William Stowell

This article is about the silent film actor. For the congressman, merchant and industrialist, see William Henry Harrison Stowell. For the Manx nonconformist minister and writer, see William Hendry Stowell.

William Stowell
Stowell, c. 1915
Born	(1885-03-13)March 13, 1885 Boston, Massachusetts
Died	November 24, 1919(1919-11-24) (aged 34) Belgian Congo
Occupation	Actor

William Stowell (March 13, 1885 – November 24, 1919) was an American silent film actor.

A handsome actor with matinee idol good looks, Stowell was signed into film in 1909 with the Independent Moving Pictures Company, better known simply as IMP (forerunner of Universal Studios), and debuted by starring in the popular hit The Cowboy Millionaire (1909), also starring Tom Mix. Between 1909 and 1919 Stowell starred in 119 silent films, often playing in over 10 films a year.

In 1915 he starred in The Great Question alongside actors such as Harold Lockwood with American Studios. In 1916 he starred in The Love Hermit portraying Jack Hillman, and began appearing in a series of Universal features that paired him with Lon Chaney and Dorothy Phillips. Stowell's early death brought the series of adventures to a close.

In 1918 he co-starred with Dorothy Phillips and Erich Von Stroheim in The Heart of Humanity.

In 1919 Universal sent Stowell to the Belgian Congo to scout for filming locations. While en route to Elizabethville Stowell was riding in the caboose car of his train. An out-of-control locomotive engine from another train slammed into Stowell's car, killing him instantly. [insufficient reference, update needed]

Selected filmography

• The Cowboy Millionaire (1909)
• Brown of Harvard (1911)
• The Ex-Convict's Plunge (1913)
• The Buzzard's Shadow (1915)
• The Great Question (1915)
• The Love Hermit (1916)
• The Other Side of the Door (1916)
• Triumph (1917)
• Pay Me! (1917)
• Fighting Mad (1917)
• Bondage (1917)
• The Rescue (1917)
• Fires of Rebellion (1917)
• A Doll's House (1917)
• The Flashlight (1917)
• The Girl in the Checkered Coat (1917)
• Hell Morgan's Girl (1917)
• The Piper's Price (1917)
• The Talk of the Town (1918)
• Broadway Love (1918)
• The Grand Passion (1918)
• The Man in the Moonlight (1919)
• Destiny (1919)
• When a Girl Loves (1919)

External links

• William Stowell at IMDb
• stills of Lon Chaney, Dorothy Phillips, William Stowell in Triumph