Lew Cody
Date of birth: 1884-02-22
Place of birth: Waterville, Maine, USA
Known for: Acting
Also known as: Louis Joseph Côté
Biography
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.
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A Single Man
1929-01-12
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Hollywood on Parade No. A-6
1933-01-12
A promotional film featuring movie stars at play. Richard Arlen plays a magician who turns playing c
Jacqueline, or Blazing Barriers
1923-03-19
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Stout Hearts and Willing Hands
1931-06-15
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The Demi-Bride
1927-02-19
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The Unwritten Law
1932-11-26
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Mickey
1918-08-01
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Dishonored
1931-04-04
The Austrian Secret Service sends its most seductive agent to spy on the Russians.
Wine, Women and Song
1933-03-27
The story of aging chorus girl Frankie Arnette, who'll do anything for publicity. Fiercely ambitious
Our Better Selves
1919-07-27
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Rupert of Hentzau
1923-07-15
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The Common Law
1931-07-17
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X Marks the Spot
1931-12-13
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The Tenderfoot
1932-05-23
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By Appointment Only
1933-07-06
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Sitting Pretty
1933-11-23
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Within the Law
1923-04-28
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Sweepstakes
1931-07-10
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A Parisian Romance
1932-10-01
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Lawful Larceny
1923-07-22
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The Crusader
1932-10-04
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Sporting Blood
1931-08-08
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Screen Snapshots (Series 22, No. 10)
1942-01-01
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Three Women
1924-08-18
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Madison Square Garden
1932-11-04
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Three Rogues
1931-03-08
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Nellie, the Beautiful Cloak Model
1924-04-16
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A Woman of Experience
1931-07-08
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Meet the Wife
1931-04-16
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Souls for Sale
1923-04-22
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Reno
1923-12-09
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The Shooting of Dan McGrew
1924-03-31
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Monte Carlo
1926-03-01
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The Gay Deceiver
1927-04-04
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Under-Cover Man
1932-12-02
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I Love That Man
1933-07-07
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The Sporting Venus
1925-04-12
Familiar story of spoiled heiress, Blanche Sweet, who dabbles in romance with commoner Ronald Colman
Beyond Victory
1931-04-03
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Divorce Among Friends
1930-12-13
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The Sign on the Door
1921-05-01
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Show People
1928-11-20
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What a Widow!
1930-09-12
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Don't Change Your Husband
1919-01-26
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A Slave of Fashion
1925-08-23
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Hello, 'Frisco
1924-09-28
A comedy short directed by character Slim Summerville.
70,000 Witnesses
1932-09-09
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The Baby Cyclone
1928-09-26
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Husbands and Lovers
1924-11-02
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Beans
1918-09-16
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File 113
1933-01-05
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The Bride's Awakening
1918-01-01
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1925 Studio Tour
1925-04-09
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For Husbands Only
1918-09-01
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Revelation
1924-06-23
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The Life Line
1919-10-05
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The Valley of Silent Men
1922-09-10
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The Big Parade of Comedy
1964-09-02
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Borrowed Clothes
1918-11-04
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The Broken Butterfly
1919-11-01
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His Secretary
1925-12-06
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Adam and Evil
1927-08-27
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Secrets of Paris
1922-10-01
Painted Lips
1918-02-04
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Shoot the Works
1934-07-18
The story of seedy sideshow barker Nicky, who uses everyone he meets to get ahead. Nicky isn't even
The Butterfly Man
1920-04-18
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Exchange of Wives
1925-10-04
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Defying the Law
1924-06-03
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On Ze Boulevard
1927-06-25
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Man and Maid
1925-04-20
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So This Is Marriage?
1924-11-26
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The Woman on the Jury
1924-04-20
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Three Girls Lost
1931-04-19
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The Voice of Hollywood No. 5
1930-02-01
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A Branded Soul
1917-11-25
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Wickedness Preferred
1928-01-28
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Playthings
1918-08-12
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Should a Wife Forgive?
1915-11-08
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Occasionally Yours
1920-09-19
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Screen Snapshots Series 10, No. 1
1930-09-01
Private Scandal
1934-05-11
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Men, Women, and Money
1919-06-15
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1919-02-10
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Tea For Three
1927-10-29
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Beau Broadway
1928-08-15
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A Game of Wits
1917-11-05
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The Tower of Lies
1925-10-10
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The Demon
1918-07-22
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