Lew Cody
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Cody, c. 1924
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| Born | Louis Joseph Côté February 22, 1884 Waterville, Maine, U.S. |
| Died | Script error: The function "death_date_and_age" does not exist. Beverly Hills, California, U.S. |
| Cause of death | Heart attack |
| Resting place | St. Peter's Cemetery |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | McGill University |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Spouse(s) | Dorothy Dalton (m. 1910; div. 1911) Dorothy Dalton (m. 1913; div. 1914) Mabel Normand (m. 1926; d. 1930) |
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 1910's for playing "male vamps" in films such as Don't Change Your Husband.[1]
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Early life and career
Cody was born Louis Joseph Côté to Joseph Côté and Elizabeth Côté, nee 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.[2][3][4][5] 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.[3]
He made his debut on the stage in New York in Pierre of the Plains.[4] Cody later moved to Los Angeles and began a film career with Thomas Ince.[3] 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.[6] Cody married Mabel Normand in 1926.[7] They remained married until Normand's death from tuberculosis in February 1930.[7][8]
Death
On May 31, 1934, Cody died of heart attack in his sleep at his home in Beverly Hills, California.[2] He is buried in St. Peter's Cemetery in Lewiston, Maine in the family plot.[5]
Partial filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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| 1914 | Harp of Tara | Short | |
| 1915 | The Mating | 'Bullet Dick' Ames | Credited as Lewis J. Cody |
| 1918 | Mickey | Reggie Drake | Credited as Lewis Cody |
| 1918 | For Husbands Only | Rolin Van D'Arcy | |
| 1919 | Don't Change Your Husband | Schuyler Van Sutphen | |
| 1919 | The Life Line | Philip Royston | |
| 1923 | Souls for Sale | Owen Scudder | |
| 1924 | Three Women | Edmund Lamont | |
| 1925 | Man and Maid | Sir Nicholas Thormonde | |
| 1925 | The Sporting Venus | Prince Carlos | |
| 1925 | A Slave of Fashion | Nicholas Wentworth | |
| 1925 | Exchange of Wives | John Rathburn | |
| 1925 | His Secretary | David Colman | |
| 1926 | Monte Carlo | Tony Townsend | |
| 1926 | The Gay Deceiver | Toto/Antoine di Tillois | |
| 1927 | The Demi-Bride | Philippe Levaux | |
| 1929 | A Single Man | Robin Worthington | |
| 1930 | What a Widow! | Victor | |
| 1931 | Three Girls Lost | William (Jack) Marriott | |
| 1931 | Beyond Victory | Lew Cavanaugh | |
| 1931 | Stout Hearts and Willing Hands | The Villain | Short |
| 1931 | A Woman of Experience | Captain Otto von Lichstein | |
| 1931 | Sporting Blood | Tip Scanlon | |
| 1931 | X Marks the Spot | George Howe | |
| 1932 | The Crusader | Jimmie Dale | |
| 1933 | By Appointment Only | Dr. Michael Travers | |
| 1933 | Sitting Pretty | Jules Clark | |
| 1934 | Shoot the Works | Axel Hanratty |
References
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- 1884 births
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- 20th-century American male actors
- American male film actors
- American male stage actors
- American male silent film actors
- American people of French-Canadian descent
- Burials in Maine
- Male actors from Maine
- Male actors from New Hampshire
- McGill University alumni
- People from Berlin, New Hampshire
- People from Waterville, Maine
