Lew Meehan

{{short description|American actor}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=May 2020}}

{{Infobox person

| name = Lew Meehan

| image = Walloping Wallace lobby card.jpg

| caption = Lobby card for Walloping Wallace (1924) with Lew Meehan and Buddy Roosevelt

| birth_date = {{birth date|1890|9|7}}

| birth_place = Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S.

| death_date = {{death date and age|1951|8|10|1890|9|7}}

| death_place = Los Angeles, California, U.S.

| yearsactive = 1921-1947

| occupation = Actor

}}

James Lew Meehan (September 7, 1890 – August 10, 1951) was an American film actor.{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VnGeCQAAQBAJ&dq=%22Lew+Meehan%22+actor&pg=PA254|title=A Biographical Dictionary of Silent Film Western Actors and Actresses|first=George A.|last=Katchmer|date=May 20, 2015|publisher=McFarland|isbn=9781476609058|access-date=April 19, 2019|via=Google Books}}

Meehan appeared in more than 200 films between 1921 and 1947.{{Citation needed |date=June 2021}} He was often the main villain in silent Westerns, but in sound films he was usually an "anonymous henchman".{{cite web |last1=Wollstein |first1=Hans J. |title=Lew Meehan |url=https://www.allmovie.com/artist/lew-meehan-p48200 |website=AllMovie |access-date=June 18, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210618152614/https://www.allmovie.com/artist/lew-meehan-p48200 |archive-date=June 18, 2021}} Meehan was born in Minnesota and died in Los Angeles, California.

Meehan's daughter, Jean Stratton, was an actress.{{cite news |last1=Parsons |first1=Louella O. |title=Clara Bow Planning Comeback in September |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/87214112/the-sacramento-bee/ |access-date=October 16, 2021 |work=The Sacramento Bee |agency=Universal Service, Inc. |date=July 25, 1931 |page=19|via = Newspapers.com}}