Eddie Dowling (born Joseph Nelson Goucher; December 11, 1889[1] — February 18, 1976) was an American actor, director, playwright, screenwriter, composer and theatrical producer.

[1] Dowling began his career in vaudeville with the Homan Stock Company at the Scenic Temple theatre in Providence, RI.

[5] His most famous role was as Tom Wingfield in the original Broadway production of The Glass Menagerie, starring opposite Laurette Taylor and Julie Haydon.

"[6] Dowling was married to the Scottish-born actress and stage performer Rachel Rice Dooley,[2] who specialized in physical comedy; they had two children, Jack and Maxine.

Jack Dowling was killed in a plane crash in Brazil in 1955 when he was Time magazine's Buenos Aires bureau chief.