Wedgwood Nowell

Wedgwood Nowell (born Harry Wedgwood Nowell; January 24, 1878 – June 17, 1957) was an American stage and film actor, director, producer, and musician.^[1][2] He produced 144 plays during his stage career, which began around 1901. Later, while working in motion pictures, he performed in at least 140 screen productions between 1915 and the 1940s.^[1][2]

Wedgwood Nowell
Portrait in Robertson-Cole Pictures advertisement, 1920
Born	Harry Wedgwood Nowell (1878-01-24)January 24, 1878 Portsmouth, New Hampshire United States[1]
Died	June 17, 1957(1957-06-17) (aged 79) Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Occupation(s)	Actor, director, producer, musician
Years active	1901–1947
Spouse(s)	Edna Claire Colwell (m. 1903-?) Irma Stowe (m. ?-1951; her death) Elizabeth[2] (m. ?-1957; his death)
Children	3 daughters

Selected filmography

Film still of Nowell as the gentleman thief Arsène Lupin with his Russian wolfhound in the 1920 mystery film 813

• The Golden Claw (1915)
• The Chalice of Sorrow (1916)
• Black Orchids (1917)
• The Flower of Doom (1917)
• The Hand That Rocks the Cradle (1917)
• The Mysterious Mr. Tiller (1917)
• The Pulse of Life (1917)
• The Reward of the Faithless (1917)
• The Velvet Hand (1918)
• Adele (1919)
• The Lord Loves the Irish (1919)
• Diane of the Green Van (1919)
• The Man Who Turned White (1919)
• The Man Beneath (1919)
• A Man's Fight (1919)
• Her Purchase Price (1919)
• Kitty Kelly, M.D. (1919)
• The Beauty Market (1919)
• The Corsican Brothers (1920)
• 813 (1920)
• The Dream Cheater (1920)
• The Match-Breaker (1921)
• Devotion (1921)
• Thelma (1922)
• Ashes (1922)
• The Song of Life (1922)
• A Doll's House (1922)
• Enter Madame (1922)
• Adam's Rib (1923)
• Don't Marry for Money (1923)
• A Wife's Romance (1923)
• Transatlantic Merry-Go-Round (1934)
• Cleopatra (1934)
• Hell Bent for Love (1934)
• The Big Show (1936)
• Theodora Goes Wild (1936) (uncredited)
• Dick Tracy (1937, Serial)
• Racketeers in Exile (1937)
• Stolen Holiday (1937)
• Calling Philo Vance (1940)
• Affectionately Yours (1941)
• Nazty Nuisance (1943)

Nowell is interred at West Laurel Hill Cemetery, Rockland Section, Plot 188, Bala Cynwyd, PA.

References

1. "Motion Picture Studio Directory", entry for Wedgwood Nowell under "Actors—Leads", Motion Picture News (New York, N.Y.), October 21, 1916, p. 32. Internet Archive, San Francisco, California. Retrieved April 3, 2020.
2. "WEDGWOOD NOWELL, 79 / Stage and Film Actor, Director and Producer Found Dead", The New York Times, June 19, 1957, p. 33. ProQuest Historical Newspapers (Ann Arbor, Michigan); subscription access through The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Library.

External links

• Wedgwood Nowell at IMDb
• Wedgwood Nowell at AllMovie
• Wedgwood Nowell at the Internet Broadway Database