James Lew Meehan
(September 7, 1890 – August 10, 1951) was an American film actor.
Meehan appeared in more than 200 films between 1921 and 1947. He was often the main villain in silent Westerns, but in sound films he was usually an "anonymous henchman".
Meehan was born in
Minnesota
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and died in
Los Angeles, California
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.
Meehan's daughter, Jean Stratton, was an actress.
Selected filmography
* ''
Crossing Trails'' (1921)
* ''
By Right of Birth'' (1921)
* ''
Blazing Arrows
''Blazing Arrows'' is a 1922 American silent Western film directed by Henry McCarty and starring Lester Cuneo, Francelia Billington and Clark Comstock.Connelly p.323
Synopsis
John Strong is studying a Columbia University in New York where he f ...
'' (1922)
* ''
The Radio King'' (1922)
* ''
Silver Spurs'' (1922)
* ''
Daring Danger'' (1922)
* ''
Back Fire'' (1922)
* ''
The Greatest Menace'' (1923)
* ''
Ridgeway of Montana'' (1924)
* ''
Thundering Romance
''Thundering Romance'' is a 1924 American silent Western film directed by Richard Thorpe and starring Jay Wilsey, Jean Arthur and Harry Todd.Connelly, p. 421.
Cast
* Jay Wilsey as Lightning Bill
* Jean Arthur as Mary Watkins
* Rene Pico ...
'' (1924)
* ''
Walloping Wallace'' (1924)
* ''
The Eagle's Claw
''The Eagle's Claw'' is a 1924 American silent Western film starring Guinn "Big Boy" Williams. It was produced and directed by Charles R. Seeling.
The film is preserved in a foreign archive in Brussels. On DVD it is available from the Grapev ...
'' (1924)
* ''
West of Hot Dog
''West of Hot Dog'' is a 1924 American comedy film starring Stan Laurel.
Plot
Stan's stagecoach is robbed on his way to Hot Dog for the reading of his uncle's will. Every time he raises his hands his pants fall down. The robbers ride off and ...
'' (1924)
* ''
Full Speed
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'' (1925)
* ''
The Empty Saddle'' (1925)
* ''
Red Blood'' (1925)
* ''
Fighting Luck'' (1925)
* ''
White Thunder'' (1925)
* ''
Lord Jim'' (1925)
* ''
Beyond All Odds
''Beyond All Odds'' is a 1926 American silent Western film directed by Alan James and starring Eileen Sedgwick.
Plot
Betty Mason (Eileen Sedgwick) seeks revenge in the murder of her brother, Dan (Theodore Henderson), as well as the kidnapping ...
'' (1926)
* ''
The Road Agent
''The Road Agent'' is a 1926 American silent film, silent Western (genre), Western film directed by J.P. McGowan and starring Al Hoxie, Ione Reed and Lew Meehan.Pitts p.286
Cast
* Al Hoxie as Roger Worth / The Kansas Kid
* Ione Reed as Mary Rya ...
'' (1926)
* ''
The Man from Oklahoma'' (1926)
* ''
Hair-Trigger Baxter'' (1926)
* ''
The Desperate Game
''The Desperate Game'' is a 1926 American silent Western film directed by Joseph Franz and Milburn Morante. It stars Pete Morrison, Lew Meehan, and Bert Lindley.
Cast
* Pete Morrison as Jim Wesley
* Dolores Gardner as Marguerite Grayson
* ...
'' (1926)
* ''
The Desert's Toll
''The Desert's Toll'' is a 1926 American silent Western film directed by Clifford Smith and starring Kathleen Key, Francis McDonald, and Tom Santschi. '' (1926)
* ''
Born to Battle'' (1927)
* ''
Thunderbolt's Tracks'' (1927)
* ''
Two-Gun of the Tumbleweed'' (1927)
* ''
Should Tall Men Marry?'' (1928)
* ''
The Sky Rider'' (1928)
* ''
The Power of the Press'' (1928)
* ''
Idaho Red'' (1929)
* ''
The Pride of Pawnee'' (1929)
* ''
Bad Men's Money'' (1929)
* ''
The White Outlaw'' (1929)
* ''
Silent Sentinel'' (1929)
* ''
Thunderbolt
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'' (1929)
* ''
Playing Around'' (1930)
* ''
Firebrand Jordan
''Firebrand Jordan'' is a 1930 American pre-Code
western film directed by Alan James and starring Lane Chandler, Sheldon Lewis and Yakima Canutt.Munden, p. 247
Cast
* Lane Chandler as Firebrand Jordan
* Aline Goodwin as Joan Howe
* Yaki ...
'' (1930)
* ''
The Light of Western Stars'' (1930)
* ''
The Virtuous Sin'' (1930)
* ''
New Moon
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'' (1930)
* ''
Cimarron'' (1931)
* ''
Range Feud'' (1931)
* ''
Air Eagles'' (1931)
* ''
West of Cheyenne'' (1931)
* ''
The Fighting Fool
''The Fighting Fool'' is a 1932 American pre-Code Western film directed by Lambert Hillyer and released by Columbia Pictures starring Tim McCoy, Marceline Day, and William V. Mong.
Cast
* Tim McCoy as Sheriff Tim Collins
* Marceline Day ...
'' (1932)
* ''
Forbidden Trail'' (1932)
* ''
Law and Order'' (1932)
* ''
Shopworn'' (1932)
* ''
Thirteen Women'' (1932)
* ''
The Wolf Dog'' (1933, Serial)
* ''
The World Changes'' (1933)
* ''
Unknown Valley'' (1933)
* ''
Among the Missing'' (1934)
* ''
The Man Trailer'' (1934)
* ''
Wagon Wheels'' (1934)
* ''
Frontier Days'' (1934)
* ''
Mystery Mountain'' (1934, Serial)
* ''
The Desert Trail'' (1935)
* ''
Outlaw Rule'' (1935)
* ''
Wagon Trail
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Wagons are immediately distinguished from ...
'' (1935)
* ''
The Phantom Cowboy'' (1935)
* ''
Lightning Triggers'' (1935)
* ''
The Last of the Clintons'' (1935)
* ''
Five Bad Men'' (1935)
* ''
Annie Oakley'' (1935)
* ''
The Lawless Nineties'' (1936)
* ''
Feud of the West'' (1936)
* ''
Oh, Susanna!'' (1936)
* ''
Hopalong Cassidy Returns'' (1936)
* ''
Melody of the Plains'' (1937)
* ''
Westbound Mail
''Westbound Mail'' is a 1937 American Western film directed by Folmar Blangsted and starring Charles Starrett, Rosalind Keith and Edward Keane.Pitts p.390
Cast
* Charles Starrett as Jim 'Skinner' Bradley
* Rosalind Keith as Marion Saunder ...
'' (1937)
* ''
Lightnin' Crandall'' (1937)
* ''
Trail of Vengeance'' (1937)
* ''
The Red Rope'' (1937)
* ''
Ridin' the Lone Trail
''Ridin' the Lone Trail'' is a 1937 American Western film directed by Sam Newfield, written by Charles F. Royal, and starring Bob Steele, Claire Rochelle, Charles King, Ernie Adams, Lew Meehan and Julian Rivero. The film was released on Sept ...
'' (1937)
* ''
Arizona Gunfighter'' (1937)
* ''
Thunder in the Desert
''Thunder in the Desert'' is a 1938 American Western (genre), Western film directed by Sam Newfield, written by George H. Plympton, and starring Bob Steele (actor), Bob Steele, Louise Stanley, Don Barclay (actor), Don Barclay, Ed Brady (actor), ...
'' (1938)
* ''
The Feud Maker'' (1938)
* ''
Prairie Moon'' (1938)
* ''
The Shadow
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'' (1940, Serial)
* ''
The Return of Frank James'' (1940)
* ''
Roaring Frontiers'' (1941)
* ''
The Utah Kid'' (1944)
References
External links
*
1890 births
1951 deaths
American male film actors
Male actors from Minnesota
20th-century American male actors
Male Western (genre) film actors
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