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Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Lew_Meehan > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Lew_Meehan.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lew_Meehan > Source revision: 1357040599 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{short description|American actor (1890-1951)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=May 2020}} {{Infobox person | name = Lew Meehan | image = Walloping Wallace lobby card.jpg | caption = Lobby card for ''Walloping Wallace'' (1924) with Lew Meehan and [Buddy Roosevelt](/source/Buddy_Roosevelt) | birth_date = {{birth date|1890|9|7}} | birth_place = [Minneapolis](/source/Minneapolis), [Minnesota](/source/Minnesota), U.S. | death_date = {{death date and age|1951|8|10|1890|9|7}} | death_place = [Los Angeles, California](/source/Los_Angeles%2C_California), U.S. | years_active = 1921-1947 | occupation = Actor }} '''James Lew Meehan''' (September 7, 1890 – August 10, 1951) was an American film actor.{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VnGeCQAAQBAJ&dq=%22Lew+Meehan%22+actor&pg=PA254|title=A Biographical Dictionary of Silent Film Western Actors and Actresses|first=George A.|last=Katchmer|date=May 20, 2015|publisher=McFarland|isbn=9781476609058|access-date=April 19, 2019|via=Google Books}} Meehan appeared in more than 200 films between 1921 and 1947.{{Citation needed |date=June 2021}} He was often the main villain in silent Westerns, but in sound films he was usually an "anonymous henchman".{{cite web |last1=Wollstein |first1=Hans J. |title=Lew Meehan |url=https://www.allmovie.com/artist/lew-meehan-p48200 |website=AllMovie |access-date=June 18, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210618152614/https://www.allmovie.com/artist/lew-meehan-p48200 |archive-date=June 18, 2021}} Meehan was born in [Minnesota](/source/Minnesota) and died in [Los Angeles, California](/source/Los_Angeles%2C_California). Meehan's daughter, Jean Stratton, was an actress.{{cite news |last1=Parsons |first1=Louella O. |title=Clara Bow Planning Comeback in September |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/87214112/the-sacramento-bee/ |access-date=October 16, 2021 |work=The Sacramento Bee |agency=Universal Service, Inc. |date=July 25, 1931 |page=19|via = [Newspapers.com](/source/Newspapers.com)}} ==Selected filmography== {{Div col|colwidth=20em}} * ''[Crossing Trails](/source/Crossing_Trails)'' (1921) * ''[By Right of Birth](/source/By_Right_of_Birth)'' (1921) * ''[Blazing Arrows](/source/Blazing_Arrows)'' (1922) * ''[The Radio King](/source/The_Radio_King)'' (1922) * ''[Silver Spurs](/source/Silver_Spurs_(1922_film))'' (1922) * ''[Daring Danger](/source/Daring_Danger_(1922_film))'' (1922) * ''[Back Fire](/source/Back_Fire)'' (1922) * ''[The Greatest Menace](/source/The_Greatest_Menace)'' (1923) * ''[Ridgeway of Montana](/source/Ridgeway_of_Montana)'' (1924) * ''[Thundering Romance](/source/Thundering_Romance)'' (1924) * ''[Walloping Wallace](/source/Walloping_Wallace)'' (1924) * ''[The Eagle's Claw](/source/The_Eagle's_Claw)'' (1924) * ''[West of Hot Dog](/source/West_of_Hot_Dog)'' (1924) * ''[Full Speed](/source/Full_Speed_(1925_film))'' (1925) * ''[The Empty Saddle](/source/The_Empty_Saddle)'' (1925) * ''[Red Blood](/source/Red_Blood)'' (1925) * ''[Fighting Luck](/source/Fighting_Luck)'' (1925) * ''[White Thunder](/source/White_Thunder_(film))'' (1925) * ''[Lord Jim](/source/Lord_Jim_(1925_film))'' (1925) * ''[Beyond All Odds](/source/Beyond_All_Odds)'' (1926) * ''[The Road Agent](/source/The_Road_Agent)'' (1926) * ''[The Man from Oklahoma](/source/The_Man_from_Oklahoma_(1926_film))'' (1926) * ''[Hair-Trigger Baxter](/source/Hair-Trigger_Baxter)'' (1926) * ''[The Desperate Game](/source/The_Desperate_Game)'' (1926) * ''[The Desert's Toll](/source/The_Desert's_Toll)'' (1926) * ''[Born to Battle](/source/Born_to_Battle_(1927_film))'' (1927) * ''[Thunderbolt's Tracks](/source/Thunderbolt's_Tracks)'' (1927) * ''[Two-Gun of the Tumbleweed](/source/Two-Gun_of_the_Tumbleweed)'' (1927) * ''[Should Tall Men Marry?](/source/Should_Tall_Men_Marry%3F)'' (1928) * ''[The Sky Rider](/source/The_Sky_Rider)'' (1928) * ''[The Power of the Press](/source/The_Power_of_the_Press)'' (1928) * ''[Idaho Red](/source/Idaho_Red)'' (1929) * ''[The Pride of Pawnee](/source/The_Pride_of_Pawnee)'' (1929) * ''[Bad Men's Money](/source/Bad_Men's_Money)'' (1929) * ''[The White Outlaw](/source/The_White_Outlaw_(1929_film))'' (1929) * ''[Silent Sentinel](/source/Silent_Sentinel_(film))'' (1929) * ''[Thunderbolt](/source/Thunderbolt_(1929_film))'' (1929) * ''[Playing Around](/source/Playing_Around)'' (1930) * ''[Firebrand Jordan](/source/Firebrand_Jordan)'' (1930) * ''[The Light of Western Stars](/source/The_Light_of_Western_Stars_(1930_film))'' (1930) * ''[The Virtuous Sin](/source/The_Virtuous_Sin)'' (1930) * ''[New Moon](/source/New_Moon_(1930_film))'' (1930) * ''[Cimarron](/source/Cimarron_(1931_film))'' (1931) * ''[Range Feud](/source/Range_Feud)'' (1931) * ''[Air Eagles](/source/Air_Eagles)'' (1931) * ''[West of Cheyenne](/source/West_of_Cheyenne_(1931_film))'' (1931) * ''[The Fighting Fool](/source/The_Fighting_Fool)'' (1932) * ''[Forbidden Trail](/source/Forbidden_Trail)'' (1932) * ''[Law and Order](/source/Law_and_Order_(1932_film))'' (1932) * ''[Shopworn](/source/Shopworn)'' (1932) * ''[Thirteen Women](/source/Thirteen_Women)'' (1932) * ''[The Wolf Dog](/source/The_Wolf_Dog)'' (1933, Serial) * ''[The World Changes](/source/The_World_Changes)'' (1933) * ''[Unknown Valley](/source/Unknown_Valley)'' (1933) * ''[Among the Missing](/source/Among_the_Missing_(film))'' (1934) * ''[The Man Trailer](/source/The_Man_Trailer)'' (1934) * ''[Wagon Wheels](/source/Wagon_Wheels_(film))'' (1934) * ''[Frontier Days](/source/Frontier_Days_(film))'' (1934) * ''[Mystery Mountain](/source/Mystery_Mountain_(serial))'' (1934, Serial) * ''[The Desert Trail](/source/The_Desert_Trail)'' (1935) * ''[Outlaw Rule](/source/Outlaw_Rule)'' (1935) * ''[Wagon Trail](/source/Wagon_Trail_(film))'' (1935) * ''[The Phantom Cowboy](/source/The_Phantom_Cowboy_(1935_film))'' (1935) * ''[Lightning Triggers](/source/Lightning_Triggers)'' (1935) * ''[The Last of the Clintons](/source/The_Last_of_the_Clintons)'' (1935) * ''[Five Bad Men](/source/Five_Bad_Men)'' (1935) * ''[Annie Oakley](/source/Annie_Oakley_(1935_film))'' (1935) * ''[The Lawless Nineties](/source/The_Lawless_Nineties)'' (1936) * ''[Feud of the West](/source/Feud_of_the_West)'' (1936) * ''[Oh, Susanna!](/source/Oh%2C_Susanna!_(1936_film))'' (1936) * ''[Hopalong Cassidy Returns](/source/Hopalong_Cassidy_Returns)'' (1936) * ''[Melody of the Plains](/source/Melody_of_the_Plains)'' (1937) * ''[Westbound Mail](/source/Westbound_Mail)'' (1937) * ''[Lightnin' Crandall](/source/Lightnin'_Crandall)'' (1937) * ''[Trail of Vengeance](/source/Trail_of_Vengeance)'' (1937) * ''[The Red Rope](/source/The_Red_Rope)'' (1937) * ''[Trapped](/source/Trapped_(1937_film))'' (1937) * ''[Ridin' the Lone Trail](/source/Ridin'_the_Lone_Trail)'' (1937) * ''[Arizona Gunfighter](/source/Arizona_Gunfighter)'' (1937) * ''[Thunder in the Desert](/source/Thunder_in_the_Desert)'' (1938) * ''[The Feud Maker](/source/The_Feud_Maker)'' (1938) * ''[Prairie Moon](/source/Prairie_Moon)'' (1938) * ''[The Shadow](/source/The_Shadow_(serial))'' (1940, Serial) * ''[The Return of Frank James](/source/The_Return_of_Frank_James)'' (1940) * ''[Roaring Frontiers](/source/Roaring_Frontiers)'' (1941) * ''[The Utah Kid](/source/The_Utah_Kid_(1944_film))'' (1944) {{div col end}} ==References== {{reflist}} ==External links== {{commons category|Lew Meehan}} *{{IMDb name|id=0576055|name=Lew Meehan}} {{Authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Meehan, Lew}} Category:1890 births Category:1951 deaths Category:American male film actors Category:Male actors from Minnesota Category:20th-century American male actors 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