Leslie Stowe

Leslie Stowe (November 1867 – July 16, 1949) was an American actor born in Homer, Louisiana, whose career spanned both stage and screen. He was active on Broadway between 1916 and 1930, and his film work extended from the silent era into the early sound period.

Stowe made his film debut in Robin Hood in 1912. His screen career continued through the following decade with appearances in La Bohème (1916), The Closed Road (1916), The Adopted Son (1917), and Bolshevism on Trial (1919), in which he portrayed the villain Herman Wolff. Film historian Anthony Slide singled out his performance in that role for praise. He went on to appear in The Copperhead (1920), The Good-Bad Wife (1920), Peggy Puts It Over (1921), No Trespassing (1922), The Seventh Day (1922), Driven (1923), Second Fiddle (1923), Christopher Columbus (1923), Tongues of Flame (1924), and Mother's Boy (1929).

On Broadway, Stowe accumulated credits across both dramatic and musical productions. His stage work included the plays Go West, Young Man, Pasteur, and Ben Hur, as well as the musical Babes in Toyland.

Stowe spent the final seventeen years of his life as a resident of the Actors' Fund Home in Englewood, New Jersey. He died on July 16, 1949, at Englewood Hospital.