Jerome Palmer Cowan (October 6, 1897 â€" January 24, 1972) was an
American stage, film, and television actor.Cowan was born in New York
City, the son of William Cowan, a confectioner of Scottish descent,
and Julia Cowan, née Palmer.At 18, Cowan joined a travelling stock
company, shortly afterwards enlisting in the United States Navy during
World War I. After the war he returned to the stage and became a
vaudeville headliner, then gained success on the New York stage. His
Broadway debut was in We've Got to Have Money (1923). His other
Broadway credits include Frankie and Johnnie (1930), Just to Remind
You (1931), Rendezvous (1932), The Little Black Book (1932), Marathon
(1933), Both Your Houses (1933), As Thousands Cheer (1933), Ladies'
Money (1934), Paths of Glory (1935), Boy Meets Girl (1935), My Three
Angels (1953), Lunatics and Lovers (1954), Rumple (1957), and Say,
Darling (1958).He was spotted by Samuel Goldwyn and was given a film
contract, his first film being Beloved Enemy.
American stage, film, and television actor.Cowan was born in New York
City, the son of William Cowan, a confectioner of Scottish descent,
and Julia Cowan, née Palmer.At 18, Cowan joined a travelling stock
company, shortly afterwards enlisting in the United States Navy during
World War I. After the war he returned to the stage and became a
vaudeville headliner, then gained success on the New York stage. His
Broadway debut was in We've Got to Have Money (1923). His other
Broadway credits include Frankie and Johnnie (1930), Just to Remind
You (1931), Rendezvous (1932), The Little Black Book (1932), Marathon
(1933), Both Your Houses (1933), As Thousands Cheer (1933), Ladies'
Money (1934), Paths of Glory (1935), Boy Meets Girl (1935), My Three
Angels (1953), Lunatics and Lovers (1954), Rumple (1957), and Say,
Darling (1958).He was spotted by Samuel Goldwyn and was given a film
contract, his first film being Beloved Enemy.
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