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.

Known For	Acting
Most Rating	1.378
Birthday	1884-02-22
Place of Birth	Waterville, Maine, USA
Also Known As	Louis Joseph Côté,

A Single Man

Hollywood on Parade No. A-6

Jacqueline, or Blazing Barriers

Stout Hearts and Willing Hands

The Demi-Bride

The Unwritten Law

Mickey

Dishonored

Wine, Women and Song

Our Better Selves

Rupert of Hentzau

The Common Law

X Marks the Spot

The Tenderfoot

By Appointment Only

Sitting Pretty

Within the Law

Sweepstakes

A Parisian Romance

Lawful Larceny

The Crusader

Sporting Blood

Screen Snapshots (Series 22, No. 10)

Three Women

Madison Square Garden

Three Rogues

Nellie, the Beautiful Cloak Model

A Woman of Experience

Meet the Wife

Souls for Sale

Reno

The Shooting of Dan McGrew

Monte Carlo

The Gay Deceiver

Under-Cover Man

I Love That Man

The Sporting Venus

Beyond Victory

Divorce Among Friends

The Sign on the Door

Show People

What a Widow!

Don't Change Your Husband

A Slave of Fashion

Hello, 'Frisco

70,000 Witnesses

The Baby Cyclone

Husbands and Lovers

Beans

File 113

The Bride's Awakening

1925 Studio Tour

For Husbands Only

Revelation

The Life Line

The Valley of Silent Men

The Big Parade of Comedy

Borrowed Clothes

The Broken Butterfly

His Secretary

Adam and Evil

Secrets of Paris

Painted Lips

Shoot the Works

The Butterfly Man

Exchange of Wives

Defying the Law

On Ze Boulevard

Man and Maid

So This Is Marriage?

The Woman on the Jury

Three Girls Lost

The Voice of Hollywood No. 5

A Branded Soul

Wickedness Preferred

Playthings