Jules Cowles

{{short description|American film actor (1877-1943)}}

{{Infobox person

| name = Jules Cowles

| image = Jules Cowles - Dec 1920 EH.jpg

| imagesize = 225px

| caption = Cowles featured in Exhibitors Herald, 1920

| birth_date = {{birth-date|October 18, 1877}}

| birth_place = Farmington, Connecticut
United States

| death_date = {{death-date and age|May 22, 1943|October 18, 1877}}

| death_place = Hollywood, California
United States

| othername = J. D. Cowles
Julius D. Cowles

| occupation = Actor

| yearsactive = 1914–1943 (film)

}}

Jules Cowles (October 18, 1877 – May 22, 1943) was an American film actor.Munden p.193 He was also billed as J. D. Cowles and Julius D. Cowles.

Biography

Born in Farmington, Connecticut, Cowles attended Yale University and was a writer in addition to being an actor. Before he began acting in films, he performed in a Shakespearean repertory company with Augustin Daly for five years.{{cite news |title=A mean looker, but really he's a perfect gent |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/92400832/jules-cowles/ |access-date=January 12, 2022 |work=Daily News |date=March 9, 1924 |location=New York, New York City |page=45|via = Newspapers.com}}

Cowles died on May 22, 1943, in Hollywood, California, aged 65.{{cite book |last1=Katchmer |first1=George A. |title=A Biographical Dictionary of Silent Film Western Actors and Actresses |date=May 20, 2015 |publisher=McFarland |isbn=978-1-4766-0905-8 |pages=76–77 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VnGeCQAAQBAJ&dq=%22Jules+Cowles%22+actor&pg=PA76 |access-date=August 7, 2022 |language=en}}

Selected filmography

References

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Bibliography

  • Munden, Kenneth White. The American Film Institute Catalog of Motion Pictures Produced in the United States, Part 1. University of California Press, 1997.