Carroll reported that Lowery was "a
direct descendant of Nancy Hanks" (Lincoln).He graduated from Paseo
High School in Kansas City, and soon was invited to sing with the
Slats Randall Orchestra in the early 1930s. Lowery played on the
Kansas City Blues minor league baseball team and was overall
considered a versatile athlete; his physique and strength were gained
from a stint working in a paper factory as a teenager. After the death
of his father in 1935, he traveled to Hollywood with his mother and
their housekeeper, and enrolled in the Lila Bliss acting school before
being signed by Twentieth Century Fox in 1937.
26, 1971) was an American motion picture, television, and stage actor
who appeared in more than seventy films.Born in Kansas City, Missouri,
Lowery grew up on Wayne Avenue near the long-demolished Electric Park.
Lowery's father was a local attorney and oil investor who worked
several years for the Pullman Corporation as a railroad agent; his
mother, Leah Thompson Hanks, was a concert pianist.Syndicated
newspaper columnist Harrison Carroll reported that Lowery was "a
direct descendant of Nancy Hanks" (Lincoln).He graduated from Paseo
High School in Kansas City, and soon was invited to sing with the
Slats Randall Orchestra in the early 1930s. Lowery played on the
Kansas City Blues minor league baseball team and was overall
considered a versatile athlete; his physique and strength were gained
from a stint working in a paper factory as a teenager. After the death
of his father in 1935, he traveled to Hollywood with his mother and
their housekeeper, and enrolled in the Lila Bliss acting school before
being signed by Twentieth Century Fox in 1937.
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