Lew Meehan Explained

Lew Meehan
Birth Date:	7 September 1890
Birth Place:	Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S.
Death Place:	Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Yearsactive:	1921-1947
Occupation:	Actor

James Lew Meehan (September 7, 1890  - August 10, 1951) was an American film actor.^[1]

Meehan appeared in more than 200 films between 1921 and 1947. He was often the main villain in silent Westerns, but in sound films he was usually an "anonymous henchman".^[2] Meehan was born in Minnesota and died in Los Angeles, California.

Meehan's daughter, Jean Stratton, was an actress.^[3]

Selected filmography

• Crossing Trails (1921)
• By Right of Birth (1921)
• Blazing Arrows (1922)
• The Radio King (1922)
• Silver Spurs (1922)
• Daring Danger (1922)
• Back Fire (1922)
• The Greatest Menace (1923)
• Ridgeway of Montana (1924)
• Thundering Romance (1924)
• Walloping Wallace (1924)
• The Eagle's Claw (1924)
• West of Hot Dog (1924)
• Full Speed (1925)
• The Empty Saddle (1925)
• Red Blood (1925)
• Fighting Luck (1925)
• White Thunder (1925)
• Lord Jim (1925)
• Beyond All Odds (1926)
• The Road Agent (1926)
• The Man from Oklahoma (1926)
• Hair-Trigger Baxter (1926)
• The Desperate Game (1926)
• The Desert's Toll (1926)
• Born to Battle (1927)
• Thunderbolt's Tracks (1927)
• Two-Gun of the Tumbleweed (1927)
• Should Tall Men Marry? (1928)
• The Sky Rider (1928)
• The Power of the Press (1928)
• Idaho Red (1929)
• The Pride of Pawnee (1929)
• Bad Men's Money (1929)
• The White Outlaw (1929)
• Silent Sentinel (1929)
• Thunderbolt (1929)
• Playing Around (1930)
• Firebrand Jordan (1930)
• The Light of Western Stars (1930)
• The Virtuous Sin (1930)
• New Moon (1930)
• Cimarron (1931)
• Range Feud (1931)
• Air Eagles (1931)
• West of Cheyenne (1931)
• The Fighting Fool (1932)
• Forbidden Trail (1932)
• Law and Order (1932)
• Shopworn (1932)
• Thirteen Women (1932)
• The Wolf Dog (1933, Serial)
• The World Changes (1933)
• Unknown Valley (1933)
• Among the Missing (1934)
• The Man Trailer (1934)
• Wagon Wheels (1934)
• Frontier Days (1934)
• Mystery Mountain (1934, Serial)
• The Desert Trail (1935)
• Outlaw Rule (1935)
• Wagon Trail (1935)
• The Phantom Cowboy (1935)
• Lightning Triggers (1935)
• The Last of the Clintons (1935)
• Five Bad Men (1935)
• Annie Oakley (1935)
• The Lawless Nineties (1936)
• Feud of the West (1936)
• Oh, Susanna! (1936)
• Hopalong Cassidy Returns (1936)
• Melody of the Plains (1937)
• Westbound Mail (1937)
• Lightnin' Crandall (1937)
• Trail of Vengeance (1937)
• The Red Rope (1937)
• Trapped (1937)
• Ridin' the Lone Trail (1937)
• Arizona Gunfighter (1937)
• Thunder in the Desert (1938)
• The Feud Maker (1938)
• Prairie Moon (1938)
• The Shadow (1940, Serial)
• The Return of Frank James (1940)
• Roaring Frontiers (1941)
• The Utah Kid (1944)

Notes and References

1. Book: Katchmer, George A.. A Biographical Dictionary of Silent Film Western Actors and Actresses. May 20, 2015. McFarland. 9781476609058. April 19, 2019. Google Books.
2. Web site: Wollstein . Hans J. . Lew Meehan . AllMovie . June 18, 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210618152614/https://www.allmovie.com/artist/lew-meehan-p48200 . June 18, 2021.
3. News: Parsons . Louella O. . Clara Bow Planning Comeback in September . October 16, 2021 . The Sacramento Bee . Universal Service, Inc. . July 25, 1931 . 19. Newspapers.com.