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.