Jerome Cowan
Date of birth: 1897-10-06
Place of birth: New York City, New York, USA
Known for: Acting
Also known as: Jerome Palmer Cowan
Biography
Jerome Palmer Cowan (October 6, 1897 – January 24, 1972) was an American stage, film, and television actor.
Movie Credits
Pocketful of Miracles
1961-12-18
A New York gangster and his girlfriend attempt to turn street beggar Apple Annie into a society lady
The Maltese Falcon
1941-10-18
A private detective takes on a case that involves him with three eccentric criminals, a beautiful li
Blondie in the Dough
1947-10-16
BBlondie opens a bakery in her home to help fill the family cookie jar. Her tasty cookies become so
Blondie Knows Best
1946-10-17
Dagwood Bumstead poses as his boss Mr. Dithers so that a big business deal can be consummated while
Blondie's Anniversary
1947-12-18
Blondie finds a valuable watch that has been hidden by hubby Dagwood. She assumes that it's a surpr
Blondie's Big Moment
1947-01-09
Blondie decides she wants to be a star and nearly turns her household upside down in this entry in t
Blondie's Holiday
1947-04-10
Dagwood gets a raise due to a new contract with a bank manager. Blondie misunderstanding the amount
Blondie's Secret
1948-12-23
Dagwood prepares for a long-delayed vacation with the family. His boss Mr. Radcliffe has promised t
Blondie Hits the Jackpot
1949-09-08
Fired for messing up an important contract, Dagwood takes a job as a manual laborer for a constructi
Blondie's Reward
1948-06-03
After bungling a real-estate transaction, Dagwood Bumstead (Arthur Lake) is demoted to office boy by
Blondie's Big Deal
1949-03-04
Dagwood accidentally discovers a non-flammable paint. Bad guys Dillon and Stack steal it before he
Critic's Choice
1963-02-24
Parker Ballantine is a New York theater critic and his wife writes a play that may or may not be ver
Black Zoo
1963-05-15
Michael Conrad, owner of a group of strange animals, trains his beasts to obey him, unleashing them
City for Conquest
1940-09-21
The heartbreaking but hopeful tale of Danny Kenny and Peggy Nash, two sweethearts who meet and strug
Shall We Dance
1937-05-07
Ballet star Petrov arranges to cross the Atlantic aboard the same ship as the dancer and musical sta
The Fountainhead
1949-06-25
An uncompromising, visionary architect struggles to maintain his integrity and individualism despite
The Gnome-Mobile
1967-07-19
An eccentric millionaire and his grandchildren are embroiled in the plights of some forest gnomes wh
Miracle on 34th Street
1947-06-04
Kris Kringle, seemingly the embodiment of Santa Claus, is asked to portray the jolly old fellow at M
Riff-Raff
1947-06-28
A private detective foils the plans of villains attempting to take over Panamanian oil fields while
Castle on the Hudson
1940-02-17
A hardened crook behind bars comes up against a reform-minded warden.
Out of the Fog
1941-06-14
A Brooklyn pier racketeer bullies boat-owners into paying protection money but two fed-up fishermen
Night Has a Thousand Eyes
1948-08-20
When heiress Jean Courtland attempts suicide, her fiancée Elliott Carson probes her relationship wit
High Sierra
1941-01-23
Given a pardon from jail, Roy Earle gets back into the swing of things as he robs a swanky resort.
Young Man with a Horn
1950-03-01
Taken in by the musical world as a young orphan, Rick Martin grows up with a desire to play pure jaz
Deadline at Dawn
1946-03-18
A young Navy sailor has one night to find out why a woman was killed and he ended up with a bag of m
Fog Island
1945-02-15
Leo, a former convict, is living in seclusion on an island with his step-daughter, the daughter of h
Have Rocket, Will Travel
1959-08-01
The Stooges are janitors working at a space center who accidentally blast off to Venus. They encount
Guest in the House
1944-12-08
Evelyn, an emotionally vulnerable and unstable woman, stays at the home of her doctor Dan Proctor. T
Street of Chance
1942-10-03
In this Cornell Woolrich thriller, a man's memory is recovered after being injured by falling constr
Moontide
1942-05-29
After a drunken night out, a longshoreman thinks he may have killed a man.
Mr. Skeffington
1944-05-25
A beautiful but vain woman who rejects the love of her older husband must face the loss of her youth
Cry Wolf
1947-08-19
A woman uncovers deadly secrets when she visits her late husband's family.
Beloved Enemy
1936-12-25
In 1921, British Lord Athleigh arrives in Dublin with his daughter, Helen, to engage in peace talks.
Criminal Lawyer
1951-08-23
A drunken attorney tries to sober up in order to defend a friend in murder case.
The Old Maid
1939-08-16
The lives of two cousins are complicated by the return of an ex-boyfriend and an illegitimate child.
Scene of the Crime
1949-07-28
A cop investigates the shooting of another policeman... that may have been involved in crooked activ
The System
1953-04-18
A gambling boss is pressured by the law and press when a crusade is started against him after one of
Who Done It?
1942-10-30
Two dumb soda jerks dream of writing radio mysteries. When they try to pitch an idea at a radio stat
The Saint Strikes Back
1939-03-08
Suave private detective Simon "The Saint" Templar arrives in San Francisco and meets Val, a woman wh
The Fat Man
1951-05-19
A innocent dentist is murdered and the only apparent motive seems to be to steal a set of dental x-r
The Gracie Allen Murder Case
1939-06-02
Super-sleuth Philo Vance faces the zaniest case of his career when Gracie Allen "helps" him try to s
You Only Live Once
1937-01-23
Based partially on the story of Bonnie and Clyde, Eddie Taylor is an ex-convict who cannot get a bre
The West Point Story
1950-11-25
A Broadway director helps the West Point cadets put on a show, aided by two lovely ladies and assort
The Unfaithful
1947-07-01
Christine Hunter kills an intruder and tells her husband and lawyer that it was an act of self-defen
Find the Blackmailer
1943-11-06
A private eye is hired by a mayoral candidate to prevent any sort of adverse publicity. It seems tha
The Crime Doctor’s Strangest Case
1943-12-09
The Crime Doctor gets involved in the case of the poisoning of a wealthy industrialist.
The Crime Doctor's Courage
1945-02-27
A criminal psychiatrist investigates the murder of a two-time widower.
Torrid Zone
1940-05-18
A Central American plantation manager and his boss battle over a traveling showgirl.
The Hurricane
1937-11-09
A Polynesian sailor is separated from his wife when he's unjustly imprisoned for defending himself a
The Fuller Brush Girl
1950-09-15
A daffy door-to-door saleswoman blunders into a murder investigation.
Sing a Jingle
1944-01-07
In Sing a Jingle, Allan Jones plays popular radio crooner Roy King, who goes to work in a war plant
Dangerous Years
1947-12-07
Jeff Carter has put an end to the town's delinquency with a boys' club. Young hoodlum Danny shows up
So This Is New York
1948-06-01
A small town man inherits a significant fortune and takes his family to New York City whereupon they
Always Leave Them Laughing
1949-11-26
A self-absorbed comedian steps all over his friends and colleagues in order to achieve success.
Driftwood
1947-09-15
An orphan helps a doctor fight an epidemic in a small western town, in one of Allan Dwan’s closely o
Joan of Ozark
1942-07-15
An uninhibited Arkansas farmgirl discovers a group of Nazis operating in the United States. Director
My Reputation
1946-01-25
Tongues begin to wag when a lonely widow becomes romantically involved with a military man. Problems
Murder in the Music Hall
1946-04-10
An orchestra leader turns sleuth to clear his ice-skating girlfriend for murder.
June Bride
1948-10-29
A magazine's staff, including bickering ex-lovers Linda and Carey, cover an Indiana wedding, which g
Framed
1940-02-23
A young newspaper reporter finds himself framed for murder.
The Kid from Brooklyn
1946-03-21
Shy milkman Burleigh Sullivan accidentally knocks out drunken Speed McFarlane, a champion boxer who
Deadline for Murder
1946-06-28
A favor for an old friend leads a Los Angeles gambler (Kent Taylor) into a dangerous search for a mi
Vogues of 1938
1937-08-18
An early Technicolor musical that concentrates on the fashions of the late 1930s, this film was reis
Crime by Night
1944-09-09
A private eye and his secretary probe a murder and find an international spy.
Ladies' Day
1943-04-09
A top baseball pitcher "loses" his pitching skills whenever he falls in love. After marrying a movie
Divorce
1945-08-18
A woman who has been married and divorced five times comes back to her small hometown, where she pro
Night in Paradise
1946-05-03
Aesop of fable fame poses as an old man and woos away a princess who wants a king for his gold.
Wolf of New York
1940-01-23
A New York attorney defends a young man with a criminal past who has been accused of murdering a pol
Wallflower
1948-06-13
Two stepsisters become rivals for the same handsome bachelor. Comedy.
Penelope
1966-11-10
When Penelope gets married to banker James Elcott, she finds him too preoccupied with work to pay mu
Kisses for Breakfast
1941-07-05
A newlywed develops amnesia and can't remember his wife.
Melody Ranch
1940-09-15
His Arizona hometown of Torpedo invites Gene back to be the honorary sheriff of the Frontier Days Ce
Private Property
1960-01-20
A hoodlum plots to seduce a lonely housewife and turn her over to his virginal friend.
She Married a Cop
1939-07-11
This comedy is set in New York and centers upon a singing Irish cop who causes quite a sensation amo
The Great Victor Herbert
1939-12-29
In his last film assignment, portly Walter Connolly fills the title role (in more ways than one) in
Claudia and David
1946-02-25
The follow-up film to "Claudia", with Dorothy McGuire and Robert Young reprising their earlier roles
Flight to Nowhere
1946-09-30
A couple on board a plane find themselves mixed up in a plot to steal atomic secrets.
Kiss the Boys Goodbye
1941-08-01
New York chorus girl Cindy Lou Bethany becomes frustrated when she prepares for an audition for a Br
Hitchhike to Happiness
1945-07-16
An aspiring playwright gets a job in a New York City restaurant favored by celebrities in hopes of g
Exile Express
1939-05-27
When her scientist-employer is murdered, a female legal immigrant suddenly finds herself being depor
There's Always a Woman
1938-04-20
An investigator for the District Attorney's office quits to open his own detective agency. However,
Silver Spurs
1943-08-12
Jerry Johnson inherits a 50,000 acre ranch. Lucky Miller wants to take over the ranch. Roy is trying
Singapore Woman
1941-05-17
A fallen woman seeks redemption at a Singapore rubber plantation. Melodrama.
One Way to Love
1946-01-08
A Chicago team of radio scriptwriters must split up when he takes a job with his bride-to-be's fathe
Frisco Lil
1942-03-13
Lil becomes a dealer in a gambling casino in order to get the information she needs to clear her fat
The Jungle Captive
1945-06-25
Once again Paula the ape woman is brought back to life, this time by a mad doctor and his disfigured
Meet the Wildcat
1940-10-22
Magazine photographer Ann Larkin is snapping photos at Mexico's National Museum when she sees Brod W
Frankie and Johnny
1966-03-31
Johnny is a riverboat entertainer with a big gambling problem. After a fortune-teller tells Johnny h
New Faces of 1937
1937-07-02
A crooked producer makes money from Broadway flops by selling more than 100% interest to multiple pa
Mr. Ace
1946-08-02
A rich society woman uses a gangster to win a congressional election.
The Song of Bernadette
1943-12-21
In 1858 Lourdes, France, adolescent peasant Bernadette has a vision of "a beautiful lady" in the Mas
East Side of Heaven
1939-04-07
A man finds himself the father, by proxy, of a ten-month-old baby and becomes involved in the turbul
Affectionately Yours
1941-05-10
A married reporter's assignments carry him all over the world, which gives him ample opportunity to
Getting Gertie's Garter
1945-11-27
Dennis O'Keefe, newly married to lovely Sheila Ryan, is in a jam. O'Keefe's former girl friend, exot
Rags to Riches
1941-07-31
A framed cabby rounds up fur thieves and saves his opera-singer girlfriend.
Victory
1940-12-21
A hermit's idyllic life on an island is disturbed by the arrival of a bunch of cutthroats.
One Exciting Week
1946-06-08
The citizens of the small town of Midburg are thrilled when one of their native sons, Dan Flannery,
The Girl from Jones Beach
1949-07-16
Glamour artist Bob Randolph is world famous for his paintings of a stunning beauty dubbed "The Rando
The Great Lie
1941-04-05
After a newlywed's husband apparently dies in a plane crash, she discovers that her rival for his af
Behind City Lights
1945-09-10
This Republic programmer stars Lynne Roberts as a country gal who is slickered by a couple of city-f
Blonde Ransom
1945-05-01
Vicki Morrison is the niece of the irascible old scoundrel Uncle William Morrison. When Vicki's boyf
A Gentleman at Heart
1942-01-16
After inheriting a New York City art gallery, bookie Milton Berle and his partner Cesar Romero decid
Street of Memories
1940-11-15
Joe Mason suffers from amnesia and is often in trouble. Catherine Foster befriends him and they marr
The Quarterback
1940-10-15
A comedy featuring Morris in a dual role as a dumb twin and a star football player, and a smart twin
No Place for a Lady
1943-02-11
A private detective and a blonde acquaintance whom he has rescued from a misdirected murder charge,
Minstrel Man
1944-01-02
Unusually elaborate for a PRC film, Minstrel Man is a lively musical drama built around the talents
Ma, He's Making Eyes at Me!
1940-03-15
In this musical, a sharp witted press agent teams up with an unemployed chorine and dubs her "Miss M
Too Many Blondes
1941-08-01
The plot centers on a husband-wife radio team, Dick (Rudy Vallee) and Virginia (Helen Parrish). When
Hi'ya, Sailor
1943-10-08
Bob Jackson and his three Merchant Marine shipmates have each invested $50 in a song Bob has written
G.I. Honeymoon
1945-04-06
In this romantic comedy, set during WW II, an newlywed army couple are unable to consummate their ma
Thru Different Eyes
1942-06-19
A celebrated district attorney reflects on the way circumstantial evidence impacted a famous murder
St. Louis Blues
1939-02-03
A Broadway musical comedy star tires of the same old grind and flees the city. She runs into the ski
When You're Smiling
1950-08-30
When You're Smiling is distinguished by the presence of several top recording artists of 1950. The w
Peggy
1950-07-01
Professor Brookfield along with daughters Peggy and Susan move to small town Pasadena, California. T
The Roundup
1941-04-03
A woman's believed-dead cowhand beau shows up on her wedding day to cause trouble.
Blow-Ups of 1946
1946-12-31
Flubs and bloopers that occurred on the set of some of the major Warner Bros. pictures of 1946.
Breakdowns of 1944
1944-12-31
Flubs and bloopers that occurred on the set of some of the major Warner Bros. pictures of 1944.
The Perfect Marriage
1947-01-24
A couple celebrate their tenth anniversary by quarreling their way to divorce court.
Dallas
1950-12-30
After the Civil War, Confederate soldier Blayde Hollister travels to Dallas to avenge the savage mur
The Bugle Sounds
1942-01-30
An old-time cavalry sergeant's resistance to change could cost him his post.
Arthur Takes Over
1948-04-07
A young woman must find a way to break the news to her parents and a stuffy suitor that she is now m
John Goldfarb, Please Come Home!
1965-03-24
During the Cold War, John Goldfarb crashes his spy plane in the Middle East and is taken prisoner by
Mission to Moscow
1943-04-29
Ambassador Joseph Davies is sent by FDR to Russia to learn about the Soviet system and returns to th
South of Dixie
1944-06-23
To save their music publishing firm from bankruptcy, Bill "Brains' Watson creates a colorful life-st
Disc Jockey
1951-09-30
National DJs help a promoter make an unknown girl a star, to prove the power of radio over TV.
The Girl from Alaska
1942-04-16
A would-be prospector becomes involved in a plot to deceive an old prospector of his cache, but fall
The Comic
1969-11-19
An account of the rise and fall of a silent film comic, Billy Bright. The movie begins with his fune
The Goldwyn Follies
1938-02-04
Movie producer chooses a simple girl to be "Miss Humanity" and to critically evalute his movies from
Joe Palooka Meets Humphrey
1950-02-05
Newlyweds Joe and Anne Palooka are delayed in their honeymoon plans by the helpful Humphrey Pennywo
Mr. and Mrs. North
1942-01-23
Married sleuths (Gracie Allen, William Post Jr.) find a corpse in their closet and round up suspects
Visit to a Small Planet
1960-02-04
The weirdest alien of the galaxy pays a visit to Earth... Jerry Lewis is Kreton, a childish alien w
All in a Night's Work
1961-03-15
After the sudden death of magazine publisher Colonel Ryder, his nephew, Tony inherits the magazine a
One Foot in Heaven
1941-11-01
Episodic look at the life of a minister and his family as they move from one parish to another.
The Farmer's Daughter
1962-01-14
Young Swedish-American Katrin "Katie" Holstrom leaves her family farm in Minnesota, headed for nursi
Prima Donna
1956-02-01
A famous singer discovers a newsboy with vocal talent, but he would rather play baseball than develo
Around the World with Nellie Bly
1960-01-03
Made-for-TV musical inspired by the real-life travels of a celebrated 1800s female newspaper columni