Edmund Lowe

Edmund Dantes Lowe (March 3, 1890 – April 21, 1971) was an American actor. His formative experience began in vaudeville and silent film.

Spouses:

Esther Miller (div. 1925)
Lilyan Tashman (1925–1934) her death
Rita Kaufman (1936–1950)

He was born in San Jose, California. His father was a local judge. His childhood home was at 314 North 1st Street, San Jose. He attended Santa Clara College and entertained the idea of becoming a priest before starting his acting career.

He died in Woodland Hills, California of lung cancer.

Film career

Edmund Lowe's career included over 100 films in which he starred as the leading man. He is best remembered for his role as Sergeant Quirt in the 1926 movie, What Price Glory. (Lowe reprised his role from the movie in the radio program Captain Flagg and Sergeant Quirt, broadcast on the Blue Network September 28, 1941 - January 25, 1942, and on NBCFebruary 13, 1942 - April 3, 1942.) Making a smooth transition to talking pictures he remained popular but by the mid '30s he was no longer a major star although he occasionally played leading man to the likes of Jean Harlow, Mae West, and Claudette Colbert. He remained a valuable supporting actor at the major studios while continuing in leads for such "Poverty Row" studios as Columbia Pictures where his skills could bolster low budget productions. He also starred in 35 episodes of the 1950s television show, Front Page Detective and appeared as the elderly lead villain in the first episode of Maverick opposite James Garner in 1957.

Marriages

After his first marriage to Esther Miller ended in early 1925, Lowe met Lilyan Tashman (1896–1934) while filming Ports of Call. Lowe and Tashman were wed on September 21, 1925. The wedding occurred before the release of the film. The two made their home in Hollywood.

Lowe's third wife was costume designer Rita Kaufman (1888–1968). They were married from 1936 to 1940.

Partial filmography

• Eyes of Youth (1919)
• Good Night, Paul (1918)
• The Silent Command (1923)
• The White Flower (1923)
• East of Suez (1925)
• "Greater than a Crown" (1925)
• What Price Glory? (1926)
• Dressed to Kill (1928)
• Outcast (1928)
• In Old Arizona (1928)
• This Thing Called Love (1929)
• The Cock-Eyed World (1929)
• The Bad One (1930)
• Born Reckless (1930)
• Transatlantic (1931)
• The Devil Is Driving (1932)
• Misleading Lady (1932)
• Chandu the Magician (1932)
• Attorney for the Defense (1932)
• Dinner at Eight (1933)
• Hot Pepper (1933)
• Her Bodyguard (1933)
• Gift of Gab (1934)
• The Great Impersonation (1935)
• Seven Sinners (1936)
• Mad Holiday (1936)
• The Garden Murder Case (1936)
• The Squeaker (1937)
• Espionage (1937)
• Every Day's a Holiday (1938)
• I Love You Again (1940)
• Call Out the Marines (1942)
• Oh, What a Night (1944)
• Dillinger (1945)
• The Enchanted Forest (1945)
• Good Sam (1948)
• Around the World in 80 Days (1956) as the engineer of the SS Henrietta
• The Last Hurrah (1958)
• Heller in Pink Tights (1960)