JEROME COWAN BIOGRAPHY & FILMOGRAPHY:

Jerome Cowan was born on October 6th, 1897 in New York City, New York with the birth name Jerome Palmer Cowan.  Directly after earning his high school diploma he began finding work as a stage actor appearing with a variety of stock companies as well as performing burlesque.

He took a brief break from pursuing his career as an actor during World War I where he joined the United States Navy.  Upon completing his service he returned to acting performing vaudeville.

In 1923 he first appeared in the Broadway production, "We've Got to Have Money".  After gaining some more stage experience he began working in films.  Some of his early film roles included, "Beloved Enemy" (1936) starring Merle Oberon, Brian Aherne, David Niven and Henry Stephenson, "There's Always a Woman" (1938) starring Joan Blondell, Mary Astor, Frances Drake, Robert Paige, Thurston Hall and Melvyn Douglas, "The Maltese Falcon" (1941) starring alongside Humphrey Bogart, Mary Astor, Peter Lorre, Sydney Greenstreet, Elisha Cook Jr., Gladys George, Barton MacLane, Ward Bond, John Hamilton and Walter Huston, "Crime by Night" (1944) with Jane Wyman, Faye Emerson and Eleanor Parker, "Mr. Skeffington" (1944) starring Bette Davis, Walter Abel, Richard Waring, Claude Rains and George Coulouris, "Miracle on 34th Street" (1947) starring Maureen O'Hara, John Payne, Natalie Wood and Edmund Gwenn, Porter Hall, Gene Lockhart, Thelma Ritter, Jack Albertson, Harry Antrim and William Frawley, "Riffraff" (1947) co-starring Pat O'Brien, Anne Jeffreys, Walter Slezak, Percy Kilbride and Jason Robards Sr. and "Have Rocket, Will Travel" (1959) starring Anna Lisa, The Three Stooges, Moe Howard, Larry Fine and Joe DeRita and "Frankie and Johnny" (1966) starring Elvis Presley, Donna Douglas, Harry Morgan, Sue Ane Langdon and Anthony Eisley.

After adding a number of the, "Blondie" (1957) series to his resume he turned his focus towards working as a television actor appearing in such series as, "Richard Diamond, Private Detective", "Perry Mason", "Make Room for Daddy", "The Munsters", "Fibber McGee and Molly", "Twilight Zone", "Naked City", "The Dinah Shore Chevy Show", "Outlaws", "77 Sunset Strip", "Bonanza", "Mr. and Mrs. North, "Daniel Boone", "Vacation Playhouse", "U. S. Marshal", "Here's Lucy","Telephone Time" and "Green Acres".

His final appearance was in the television series, "Alias Smith and Jones" in 1971.  He died shortly after on January 24th, 1972 in Encino, California from natural causes and was survived by his only wife, Helen Dodge and their two children. 

Filmography

1971         Alias Smith and Jones
1970         Here's Lucy 
1970         Green Acres 
1970         The Debbie Reynolds Show 
1970         The Doris Day Show 
1969         The Comic
1968         The Mothers-In-Law
1967         The Gnome-Mobile
1966         Penelope
1966         Daniel Boone 
1966         Vacation Playhouse 
1966         The Munsters
1966         Frankie and Johnny
1966         Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C. 
1966         The Lucy Show
1965         O.K. Crackerby! 
1965         Tammy  
1965         Kraft Suspense Theatre
1964-1965     The Tycoon
1965         John Goldfarb, Please Come Home!
1964         Many Happy Returns
1964         The Patsy
1964         Bonanza
1964         Destry 
1963         My Favorite Martian
1963         Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre 
1963         Grindl 
1959-1963     77 Sunset Strip 
1963         Black Zoo
1963         Critic's Choice
1963         The Real McCoys 
1962-1963     Going My Way
1962         The Wide Country 
1962         Mr. Smith Goes to Washington 
1962         Target: The Corruptors 
1960-1962     Outlaws
1962         Theatre '62
1962         The Farmer's Daughter 
1962         Ripcord
1961         Pocketful of Miracles
1961         Pete and Gladys 
1961         Naked City 
1960-1961     The Tab Hunter Show 
1961         All in a Night's Work
1961         Make Room for Daddy
1961         The Best of the Post
1953-1961     G.E. True Theater 
1960         Klondike
1960         The Chevy Mystery Show
1960         The Dennis O'Keefe Show
1960         Private Property
1960         The Millionaire 
1960         Adventures in Paradise 
1960         Hotel de Paree
1960         Visit to a Small Planet
1960         Tightrope 
1960         Markham
1959-1960     Bat Masterson
1960         Philip Marlowe
1960         Richard Diamond, Private Detective
1960         The Dinah Shore Chevy Show 
1959         Perry Mason 
1959         The Alaskans
1959         Twilight Zone
1959         Rawhide 
1959         Fibber McGee and Molly 
1959         Have Rocket, Will Travel
1959         The Thin Man
1959         The Gale Storm Show
1959         True Story
1959         New York Confidential
1958         U. S. Marshal
1957         Telephone Time
1951-1957     Studio One in Hollywood
1951-1957     Armstrong Circle Theatre 
1957         Goodyear Playhouse
1956         The Alcoa Hour 
1956         Star Tonight 
1956         Screen Directors Playhouse 
1956         Chevron Hall of Stars
1954         Kraft Theatre
1954         The Motorola Television Hour
1954         Look Up and Live
1953         Valiant Lady
1951-1953     The Web
1953         The System
1953         Schlitz Playhouse
1953         Mr. and Mrs. North
1952         My Hero 
1951-1952     Lux Video Theatre 
1952         Magnificent Adventure
1951         Not for Publication 
1951         Disc Jockey
1951         The Philco-Goodyear Television Playhouse
1951         Criminal Lawyer
1951         Suspense 
1951         The Fat Man
1951         The Ford Theatre Hour
1951         The Billy Rose Show 
1951         The Bigelow Theatre 
1950         Dallas
1950         The West Point Story
1950         The Fuller Brush Girl
1950         When You're Smiling
1950         Peggy
1950         Young Man with a Horn
1950         Joe Palooka Meets Humphrey
1949         Always Leave Them Laughing
1949         Blondie Hits the Jackpot
1949         Scene of the Crime
1949         The Girl from Jones Beach
1949         The Fountainhead
1949         The Lady Gambles
1949         Blondie's Big Deal
1948         Blondie's Secret
1948         June Bride
1948         Night Has a Thousand Eyes
1948         So This Is New York
1948         Wallflower
1948         Blondie's Reward
1948         Arthur Takes Over
1947         Blondie's Anniversary
1947         Dangerous Years
1947         Blondie in the Dough
1947         Driftwood
1947         Cry Wolf
1947         Riffraff
1947         The Unfaithful
1947         Miracle on 34th Street
1947         Blondie's Holiday
1947         The Perfect Marriage
1947         Blondie's Big Momen
1946         Blondie Knows Best
1946         Flight to Nowhere
1946         Mr. Ace
1946         Deadline for Murder
1946         One Exciting Week
1946         Night in Paradise
1946         Murder in the Music Hall
1946         The Kid from Brooklyn
1946         Deadline at Dawn
1946         Claudia and David
1946         My Reputation
1946         One Way to Love
1945         Getting Gertie's Garter
1945         Behind City Lights
1945         Divorce
1945         Hitchhike to Happiness
1945         The Jungle Captive
1945         Blonde Ransom
1945         G.I. Honeymoon
1945         The Crime Doctor's Courage
1945         Fog Island
1944         Guest in the House
1944         Crime by Night
1944         Minstrel Man
1944         South of Dixie
1944         Mr. Skeffington
1944         Sing a Jingle
1943         The Song of Bernadette
1943         The Crime Doctor's Strangest Case
1943         Find the Blackmailer
1943         Hi'ya, Sailor
1943         Silver Spurs
1943         Mission to Moscow
1943         Ladies' Day
1943         No Place for a Lady
1942         Who Done It?
1942         Street of Chance
1942         Joan of Ozark
1942         Thru Different Eyes
1942         Moontide
1942         The Girl from Alaska
1942         Frisco Lil
1942         Mr. and Mrs. North
1942         A Gentleman at Heart
1942         The Bugle Sounds
1941         The Maltese Falcon
1941         One Foot in Heaven
1941         Kiss the Boys Goodbye
1941         Rags to Riches
1941         Kisses for Breakfast
1941         Out of the Fog
1941         Too Many Blondes
1941         Singapore Woman
1941         Affectionately Yours
1941         The Great Lie
1941         The Roundup
1941         High Sierra
1940         Victor
1940         Street of Memories
1940         Melody Ranch
1940         Meet the Wildcat
1940         The Quarterback
1940         City for Conquest
1940         Torrid Zone
1940         Ma, He's Making Eyes at Me
1940         Framed
1940         Castle on the Hudson
1940         Wolf of New York
1939         The Great Victor Herbert
1939         The Old Maid
1939         She Married a Cop
1939         The Gracie Allen Murder Case
1939         Exile Express
1939         East Side of Heaven
1939         The Saint Strikes Back
1939         St. Louis Blues
1938         There's Always a Woman
1938         The Goldwyn Follies
1937         The Hurricane
1937         Vogues of 1938
1937         New Faces of 1937
1937         Shall We Dance
1937         You Only Live Once
1936         Beloved Enemy