John Bowers
Actor
Born Dec 25, 1885 · Garrett, Indiana, USA
Active 1914–1936 · Awards: star on Hollywood Walk of Fame
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).
Filmography
The Ace of Hearts (1921) — ForrestBits of Life (1921) — Dentist's PatientQuincy Adams Sawyer (1922) — Quincy Adams SawyerRocking Moon (1926) — Gary TynanThe Bondage of Fear (1917) — Dick MortimerThe Woman in Room 13 (1920) — Paul RamseyAffinities (1922) — Day IllingtonAn Unwilling Hero (1921) — HunterWhat a Wife Learned (1923) — Jim RussellShall We Forgive Her? (1917) — Oliver WestThe People vs. Nancy Preston (1925) — Mike HorganRagtime (1927) — Ted MasonLaddie (1926) — LaddieWhispering Smith (1926) — McCloudSo Big (1924) — Pervus DeJongDaughters Who Pay (1925) — Dick FosterThrough the Wrong Door (1919) — Burt RadcliffeThe Pest (1919) — Gene GilesT'Other Dear Charmer (1918) — Tom WentworthOut of the Storm (1920) — John OrdhamStrictly Confidential (1919) — Vernon, Lord BantockDivorce (1923) — Jim ParkerConfessions of a Queen (1925) — Prince AlexeiPals in Paradise (1926) — Bill Harvey