Jerome Cowan

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Jerome Cowan (born October 6, 1897 in New York City , † January 24, 1972 in Encico , California ) was an American actor.

life and career

At the age of 18, Jerome Cowan joined a traveling theater company and thus began his acting career. After serving in the United States Navy , he returned to the stage and was best known for his appearances in vaudeville theaters. The film producer Samuel Goldwyn was so enthusiastic about Cowan that he hired him to Hollywood in 1936 for his film Beloved Enemy . Beloved Enemy , in which he played a major supporting role alongside Merle Oberon , marked the film debut of Cowan. In the following decades he took on roles in Hollywood in over 100 films and about as many television series. Perhaps his best-known film is the film noir classic The Trail of the Falcon by John Huston , in which Cowan played Humphrey Bogart's detective partner, who was murdered soon after the film began .

His trademark was the pencil-thin mustache, which set him mainly on elegant characters in supporting roles. He took on a wide range of roles and embodied sleazy villains, businessmen or the best friend of the main actor. In the film musical Tanz mit mir (1937), for example, he played the impresario for Ginger Rogers , and in the Christmas classic The Miracle of Manhattan (1947) Cowan was seen as an overwhelmed public prosecutor. The actor had a recurring role as Mr. Radcliffe in the Blondie film series opposite Penny Singleton . With the beginning of television, the actor played numerous guest roles and a few recurring television roles - for example as one of the co-stars of Tab Hunter in the sitcom A Playboy Has Hard It Between 1960 and 1961. Cowan was also seen several times as an actor on New York's Broadway.

Jerome Cowan was married to actress Helen Dodge from 1928 until his death and they had two children. For his television work, he received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame .

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SURNAME Cowan, Jerome
BRIEF DESCRIPTION US-American actor
DATE OF BIRTH October 6, 1897
PLACE OF BIRTH New York City
DATE OF DEATH January 24, 1972
Place of death Encico , California