Ben Welden (1901-1997) Jerome Cowan, The Maltese Falcon, 1940.   Best known for gunsels and hoods,  Welden seen about playing Bogart-Sam Spade’s less brainy partner, Miles Archer, whose murder sets off the entire maelstrom.  Copyright © 2023 Crawley's Casting Calls. All Rights Reserved. Joomla! is Free Software released under the GNU General Public License.