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
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- A Royal Family (1915)
- Notorious Gallagher (1916)
- The Bar Sinister (1917)
- The Service Star (1918)
- To the Highest Bidder (1919)
- The Poor Rich Man (1918)
- The Cambric Mask (1919)
- A Fool and His Money (1920)
- Tangled Trails (1921)
- The Idol of the North (1921)
- The Bootleggers (1922)
- The Ne'er-Do-Well (1923)
- Lost in a Big City (1923)
- The Love Bandit (1924)
- High Speed (1924)
- The Lost World (1925)
- Seven Chances (1925)
- Sweet Marie (1925)
- Spook Ranch (1925)
- Lord Jim (1925)
- Money to Burn (1926)
- The Scarlet Letter (1926)
- The Show (1927)
- The Road to Romance (1927)
- Mockery (1927)
- London After Midnight (1927)
- Sal of Singapore (1928)
- Dog Law (1928)
- Isle of Lost Men (1928)
- Why Sailors Go Wrong (1928)
- Terror Mountain (1928)
- Thundergod (1928)
- Bringing Up Father (1928)
- The Leatherneck (1929)
- His First Command (1929)
- One Hysterical Night (1929)
- Sea Devils (1931)
- Heaven on Earth (1931)
- Secret Menace (1931)
- Renegades of the West (1932)
- The Fighting Parson (1933)
- Cross Fire (1933)
- The Scarlet Letter (1934)
- The Pursuit of Happiness (1934)
- Law Beyond the Range (1935)
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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.
External links
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- {{IMDb name|0184801}}
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Category:American male film actors
Category:Male actors from Connecticut
Category:People from Farmington, Connecticut
Category:Yale University alumni
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