Lew Cody

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

84

Gender

Male

Birthday

1884-02-22

Day of death

1934-05-31 (50 years old)

Place of Birth

Waterville, Maine, USA

Lew Cody

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.

Known For

  • The Big Parade of Comedy

    The Big Parade of Comedy

  • Wickedness Preferred

    Wickedness Preferred

  • The Shooting of Dan McGrew

    The Shooting of Dan McGrew

  • Secrets of Paris

    Secrets of Paris

  • The Voice of Hollywood No. 5

    The Voice of Hollywood No. 5

  • Beyond Victory

    Beyond Victory

  • Husbands and Lovers

    Husbands and Lovers

  • X Marks the Spot

    X Marks the Spot

  • Nellie, the Beautiful Cloak Model

    Nellie, the Beautiful Cloak Model

  • Screen Snapshots Series 10, No. 1

    Screen Snapshots Series 10, No. 1

  • Revelation

    Revelation

  • As the Sun Went Down

    As the Sun Went Down

  • Hollywood on Parade No. A-6

    Hollywood on Parade No. A-6

  • I Love That Man

    I Love That Man

  • The Broken Butterfly

    The Broken Butterfly

  • Stout Hearts and Willing Hands

    Stout Hearts and Willing Hands

  • Lawful Larceny

    Lawful Larceny

  • The Crusader

    The Crusader

  • The Butterfly Man

    The Butterfly Man

  • The Common Law

    The Common Law

  • Painted Lips

    Painted Lips

  • A Single Man

    A Single Man

  • Beans

    Beans

  • Under-Cover Man

    Under-Cover Man

  • Should a Wife Forgive?

    Should a Wife Forgive?

  • Mickey

    Mickey

  • Men, Women, and Money

    Men, Women, and Money

  • A Woman of Experience

    A Woman of Experience

  • By Appointment Only

    By Appointment Only

  • Hello, 'Frisco

    Hello, 'Frisco

  • The Tenderfoot

    The Tenderfoot

  • Dishonored

    Dishonored

  • Three Women

    Three Women

  • Screen Snapshots (Series 22, No. 10)

    Screen Snapshots (Series 22, No. 10)

  • Reno

    Reno

  • Shoot the Works

    Shoot the Works

  • Our Better Selves

    Our Better Selves

  • Three Girls Lost

    Three Girls Lost

  • The Life Line

    The Life Line

  • Monte Carlo

    Monte Carlo

  • File 113

    File 113

  • The Baby Cyclone

    The Baby Cyclone

  • Rupert of Hentzau

    Rupert of Hentzau

  • Man and Maid

    Man and Maid

  • Don't Change Your Husband

    Don't Change Your Husband

  • Sitting Pretty

    Sitting Pretty

  • What a Widow!

    What a Widow!

  • 70,000 Witnesses

    70,000 Witnesses

  • A Parisian Romance

    A Parisian Romance

  • 1925 Studio Tour

    1925 Studio Tour

  • The Unwritten Law

    The Unwritten Law

  • The Sporting Venus

    The Sporting Venus

  • Madison Square Garden

    Madison Square Garden

  • Sporting Blood

    Sporting Blood

  • The Bride's Awakening

    The Bride's Awakening

  • The Gay Deceiver

    The Gay Deceiver

  • A Branded Soul

    A Branded Soul

  • Occasionally Yours

    Occasionally Yours

  • For Husbands Only

    For Husbands Only

  • Adam and Evil

    Adam and Evil

  • His Secretary

    His Secretary

  • Sweepstakes

    Sweepstakes

  • Divorce Among Friends

    Divorce Among Friends

  • Meet the Wife

    Meet the Wife

  • Playthings

    Playthings

  • A Slave of Fashion

    A Slave of Fashion

  • Within the Law

    Within the Law

  • So This Is Marriage?

    So This Is Marriage?

  • Exchange of Wives

    Exchange of Wives

  • Three Rogues

    Three Rogues

  • Jacqueline, or Blazing Barriers

    Jacqueline, or Blazing Barriers

  • Show People

    Show People

  • The Woman on the Jury

    The Woman on the Jury

  • Borrowed Clothes

    Borrowed Clothes

  • Private Scandal

    Private Scandal

  • The Demi-Bride

    The Demi-Bride

  • Defying the Law

    Defying the Law

  • Souls for Sale

    Souls for Sale

  • Tea For Three

    Tea For Three

  • The Valley of Silent Men

    The Valley of Silent Men

  • Beau Broadway

    Beau Broadway

  • The Sign on the Door

    The Sign on the Door

  • Wine, Women and Song

    Wine, Women and Song

  • On Ze Boulevard

    On Ze Boulevard