Jerome Cowan

Jerome Cowan

October 6, 1897 · 129 years old

Jerome Palmer Cowan (October 6, 1897 – January 24, 1972) was an American stage, film, and television actor.

Known For

31 titles
1
The Maltese Falcon

The Maltese Falcon

1941 · 1h 40m · Movie

San Francisco private detective Sam Spade takes on a case that involves him with three eccentric criminals, a gorgeous liar and their quest for a priceless statuette, with the stakes rising after his partner is murdered.

7.9
2
Miracle on 34th Street

Miracle on 34th Street

1947 · 1h 36m · Movie

After a divorced New York mother hires a nice old man to play Santa Claus at Macy's, she is startled by his claim to be the genuine article. When his sanity is questioned, a lawyer defends him in court by arguing that he's not mis...

7.9
3
High Sierra

High Sierra

1941 · 1h 40m · Movie

After being released from prison, notorious thief Roy Earle is hired by his old boss to help a group of inexperienced criminals plan and carry out the robbery of a California resort.

7.5
4
The Fountainhead

The Fountainhead

1949 · 1h 54m · Movie

An uncompromising, visionary architect struggles to maintain his integrity and individualism despite personal, professional and economic pressures to conform to popular standards.

7.0
5
Pocketful of Miracles

Pocketful of Miracles

1961 · 2h 16m · Movie

New York bootlegger Dave the Dude and his girlfriend Elizabeth "Queenie" Martin try to turn boozy street beggar Apple Annie into a society lady when Annie learns that her daughter Louise is marrying the son of a Spanish count.

7.1
6
You Only Live Once

You Only Live Once

1937 · 1h 26m · Movie

The public defender's secretary and an ex-convict get married and try to make a life together, but a series of disasters sends their lives spiraling out of control.

7.2
7
Shall We Dance

Shall We Dance

1937 · 1h 49m · Movie

A ballet dancer and a showgirl fake a marriage for publicity purposes, then fall in love.

7.4
8
Mr. Skeffington

Mr. Skeffington

1944 · 2h 26m · Movie

Popular and beautiful Fanny Trellis enters into a loveless marriage with an older man, Jewish banker Job Skeffington, in order to save her beloved brother Trippy from an embezzlement charge.

7.6
9
The Great Lie

The Great Lie

1941 · 1h 48m · Movie

After a newlywed's husband apparently dies in a plane crash, she discovers that her rival for his affections is pregnant with his child.

7.0
10
Young Man with a Horn

Young Man with a Horn

1950 · 1h 52m · Movie

A young trumpet player is torn between an honest singer and a manipulative heiress.

7.2
11
The Hurricane

The Hurricane

1937 · 1h 44m · Movie

A Polynesian sailor unjustly imprisoned after defending himself against a colonial bully is relentlessly persecuted by his island's martinet French governor.

7.1
12
Who Done It?

Who Done It?

1942 · 1h 17m · Movie

Two dumb soda jerks dream of writing radio mysteries. When they try to pitch an idea at a radio station, they end up in the middle of a real murder after the station owner is killed during a broadcast.

7.3
13
City for Conquest

City for Conquest

1940 · 1h 44m · Movie

Danny is a content truck driver, but his girl Peggy shows potential as a dancer and hopes he too can show ambition. Danny acquiesces and pursues boxing to please her, but the two begin to spend more time working than time together.

7.2
14
Frankie and Johnny

Frankie and Johnny

1966 · 1h 27m · Movie

A riverboat singer with a weakness for gambling wants to find his lucky redhead, but his girlfriend Frankie is not amused.

5.5
15
The Gnome-Mobile

The Gnome-Mobile

1967 · 1h 24m · Movie

In the Redwood Forests of California, a multi-millionaire lumberman and his two young grandchildren encounter two gnomes who are supposedly the last of their kind.

6.4
16
Moontide

Moontide

1942 · 1h 34m · Movie

In California, Bobo and his mooching pal Tiny are doing odd jobs and getting drunk and they hide a secret about the unsolved murder of sailor Pop Kelly but suicidal waitress Anna, saved by Bobo, unravels the mystery.

6.8
17
Penelope

Penelope

1966 · 1h 37m · Movie

Comedy about a flighty, bored, kleptomaniac wife of a banker who robs her husband's bank of $60,000.

6.2
18
My Reputation

My Reputation

1946 · 1h 34m · Movie

A recent widow meets an army major while skiing and becomes romantically involved with him despite pressures from friends and family.

7.0
19
Night Has a Thousand Eyes

Night Has a Thousand Eyes

1948 · 1h 21m · Movie

After phony stage mentalist Triton mysteriously acquires supernatural powers of precognition, he becomes frightened and abandons his act to live in anonymity.

7.0
20
Visit to a Small Planet

Visit to a Small Planet

1960 · 1h 25m · Movie

The weirdest alien of the galaxy pays a visit to Earth...

5.9
21
Private Property

Private Property

1960 · 1h 19m · Movie

An arrogant criminal offers to seduce a woman for his dim, sexually inexperienced partner.

6.7
22
The Fuller Brush Girl

The Fuller Brush Girl

1950 · 1h 25m · Movie

Sally borrows her friend's cosmetics kit to sell door-to-door but fails miserably. She and her fiancé get caught up in a smuggling scheme, are suspected of murders, and must evade the police while hunting for the real culprits.

6.6
23
There's Always a Woman

There's Always a Woman

1938 · 1h 21m · Movie

An investigator for the district attorney and his amateur-sleuth wife compete to solve a murder mystery.

6.7
24
Critic's Choice

Critic's Choice

1963 · 1h 40m · Movie

Parker Ballantine is a New York theater critic and his wife writes a play that may or may not be very good. Now Parker must either get out of reviewing the play or cause the breakup of his marriage.

5.7
25
Have Rocket -- Will Travel

Have Rocket -- Will Travel

1959 · 1h 16m · Movie

The 3 Stooges are cleaners at a spaceport when they accidentally take off and land on Venus. The boys encounter a talking unicorn, a giant fire breathing tarantula and an alien computer that creates three evil duplicates of the St...

5.6
26
All in a Night's Work

All in a Night's Work

1961 · 1h 34m · Movie

Tony Ryder takes over his dead uncle's media empire while trying to keep quiet the mysterious circumstances of his death in a Palm Beach hotel room.

6.1
27
Street of Chance

Street of Chance

1942 · 1h 14m · Movie

After an accident, a New York man with amnesia finds out the ugly truth about his real identity and past by interacting with people who seem to know him well.

6.3
28
The Goldwyn Follies

The Goldwyn Follies

1938 · 2h 2m · Movie

Movie producer chooses a simple girl to be "Miss Humanity" and to critically evaluate his movies from the point of view of the ordinary person. Includes the hit song "Love Walked In".

5.3
29
The Jungle Captive

The Jungle Captive

1945 · 1h 3m · Movie

Once again, Paula Dupree, the Ape Woman, is brought back to life, this time by a mad scientist and his disfigured assistant, who also kidnaps his female lab assistant in order to have a female blood donor. By this time, Paula has ...

5.1
30
Driftwood

Driftwood

1947 · 1h 28m · Movie

6-year-old Jenny rescues a collie dog slated for animal experiments. Dr. Webster adopts them both, to his fiancee's chagrin. An outbreak of spotted fever sends the town into panic and Jenny is infected and about to die.

7.1
31
Vogues of 1938

Vogues of 1938

1937 · 1h 49m · Movie

The blueblooded Van Kletterings are broke; debutante Wendy, slated to remedy this by marrying rich bore Henry Morgan, instead leaves him at the altar and goes to work as a model for high-fashion clothing designer George Curson, wh...

5.9