Actor. Born Louis Josèph Coté in Berlin, New Hampshire, of French background. He dropped out of medical studies to hit the boards in regional theatres, and made his movie debut in 1915. With his mature, slightly debauched good looks, highlighted by an elegant mustache, Cody became a star playing debonair men-about-town and suave seducers, often in films with Parisian settings. At MGM in the 1920s he found an ideal screen partner in Renee Adoree and they made several sexy comedies together, among them "Man and Maid" (1925), "Exchange of Wives" (1925), and "On Ze Boulevard" (1927). He later settled at Paramount. His other credits include "The Mating" (1915), "Mickey" (1918), "The Butterfly Man" (1920), "Rupert of Hentzau" (title role, 1923), "The Sporting Venus" (1925), "Wickedness Preferred" (1928), "Dishonored" (1931), and "Sitting Pretty" (1933). Cody's 1926 marriage to actress Mabel Normand was one of Hollywood's more curious episodes. He proposed to her at a party as a joke, she accepted in like spirit, and they persuaded a Ventura County judge to perform a quick wedding ceremony. The couple never lived together and considered seeking an annulment, but were still married at the time of Normand's death in 1930. Cody's last years were marred by heart disease and he died at 50 soon after completing the film "Shoot the Works" (1934).
Actor. Born Louis Josèph Coté in Berlin, New Hampshire, of French background. He dropped out of medical studies to hit the boards in regional theatres, and made his movie debut in 1915. With his mature, slightly debauched good looks, highlighted by an elegant mustache, Cody became a star playing debonair men-about-town and suave seducers, often in films with Parisian settings. At MGM in the 1920s he found an ideal screen partner in Renee Adoree and they made several sexy comedies together, among them "Man and Maid" (1925), "Exchange of Wives" (1925), and "On Ze Boulevard" (1927). He later settled at Paramount. His other credits include "The Mating" (1915), "Mickey" (1918), "The Butterfly Man" (1920), "Rupert of Hentzau" (title role, 1923), "The Sporting Venus" (1925), "Wickedness Preferred" (1928), "Dishonored" (1931), and "Sitting Pretty" (1933). Cody's 1926 marriage to actress Mabel Normand was one of Hollywood's more curious episodes. He proposed to her at a party as a joke, she accepted in like spirit, and they persuaded a Ventura County judge to perform a quick wedding ceremony. The couple never lived together and considered seeking an annulment, but were still married at the time of Normand's death in 1930. Cody's last years were marred by heart disease and he died at 50 soon after completing the film "Shoot the Works" (1934).
Bio by: Bobb Edwards
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