Gene Fowler (born Eugene Devlan) (March 8, 1890 – July 2, 1960) was an American journalist, author, and dramatist.

Fowler's career had a false start in taxidermy, which he later claimed gave him a permanent distaste for red meat.

[1] His assignments included an interview with the frontiersman and Wild West Show promoter Buffalo Bill Cody.

[2][1] At The Morning Telegraph his staff included Hecht, MacArthur, Ring Lardner, Westbrook Pegler, Martha Ostenso, Walter Winchell and Nellie Revell.

He began writing books and his third, The Great Mouthpiece, about the attorney William J. Fallon, became a bestseller and got him noticed by Hollywood where he became one of the highest paid screenwriters.

There was a moment of silence until Fowler arose, snatched the seemingly demented fellow by the scruff of his collar and threw him down the stairs, calling after him, "Physician, heal thyself!"