John Bowers
American stage and silent film actor (1885-1936) · United States · On the map · Actors · Died at 50
John Bowers was an American stage and silent film actor who starred in 94 films including several short subjects. He has been identified as being an inspiration for the character Norman Maine in A Star Is Born (1937).
John Bowers is read about 21 times a day, in 14 languages.
A typical day, 30 days to 17 June 2026
The middle day of the days counted, so one week of news cannot move it. The line under it is the last 60 days, one point a day.
Something wrong?A life in dates
1936Died17 November 19361931Mounted FuryFilm, Jim Leyton1929
Say It with SongsFilm, Dr. Burnes, surgeon1927
RagtimeFilm, Ted Mason1926
Pals in ParadiseFilm, Bill Harvey1925
ChickieFilm, Barry Dunne1924
So BigFilm, Pervus DeJong1923
Crinoline and RomanceFilm, Davis Jordan1922
Lorna DooneFilm, John Ridd1921
Bits of LifeFilm, Dentist's Patient1920
A Cumberland RomanceFilm, Clayton1919
Day DreamsFilm, Dan O'Hara1918
Stolen HoursFilm, Hugh Carton1917
Betsy RossFilm, Joseph Ashburn
The Bondage of FearFilm, 1917Dick Mortimer1885Born25 December 1885
Say It with SongsFilm, Dr. Burnes, surgeon1927RagtimeFilm, Ted Mason1926Pals in ParadiseFilm, Bill Harvey1925ChickieFilm, Barry Dunne1924So BigFilm, Pervus DeJong1923Crinoline and RomanceFilm, Davis Jordan1922Lorna DooneFilm, John Ridd1921Bits of LifeFilm, Dentist's Patient1920A Cumberland RomanceFilm, Clayton1919Day DreamsFilm, Dan O'Hara1918Stolen HoursFilm, Hugh Carton1917Betsy RossFilm, Joseph AshburnThe Bondage of FearFilm, 1917Dick Mortimer1885Born25 December 1885People around John
Samuel Goldwyn Produced The Ace of Hearts (1921)
Clarence G. Badger Directed Quincy Adams Sawyer and Sis Hopkins
Travers Vale Directed A Self-Made Widow and Easy Money
Frank Lloyd Directed The Loves of Letty (1919)
William A. Brady Produced The Tenth Case and A Self-Made Widow
King Vidor Directed The Sky Pilot and The Woman of Bronze
Adolph Zukor Produced Hulda from Holland (1916)
Tom Forman Directed The People vs. Nancy Preston (1925)
John B. O'Brien Directed Hulda from Holland (1916)
Kate Lester Also in Betsy Ross and Through the Wrong Door
Colleen Moore Also in Affinities, The Sky Pilot and So Big
David Butler Also in The Sky Pilot (1921)
Pauline Frederick Also in The Loves of Letty (1919)
Ethel Clayton Also in Easy Money and Stolen Hours
Madge Kennedy Also in Day Dreams and Strictly Confidential
Wallace Worsley Directed The Ace of Hearts (1921)
June Elvidge Also in The Tenth Case and The Strong Way
James Corrigan Also in The Sky Pilot, Divorce and The White Sin
Mary Pickford Also in Hulda from Holland and The Eternal Grind
Cecil B. DeMille Produced Whispering Smith (1926)
Lon Chaney Also in Quincy Adams Sawyer (1922)
Madge Bellamy Also in Lorna Doone and The White Sin
Christy Cabanne Directed The Pest (1919)
Edwin Thanhouser Produced The Candy Girl (1917)
John BowersPartners
Is this everyone?
Only relatives with a profile here are drawn, so a family can be larger than this. A line here can also be wrong. A marriage is drawn as ended only where its end is recorded, so a spouse drawn here may be a former one.
Correct this familyFilmography 40
78 credits on file
Media & music
Awards
About this person
Country
United States
Category
Actors
Type
Actor
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1885 to 1936 · aged 50
