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Lew Cody

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Lew Cody (February 22, 1884 – May 31, 1934) was an American stage and film actor whose career spanned the silent film and early sound film age. He gained notoriety in the late 1910s for playing "male vamps" in films such as Don't Change Your Husband. Early life and career Cody was born Louis Joseph Côté to Joseph Côté and Elizabeth Côté, née Gifford. His father was French Canadian and his mother was a native of Maine. Cody and his younger brothers and sisters were born in Waterville, Maine. The family later moved to Berlin, New Hampshire where Cody's father owned a drug store. In his youth, Cody worked at his father's drug store as a soda jerk. He later enrolled at McGill University in Montreal where he intended to study medicine but abandoned the idea of setting up in practice and joined a theatre stock company in North Carolina. He made his debut on the stage in New York in Pierre of the Plains. Cody later moved to Los Angeles and began a film career with Thomas Ince. Cody had at least 99 film credits during a twenty-year period between 1914 and 1934. Personal life Cody was married three times. His first two marriages were to actress Dorothy Dalton. They first married in 1910 and divorced in 1911. They remarried in 1913 and were divorced a second time in 1914. Cody married Mabel Normand in 1926. They remained married until Normand's death from tuberculosis in February 1930. Death On May 31, 1934, Cody died of heart attack in his sleep at his home in Beverly Hills, California. He is buried in St. Peter's Cemetery, Lewiston, Maine in the family plot.

  • Known ForActing
  • Born22 February 1884 (age 141)
  • Place of BirthWaterville, Maine, USA

Lew Cody

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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Lew Cody (February 22, 1884 – May 31, 1934) was an American stage and film actor whose career spanned the silent film and early sound film age. He gained notoriety in the late 1910s for playing "male vamps" in films such as Don't Change Your Husband. Early life and career Cody was born Louis Joseph Côté to Joseph Côté and Elizabeth Côté, née Gifford. His father was French Canadian and his mother was a native of Maine. Cody and his younger brothers and sisters were born in Waterville, Maine. The family later moved to Berlin, New Hampshire where Cody's father owned a drug store. In his youth, Cody worked at his father's drug store as a soda jerk. He later enrolled at McGill University in Montreal where he intended to study medicine but abandoned the idea of setting up in practice and joined a theatre stock company in North Carolina. He made his debut on the stage in New York in Pierre of the Plains. Cody later moved to Los Angeles and began a film career with Thomas Ince. Cody had at least 99 film credits during a twenty-year period between 1914 and 1934. Personal life Cody was married three times. His first two marriages were to actress Dorothy Dalton. They first married in 1910 and divorced in 1911. They remarried in 1913 and were divorced a second time in 1914. Cody married Mabel Normand in 1926. They remained married until Normand's death from tuberculosis in February 1930. Death On May 31, 1934, Cody died of heart attack in his sleep at his home in Beverly Hills, California. He is buried in St. Peter's Cemetery, Lewiston, Maine in the family plot.

  • Known ForActing
  • Born22 February 1884 (age 141)
  • Place of BirthWaterville, Maine, USA
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The Big Parade of Comedy
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6.3
1964
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Screen Snapshots (Series 22, No. 10)
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1942
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Shoot the Works
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5.0
1934
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Private Scandal
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1934
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Hollywood on Parade No. A-6
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5.0
1933
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Wine, Women and Song
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1933
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By Appointment Only
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5.8
1933
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Sitting Pretty
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7.5
1933
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I Love That Man
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1933
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File 113
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1933
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The Unwritten Law
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1932
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The Tenderfoot
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6.0
1932
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A Parisian Romance
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4.3
1932
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The Crusader
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6.333
1932
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Madison Square Garden
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6.2
1932
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Under-Cover Man
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4.5
1932
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70,000 Witnesses
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4.8
1932
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Stout Hearts and Willing Hands
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6.0
1931
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Dishonored
star
6.848
1931
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The Common Law
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5.5
1931
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X Marks the Spot
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6.0
1931
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Sweepstakes
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4.5
1931
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Sporting Blood
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5.5
1931
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Three Rogues
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1931
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A Woman of Experience
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5.2
1931
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Meet the Wife
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1931
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Beyond Victory
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1931
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Three Girls Lost
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1931
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Divorce Among Friends
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4.4
1930
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What a Widow!
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6.5
1930
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The Voice of Hollywood No. 5
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1930
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Screen Snapshots Series 10, No. 1
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1930
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A Single Man
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1929
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Show People
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7.1
1928
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The Baby Cyclone
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1928
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Wickedness Preferred
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1928
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The Demi-Bride
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1927
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The Gay Deceiver
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1927
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Adam and Evil
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1927
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On Ze Boulevard
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1927
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Monte Carlo
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1926
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The Sporting Venus
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6.5
1925
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A Slave of Fashion
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2.0
1925
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1925 Studio Tour
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6.125
1925
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His Secretary
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1925
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Exchange of Wives
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1925
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Man and Maid
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1925
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Three Women
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3.5
1924
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Nellie, the Beautiful Cloak Model
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1924
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The Shooting of Dan McGrew
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1924
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Hello, 'Frisco
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5.0
1924
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Husbands and Lovers
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1924
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Revelation
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1924
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Defying the Law
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1924
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So This Is Marriage?
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1924
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The Woman on the Jury
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1924
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Jacqueline, or Blazing Barriers
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1923
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Rupert of Hentzau
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1923
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Within the Law
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5.1
1923
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Lawful Larceny
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1923
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Souls for Sale
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6.19
1923
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Reno
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1923
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The Valley of Silent Men
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6.0
1922
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Secrets of Paris
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1922
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The Sign on the Door
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1921
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The Butterfly Man
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1920
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Occasionally Yours
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1920
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Our Better Selves
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1919
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Don't Change Your Husband
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6.7
1919
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The Life Line
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1919
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The Broken Butterfly
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6.3
1919
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Men, Women, and Money
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1919
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As the Sun Went Down
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1919
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Mickey
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6.5
1918
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Beans
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1918
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The Bride's Awakening
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1918
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For Husbands Only
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1918
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Borrowed Clothes
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1918
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Painted Lips
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8.5
1918
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Playthings
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1918
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A Branded Soul
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1917
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Should a Wife Forgive?
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1915