Reginald Owen
Known for Acting · 137 credits
- Born
- 1887-08-04
- Died
- 1972-11-05
- Place of birth
- Wheathampstead, Hertfordshire, England, UK
- Also known as
- John Reginald Owen · Джон Реджинальд Оуэн · Реджинальд Оуэн
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
John Reginald Owen (5 August 1887 – 5 November 1972) was an English character actor. He was known for his many roles in British and American films and later in television programmes. The son of Joseph and Frances Owen, Reginald Owen studied at Sir Herbert Tree's Royal Academy of Dramatic Art and made his professional debut in 1905. In 1911, he starred in the original production of Where the Rainbow Ends as Saint George which opened to very good reviews on 21 December 1911. Reginald Owen had a few years earlier met the author Mrs. Clifford Mills as a young actor, and it was he who on hearing her idea of a Rainbow Story persuaded her to turn it into a play, and thus "Where the Rainbow Ends" was born.
He went to the United States in 1920 and worked originally on Broadway in New York, but later moved to Hollywood, where he began a lengthy film career. He was always a familiar face in many Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer productions.
Owen is perhaps best known today for his performance as Ebenezer Scrooge in the 1938 film version of Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol, a role he inherited from Lionel Barrymore, who had played the part of Scrooge on the radio every Christmas for years until Barrymore broke his hip in an accident.
Owen was one of only five actors to play both Sherlock Holmes and his companion Dr Watson (Jeremy Brett played Watson on stage in the United States prior to adopting the mantle of Holmes on British television, Carleton Hobbs played both roles in British radio adaptations while Patrick Macnee played both roles in US television films). Howard Marion-Crawford played Holmes in a radio adaptation of "The Speckled Band" and later played Watson to Ronald Howard’s Holmes in the 1954-55 television series.
Known For
TV Shows (9)
Bewitched
1964
Climax!
1954
as Doctor
Maverick
1957
as Marquis Norbert Belcastle / Freddie Hawkins
Run for Your Life
1965
as Sir Hillary Cooper
Thriller
1960
as The Hussar ('A Terribly Strange Bed')
McCloud
1970
Adventures in Paradise
1959
as Ambrose Feather
One Step Beyond
1959
as Herbert Blakely
MGM Parade
1955
as Self
Movies (128)
Mary Poppins
1964
as Admiral Boom
The Pirate
1948
as The Advocate
Bedknobs and Broomsticks
1971
as Gen. Teagler
Stingaree
1934
as The Governor-General
Madame Curie
1943
as Dr. Becquerel
The Three Musketeers
1948
as Treville
Captain Kidd
1945
as Cary Shadwell
A Tale of Two Cities
1935
as Stryver
Mrs. Miniver
1942
as Foley
Rosie!
1967
as Patrick
National Velvet
1945
as Farmer Ede
Kitty
1945
as Duke of Malmunster
Rosalie
1937
as Chancellor
Cluny Brown
1946
as Henry Carmel
Enchanted April
1935
as Henry Arbuthnot
Random Harvest
1942
as "Biffer"
Woman of the Year
1942
as Clayton
A Christmas Carol
1938
as Ebenezer Scrooge
Three Loves Has Nancy
1938
as William, the Butler
The Secret Garden
1949
as Ben Weatherstaff
A Woman's Face
1941
as Bernard Dalvik
That's Entertainment!
1974
as (archive footage) (uncredited)
Personal Property
1937
as Claude Dabney
Bridal Suite
1939
as Sir Horace Bragdon
Anna Karenina
1935
as Stiva
The Great Ziegfeld
1936
as Sampston
Rose Marie
1936
as Myerson
Call of the Wild
1935
as Mr. Smith
The Valley of Decision
1945
as McCready
The Diary of a Chambermaid
1946
as Captain Lanlaire
Kidnapped
1938
as Capt. Hoseason
Thunder in the Valley
1947
as James Moore
Above Suspicion
1943
as Dr. Mespelbrunn
Five Weeks in a Balloon
1962
as Consul
Blonde Inspiration
1941
as Reginald Mason
The Thrill of It All
1963
as Tom Fraleigh
I Married an Angel
1942
as 'Whiskers'
Everybody Sing
1938
as Hillary Bellaire
Hullabaloo
1940
as 'Buzz' Foster
Reunion in France
1942
as Schultz, Gestapo agent
Of Human Bondage
1934
as Thorpe Athelny
Kim
1950
as Father Victor
Conquest
1937
as Tallyrand
Florian
1940
as Emperor Franz Josef
Vacation from Love
1938
as John Hodge Lawson
The Real Glory
1939
as Capt. Hartley
White Cargo
1942
as Skipper of the Congo Queen
Julia Misbehaves
1948
as Benjy Hawkins
The House of Rothschild
1934
as Herries
Madame X
1937
as Maurice Dourel
The Imperfect Lady
1946
as Mr. Hopkins
Platinum Blonde
1931
as Dexter Grayson
Cairo
1942
as Philo Cobson
Tarzan's Secret Treasure
1941
as Professor Elliott
Queen Christina
1934
as Charles
Paradise for Three
1938
as Johann Kesselhut
The Canterville Ghost
1944
as Lord Canterville
Green Dolphin Street
1947
as Captain O'Hara
The Earl of Chicago
1940
as Gervase Gonwell
Somewhere I'll Find You
1942
as Willie Manning
Challenge to Lassie
1949
as Sergeant Davie
We Were Dancing
1942
as Maj. Tyler-Blane
Remember?
1939
as Mr. Bronson
Fast and Loose
1939
as Vincent Charlton
The Girl Downstairs
1938
as Charlie Grump
A Woman Commands
1932
as The Prime Minister
A Study in Scarlet
1933
as Sherlock Holmes
If Winter Comes
1947
as Mr. Fortune
Mandalay
1934
as Police Commissioner Col. Thomas Dawson
Downstairs
1932
as Baron 'Nicky' von Burgen
Salute to the Marines
1943
as Mr. Henry Casper
Hotel Imperial
1939
as General Videnko
The Good Fairy
1935
as The Waiter
Trouble for Two
1936
as President of Club
Here Is My Heart
1934
as Vova
The Countess of Monte Cristo
1934
as The Baron
Adventure in Manhattan
1936
as Blackton Gregory
Love on the Run
1936
as Baron Otto Spandermann
Music in the Air
1934
as Ernst Weber
Forever and a Day
1943
as Simpson
The Man in Possession
1931
as Claude Dabney
Assignment in Brittany
1943
as Col. Trane
Free and Easy
1941
as Sir George Kelvin
Voltaire
1933
as King Louis XV
The Letter
1929
as Robert Crosbie
Grounds for Marriage
1951
as Dely Delacorte
They Met in Bombay
1941
as General Allen
Fashions of 1934
1934
as Oscar Baroque
Monsieur Beaucaire
1946
as King Louis XV
Lady Be Good
1941
as Max Milton
The Girl on the Front Page
1936
as Archie Biddle
Moochie of Pop Warner Football
1960
as Mr. Bennett
Moochie of the Little League
1959
as J. Cecil Bennett
Sherlock Holmes
1932
as Dr. Watson
Where Sinners Meet
1934
as Leonard
Dangerous Number
1937
as William
Charley's Aunt
1941
as Mr. Redcliffe
She Went to the Races
1945
as Dr. Pembroke
Hills of Home
1948
as Hopps
Piccadilly Incident
1946
as Judge
Phroso
1922
as Lord Wheatley
Lovers Courageous
1932
as Lord Jimmy
Tammy and the Doctor
1963
as Jason Tripp
The Great Diamond Robbery
1954
as Bainbridge Gibbons
Red Garters
1954
as Judge Wallace Winthrop
Robbers' Roost
1932
as Cecil Herrick
Voice of the Hurricane
1964
Nana
1934
as Bordenave
Yours for the Asking
1936
as Dictionary McKinney
The Bride Wore Red
1937
as Admiral Monti
Madame du Barry
1934
as King Louis XV
The Ghost Comes Home
1940
as Hemingway
The Sailor Takes a Wife
1945
as Mr. Amboy
The Miniver Story
1950
as Mr. Foley
Three Hearts for Julia
1943
as John Girard
Escapade
1935
as Paul
The Many Faces of Sherlock Holmes
1985
as Sherlock Holmes (archive footage)
Double Harness
1933
as Freeman
The Human Side
1934
as James Dalton
Bad Little Angel
1939
as Edwards, Marvin's Valet
About Reginald Owen
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia John Reginald Owen (5 August 1887 – 5 November 1972) was an English character actor. He was known for his many roles in British and American films and later in television programmes. The son of Joseph and Frances Owen, Reginald Owen studied at Sir Herbert Tree's Royal Academy of Dramatic Art and made his professional debut in 1905. In 1911, he starred in the original production of Where the Rainbow Ends as Saint George which opened to very good reviews on 21 December 1911. Reginald Owen had a few years ear… With 137 credits spanning from 1922 to 1985, Reginald Owen has appeared in 128 films and 9 TV shows.
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- Mary Poppins (1964) — as Admiral Boom
- The Pirate (1948) — as The Advocate
- Bedknobs and Broomsticks (1971) — as Gen. Teagler
- Stingaree (1934) — as The Governor-General
- Madame Curie (1943) — as Dr. Becquerel
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