Capt. Downey — Mystery Liner Character Profile

About Capt. Downey

The replacement captain who assumes command of the liner just as it is prepared for the remote control demonstration voyage.

Character Facts

Played by

Boothe Howard

Appears in

Mystery Liner (1934)

Role

Supporting

Relationships (5)

• Capt. Downey — Professional Command Successor — Capt. John Holling (Noah Beery)

  Holling is replaced by Downey as captain after suffering a nervous breakdown

• Capt. Downey — Alliance Collaborator — Prof. Grimson (Ralph Lewis)

  Downey works with Grimson on the remote control navigation experiment

• Capt. Downey — Professional Subordinate — First Officer Cliff Rogers (Cornelius Keefe)

  Rivers serves as first officer under Downey's command

• Capt. Downey — Conflict Adversary — Inspector Von Kessling (Gustav von Seyffertitz)

  Downey must protect the ship and technology from Von Kessling's group

• Capt. Downey — Romantic Love Interest — Lila Kane (Astrid Allwyn)

  Kane develops a romantic relationship with Downey during the crisis

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More characters from Mystery Liner

• Capt. John Holling (Noah Beery)
• Lila Kane (Astrid Allwyn)
• Major Pope (Edwin Maxwell)
• Inspector Von Kessling (Gustav von Seyffertitz)
• Watson (John M. Sullivan)
• Prof. Grimson (Ralph Lewis)
• Crewman (uncredited) (Slim Whitaker)
• Waiter (uncredited) (George Nash)
• Spy Chief (uncredited) (Raymond Brown)
• Aide (uncredited) (Harry Schultz)
• First Officer Cliff Rogers (Cornelius Keefe)
• Commander Bryson (uncredited) (Gordon De Main)