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Tisdale Justin Dow (April 18, 1888-September 4, 1940) was an American silent film actor and studio manager active from 1914 to 1927.

Early life
Tisdale Justin Dow was born in Los Angeles, California on 18 April 1888. He was the son of Wilbur Olen Dow, Sr., a real estate developer and Irene Eladist Dow and the oldest of five children. He left Los Angeles to attend Adelphi College in Long Island, New York, majoring in art. While there, he won a gold medal for drawing in 1911. A number of his cartoons appeared in the Los Angeles Herald Newspaper. Shortly after, he began his stage career.