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.
Filmography
The Big Parade of Comedy
as Tip Scanlon in 'The Sporting Venus' (arch. footage) (uncredited)
The Big Parade of Comedy
as Tip Scanlon in 'The Sporting Venus' (arch. footage) (uncredited)
Screen Snapshots (Series 22, No. 10)
as Self (archive footage)
Screen Snapshots (Series 22, No. 10)
as Self (archive footage)
Shoot the Works
as Axel Hanratty
Shoot the Works
as Axel Hanratty
Private Scandal
as Benjamin J. Somers
Private Scandal
as Benjamin J. Somers
I Love That Man
as Labels Castell
I Love That Man
as Labels Castell
By Appointment Only
as Dr. Michael Travers
By Appointment Only
as Dr. Michael Travers
Wine, Women and Song
as Morgan Andrews
Wine, Women and Song
as Morgan Andrews
Hollywood on Parade No. A-6
as Self
Hollywood on Parade No. A-6
as Self
File 113
as M. Gaston Le Coq
File 113
as M. Gaston Le Coq
Under-Cover Man
as Kenneth Mason
Under-Cover Man
as Kenneth Mason
The Unwritten Law
as Roger Morgan
The Unwritten Law
as Roger Morgan
Madison Square Garden
as Rourke
Madison Square Garden
as Rourke
The Crusader
as Jimmie Dale
The Crusader
as Jimmie Dale
A Parisian Romance
as Baron
A Parisian Romance
as Baron
70,000 Witnesses
as Slip Buchanan
70,000 Witnesses
as Slip Buchanan
The Tenderfoot
as Joe Lehman
The Tenderfoot
as Joe Lehman
X Marks the Spot
as George Howard
X Marks the Spot
as George Howard
Sporting Blood
as Tip Scanlon
Sporting Blood
as Tip Scanlon
The Common Law
as Dick Carmedon
The Common Law
as Dick Carmedon
Sweepstakes
as Wally Weber
Sweepstakes
as Wally Weber
Stout Hearts and Willing Hands
as The Villain
Stout Hearts and Willing Hands
as The Villain
Three Girls Lost
as William (Jack) Marriott
Three Girls Lost
as William (Jack) Marriott
Beyond Victory
as Lew Cavanaugh
Beyond Victory
as Lew Cavanaugh
Three Rogues
as Ace Beaudry
Three Rogues
as Ace Beaudry
Divorce Among Friends
as Paul Wilcox
Divorce Among Friends
as Paul Wilcox
What a Widow!
as Victor
What a Widow!
as Victor
Screen Snapshots Series 10, No. 1
as Self
Screen Snapshots Series 10, No. 1
as Self
The Voice of Hollywood No. 5
as Self
The Voice of Hollywood No. 5
as Self
A Single Man
as Robin Worthington
A Single Man
as Robin Worthington
Show People
as Lew Cody (uncredited)
Show People
as Lew Cody (uncredited)
The Baby Cyclone
as Joe Meadows
The Baby Cyclone
as Joe Meadows
Beau Broadway
as Jim Lambert
Beau Broadway
as Jim Lambert
Wickedness Preferred
as Anthony Dare
Wickedness Preferred
as Anthony Dare
Tea For Three
as Carter Langford
Tea For Three
as Carter Langford
Adam and Evil
Adam and Evil
On Ze Boulevard
as Gaston Pasqual
On Ze Boulevard
as Gaston Pasqual
The Gay Deceiver
as Toto, Antoine di Tillois
The Gay Deceiver
as Toto, Antoine di Tillois
The Demi-Bride
as Philippe Levaux
The Demi-Bride
as Philippe Levaux
Monte Carlo
as Tony Townsend
Monte Carlo
as Tony Townsend
His Secretary
as David Colman
His Secretary
as David Colman
Time, the Comedian
as Larry Brundage
Time, the Comedian
as Larry Brundage
The Tower of Lies
The Tower of Lies
Exchange of Wives
as John Rathburn
Exchange of Wives
as John Rathburn
A Slave of Fashion
as Nicholas Wentworth
A Slave of Fashion
as Nicholas Wentworth
The Sporting Venus
as Prince Carlos
The Sporting Venus
as Prince Carlos
1925 Studio Tour
as Self
1925 Studio Tour
as Self
So This Is Marriage?
as Daniel Rankin
So This Is Marriage?
as Daniel Rankin
Husbands and Lovers
as Rex Phillips
Husbands and Lovers
as Rex Phillips
Hello, 'Frisco
as Lew Cody
Hello, 'Frisco
as Lew Cody
Three Women
as Edmund Lamont
Three Women
as Edmund Lamont
Revelation
as Count Adrian de Roche
Revelation
as Count Adrian de Roche
Defying the Law
as Pietro Savori
Defying the Law
as Pietro Savori
The Woman on the Jury
as George Montgomery / George Wayne
The Woman on the Jury
as George Montgomery / George Wayne
The Shooting of Dan McGrew
as Dangerous Dan McGrew
The Shooting of Dan McGrew
as Dangerous Dan McGrew
Reno
as Roy Tappan
Reno
as Roy Tappan
Lawful Larceny
as Guy Tarlow
Lawful Larceny
as Guy Tarlow
Rupert of Hentzau
as Rupert of Hentzau
Rupert of Hentzau
as Rupert of Hentzau
Within the Law
as Joe Garson
Within the Law
as Joe Garson
Souls for Sale
as Owen Scudder
Souls for Sale
as Owen Scudder
Jacqueline, or Blazing Barriers
as Raoul Radon
Jacqueline, or Blazing Barriers
as Raoul Radon
Secrets of Paris
as King Rudolph
Secrets of Paris
as King Rudolph
The Valley of Silent Men
The Valley of Silent Men
The Sign on the Door
as Frank Devereaux
The Sign on the Door
as Frank Devereaux
Occasionally Yours
as Bruce Sands
Occasionally Yours
as Bruce Sands
The Butterfly Man
as Sedgewick Blynn
The Butterfly Man
as Sedgewick Blynn
The Broken Butterfly
as Darrell Thorne
The Broken Butterfly
as Darrell Thorne
The Life Line
as Phillip Royston (as Lewis J. Cody)
The Life Line
as Phillip Royston (as Lewis J. Cody)
Men, Women, and Money
as Cleveland Buchanan
Men, Women, and Money
as Cleveland Buchanan
As the Sun Went Down
as Faro Bill
As the Sun Went Down
as Faro Bill
Don't Change Your Husband
as Schuyler Van Sutphen
Don't Change Your Husband
as Schuyler Van Sutphen
Borrowed Clothes
as Stuart Furth
Borrowed Clothes
as Stuart Furth
Beans
as Kirk
Beans
as Kirk
For Husbands Only
as Rolin Van D'Arcy
For Husbands Only
as Rolin Van D'Arcy
Playthings
as John Hayward
Playthings
as John Hayward
Mickey
as Reggie Drake
Mickey
as Reggie Drake
Painted Lips
as Jim Douglass
Painted Lips
as Jim Douglass
The Bride's Awakening
The Bride's Awakening
A Branded Soul
as John Rannie
A Branded Soul
as John Rannie
A Game of Wits
as Larry Caldwell
A Game of Wits
as Larry Caldwell
Should a Wife Forgive?
Should a Wife Forgive?