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Wedgwood Nowell (born Harry Wedgwood Nowell; January 24, 1878 – June 17, 1957) was an American stage and film actor, director, producer, and musician.[1][2] He produced 144 plays during his stage career, which began around 1901. Later, while working in motion pictures, he performed in at least 140 screen productions between 1915 and the 1940s.[1][2]
Wedgwood Nowell | |
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 Portrait in Robertson-Cole Pictures advertisement, 1920 | |
| Born | Harry Wedgwood Nowell January 24, 1878 Portsmouth, New Hampshire United States[1] |
| Died | June 17, 1957 (aged 79) Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States |
| Occupation(s) | Actor, director, producer, musician |
| Years active | 1901–1947 |
| Spouse(s) | Edna Claire Colwell (m. 1903-?) Irma Stowe (m. ?-1951; her death) Elizabeth[2] (m. ?-1957; his death) |
| Children | 3 daughters |
Selected filmography
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- The Golden Claw (1915)
- The Chalice of Sorrow (1916)
- Black Orchids (1917)
- The Flower of Doom (1917)
- The Hand That Rocks the Cradle (1917)
- The Mysterious Mr. Tiller (1917)
- The Pulse of Life (1917)
- The Reward of the Faithless (1917)
- The Velvet Hand (1918)
- Adele (1919)
- The Lord Loves the Irish (1919)
- Diane of the Green Van (1919)
- The Man Who Turned White (1919)
- The Man Beneath (1919)
- A Man's Fight (1919)
- Her Purchase Price (1919)
- Kitty Kelly, M.D. (1919)
- The Beauty Market (1919)
- The Corsican Brothers (1920)
- 813 (1920)
- The Dream Cheater (1920)
- The Match-Breaker (1921)
- Devotion (1921)
- Thelma (1922)
- Ashes (1922)
- The Song of Life (1922)
- A Doll's House (1922)
- Enter Madame (1922)
- Adam's Rib (1923)
- Don't Marry for Money (1923)
- A Wife's Romance (1923)
- Transatlantic Merry-Go-Round (1934)
- Cleopatra (1934)
- Hell Bent for Love (1934)
- The Big Show (1936)
- Theodora Goes Wild (1936) (uncredited)
- Dick Tracy (1937, Serial)
- Racketeers in Exile (1937)
- Stolen Holiday (1937)
- Calling Philo Vance (1940)
- Affectionately Yours (1941)
- Nazty Nuisance (1943)
Nowell is interred at West Laurel Hill Cemetery, Rockland Section, Plot 188, Bala Cynwyd, PA.
References
edit- ^ a b c "Motion Picture Studio Directory", entry for Wedgwood Nowell under "Actors—Leads", Motion Picture News (New York, N.Y.), October 21, 1916, p. 32. Internet Archive, San Francisco, California. Retrieved April 3, 2020.
- ^ a b c "WEDGWOOD NOWELL, 79 / Stage and Film Actor, Director and Producer Found Dead", The New York Times, June 19, 1957, p. 33. ProQuest Historical Newspapers (Ann Arbor, Michigan); subscription access through The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Library.
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