Dowling, Carlos Tomás (1916-1995), theatrical designer, was born in Buenos Aires, the third son of Francisco Dowling (d.1935) and María Cecilia García Tuñón, and grandson of Juan Bautista Dowling (1840-1897), landowner and military commander of Carmen de Areco, and his wife Isabel Kennedy (1844-1896). 

During forty years Carlos T. Dowling contributed to more than sixty Argentine movies. Dowling was responsible for the adaptation of María de los Ángeles (1948) and Lucrecia Borgia (1947). He also worked on the stage scene of En busca del brillante perdido (1986), Noches sin lunas ni soles (1984), Buenos Aires Tango (1982), El deseo de vivir (1973), La Tierra del Fuego se apaga (1955), Una ventana a la vida (1953), El regreso (1950), Buenos Aires a la vista (1950), El crimen de Oribe (1950), Nace la libertad (1949), among others.

Gonzalo Cané

References

- Coghlan, Eduardo A., Los Irlandeses en la Argentina: Su Actuación y Descendencia (Buenos Aires, 1987), p. 272.

- Cine Nacional (www.cinenacional.com), accessed 23 July 2003.