Born in New York City to a Scottish-heritage confectioner and his wife, Cowan entered the theatrical world with a Broadway debut in 1923 and went on to appear in a string of productions throughout the 1930s and 1950s, including notable titles such as As Thousands Cheer and My Three Angels. A film contract secured by Samuel Goldwyn led to more than a hundred screen credits, the most remembered bein… Read more
Biography written by WatchMoods, based on public sources
Known for The Maltese Falcon 1941 The Twilight Zone 1959 Miracle on 34th Street 1947 The Munsters 1964 Series ★ 7.9 The Munsters 1964
Series ★ 7.7 Perry Mason 1957
Ernest Royce ★ 7.3 Pocketful of Miracles 1961
Mayor ★ 7.1 High Sierra 1941
Healy ★ 7.3 Shall We Dance 1937
Arthur Miller ★ 7.1 You Only Live Once 1937
Dr. Hill ★ 7.1 The Song of Bernadette 1943
Emperor Louis Napoleon III Series ★ 7.2 Green Acres 1965
Series ★ 7.3 Rawhide 1959
★ 6.9 The Fountainhead 1949
Alvah Scarret ★ 7.1 The Old Maid 1939
Joe Ralston ★ 7 The Great Lie 1941
Jock Thompson Series ★ 7 The Lucy Show 1962
Dr. Metcalf Series ★ 7.1 Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C. 1964
★ 7.3 My Reputation 1946
George Van Orman Series ★ 7.2 77 Sunset Strip 1958
Series ★ 7 Daniel Boone 1964
Jeremiah Loomis ★ 6.9 Who Done It? 1942
Heller ★ 6.8 Mr. Skeffington 1944
Edward Morrison ★ 6.9 City for Conquest 1940
'Dutch' Series ★ 6.9 Alias Smith and Jones 1971
★ 6.8 Night Has a Thousand Eyes 1948
Whitney Courtland ★ 6.7 The Hurricane 1937
Captain Nagle Series ★ 6.7 Here's Lucy 1968
Mr. Gary ★ 6.4 Dallas 1950
Matt Coulter ★ 6.4 Out of the Fog 1941
Assistant D.A. ★ 6.4 Moontide 1942
Dr. Frank Brothers ★ 6.2 Riff-Raff 1947
Walter F. Gredson ★ 6.4 Young Man with a Horn 1950
Phil Morrison ★ 6.1 Scene of the Crime 1949
Arthur Webson ★ 6 There's Always a Woman 1938
Nick Shane ★ 6.3 Private Property 1960
Ed Hogate ★ 6 All in a Night's Work 1961
Sam Weaver ★ 6.2 Deadline at Dawn 1946
Lester Brady ★ 6.1 Cry Wolf 1947
Sen. Charles Caldwell ★ 5.9 The Unfaithful 1947
Prosecuting Attorney ★ 5.8 The Saint Strikes Back 1939
Cullis ★ 6.3 The Gnome-Mobile 1967
Dr. Ramsey ★ 5.7 Mission to Moscow 1943
Spendler (uncredited) ★ 5.5 Fog Island 1945
John Kavanaugh ★ 5.4 Street of Chance 1942
Bill Diedrich ★ 5.5 Penelope 1966
Bank Manager ★ 5.3 Have Rocket, Will Travel 1959
J.P. Morse ★ 5.3 Visit to a Small Planet 1960
George Abercrombie ★ 5.6 Frankie and Johnny 1966
Joe Wilbur (uncredited) Start from another title 
