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    Address 6251 Hollywood Blvd.

    Ceremony date 02/08/1960

About
Jerome Cowan
Born:
1897-10-06,
New York City,
New York,
USA
Education:
NA
Ethnicity:
Caucasian
Death Date:
1972-01-24
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Jerome Cowan

Jerome Palmer Cowan was an American film and television actor. At eighteen he joined a travelling stock company, shortly afterwards enlisting in the navy in World War I. After the war he returned to the stage and became a vaudeville headliner, then gained success on the New York stage. He was spotted by Samuel Goldwyn and was given a film contract, his first film being Beloved Enemy.

He appeared in over 100 films, but is probably best remembered for two roles in classic films: Miles Archer, the doomed private eye partner of Sam Spade in The Maltese Falcon and Thomas Mara, the hapless district attorney who has to prosecute Santa Claus in Miracle on 34th Street.

The New York-born actor also played Dagwood Bumstead’s boss Mr. Radcliffe in several installments of Columbia Pictures’ Blondie series. He also appeared in Deadline at Dawn, June Bride, and High Sierra.

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