Edmund Lowe
Born March 02, 1890 (Age: 136)
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San Jose, California, USA
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Edmund Dantes Lowe (March 3, 1890 – April 21, 1971) was an American actor. His formative experience began in vaudeville and silent film. Edmund Lowe's career included over 100 films in which he starred as the leading man. He is best remembered for his role as Sergeant Quirt in the 1926 movie, What Price Glory. (Lowe reprised his role from the movie in the radio program Captain Flagg and Sergeant Quirt, broadcast on the Blue Network September 28, 1941 - January 25, 1942, and on NBC February 13, 1942 - April 3, 1942.) Making a smooth transition to talking pictures he remained popular but by the mid 1930s he was no longer a major star although he occasionally played leading man to the likes of Jean Harlow, Mae West, and Claudette Colbert. He remained a valuable supporting actor at the major studios while continuing in leads for such "Poverty Row" studios as Columbia Pictures where his skills could bolster low budget productions. He also starred in 35 episodes of the 1950s television show, Front Page Detective and appeared as the elderly lead villain in the first episode of Maverick opposite James Garner in 1957. Description above from the Wikipedia article Edmund Lowe, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
Edmund Dantes Lowe (March 3, 1890 – April 21, 1971) was an American actor. His formative experience began in vaudeville and silent film. Edmund Lowe's career included over 100 films in which he starred as the leading man. He is best remembered for his role as Sergeant Quirt in the 1926 movie, What Price Glory. (Lowe reprised his role from the movie in the radio program Captain Flagg and Sergeant Quirt, broadcast on the Blue Network September 28, 1941 - January 25, 1942, and on NBC February 13, 1942 - April 3, 1942.) Making a smooth transition to talking pictures he remained popular but by the mid 1930s he was no longer a major star although he occasionally played leading man to the likes of Jean Harlow, Mae West, and Claudette Colbert. He remained a valuable supporting actor at the major studios while continuing in leads for such "Poverty Row" studios as Columbia Pictures where his skills could bolster low budget productions. He also starred in 35 episodes of the 1950s television show, Front Page Detective and appeared as the elderly lead villain in the first episode of Maverick opposite James Garner in 1957. Description above from the Wikipedia article Edmund Lowe, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia
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Filmography
Plunderers of Painted Flats
1959
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as Ned East
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Age: 68
Around the World in 80 Days
1956
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as SS Henrietta Engineer
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Age: 66
No Image
Soaring Stars
1942
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as Himself
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Age: 52
Klondike Fury
1942
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as Dr. John Mandre
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Age: 52
Call Out the Marines
1942
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as Harry Curtis
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Age: 51
Flying Cadets
1941
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as Captain Rockcliffe 'Lucky Rocky' Ames
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Age: 51
The Devil Is Driving
1932
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as 'Gabby' Denton
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Age: 42
Guilty as Hell
1932
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as Russell Kirk
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Age: 42
Chandu the Magician
1932
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as Chandu / Frank Chandler
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Age: 42
Attorney for the Defense
1932
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as William J. Burton
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Age: 42
The Misleading Lady
1932
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as Jack Craigen
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Age: 42
Living Lies
1922
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as Dixon Grant
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Age: 32
The Wild Olive
1915
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as Charles Conquest
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Age: 25