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Reginald Owen
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Reginald Owen
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1887-08-04,Wheathampstead, Hertfordshire, England, UK
Gender
Male
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. Owen first played Watson in the film Sherlock Holmes (1932), and then Holmes himself in A Study in Scarlet (1933). Having played Ebenezer Scrooge, Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson, Owen has the odd distinction of playing three classic characters of Victorian fiction only to live to see those characters be taken over and personified by other actors, namely Alastair Sim as Scrooge, Basil Rathbone as Holmes and Nigel Bruce as Watson. Later in his career, Owen appeared opposite James Garner in the television series Maverick in the episodes "The Belcastle Brand" (1957) and "Gun-Shy" (1958) and also guest starred in episodes of the series One Step Beyond and Bewitched. He was featured in the Walt Disney films Mary Poppins (1964) and Bedknobs and Broomsticks (1971). He had a small role in the 1962 Irwin Allen production of the Jules Verne novel Five Weeks in a Balloon. In August 1964, his Bel-Air mansion was rented out to the Beatles, who were performing at the Hollywood Bowl, when no hotel would book them.

Filmography

7.562

Mary Poppins
1964-12-17

Woman of the Year

6.9

Woman of the Year
1942-02-05

6.6

Conquest
1937-10-22

The Thrill of It All

7

The Thrill of It All
1963-07-17

7.3

Random Harvest
1942-12-17

Queen Christina

6.807

Queen Christina
1933-12-26

Bedknobs and Broomsticks

7

Bedknobs and Broomsticks
1971-10-07

Platinum Blonde

6.7

Platinum Blonde
1931-10-31

A Christmas Carol

7

A Christmas Carol
1938-12-16

Above Suspicion

6.5

Above Suspicion
1943-05-31

Voice of the Hurricane

0

Voice of the Hurricane
1964-06-02

6.9

A Woman's Face
1941-05-09

7

Mrs. Miniver
1942-07-03

Tarzan's Secret Treasure

5.736

Tarzan's Secret Treasure
1941-12-01

Reunion in France

6.417

Reunion in France
1942-12-25

6.4

The Pirate
1948-06-11

Five Weeks in a Balloon

5.4

Five Weeks in a Balloon
1962-08-22

The Great Ziegfeld

6.2

The Great Ziegfeld
1936-04-08

5.5

Rosalie
1937-12-24

4.7

Everybody Sing
1938-01-01

Challenge to Lassie

4.8

Challenge to Lassie
1949-10-31

5.8

Cairo
1942-08-17

The Secret Garden

7.1

The Secret Garden
1949-04-30

7.2

Madame Curie
1943-12-16

The Valley of Decision

7.3

The Valley of Decision
1945-05-03

6.2

Madame X
1937-10-01

Personal Property

6.9

Personal Property
1937-03-19

Love on the Run

6.4

Love on the Run
1936-11-20

6.2

Rose Marie
1936-01-31

Of Human Bondage

6.5

Of Human Bondage
1934-07-20

The Diary of a Chambermaid

6.333

The Diary of a Chambermaid
1946-02-15

A Study in Scarlet

5.518

A Study in Scarlet
1933-05-14

A Tale of Two Cities

6.806

A Tale of Two Cities
1935-12-25

Somewhere I'll Find You

5.9

Somewhere I'll Find You
1942-08-27

7

The Good Fairy
1935-02-18

Tammy and the Doctor

5.2

Tammy and the Doctor
1963-05-29

Three Loves Has Nancy

4.2

Three Loves Has Nancy
1938-09-02

The Canterville Ghost

6.69

The Canterville Ghost
1944-07-20

Julia Misbehaves

6.5

Julia Misbehaves
1948-08-08

6.6

Anna Karenina
1935-08-30

7.161

Cluny Brown
1946-06-02

Fashions of 1934

6.4

Fashions of 1934
1934-02-14

Bad Little Angel

4.9

Bad Little Angel
1939-10-27

Music in the Air

4.8

Music in the Air
1934-12-13

They Met in Bombay

7.3

They Met in Bombay
1941-06-27

The Man in Possession

6.5

The Man in Possession
1931-07-04

Salute to the Marines

6.8

Salute to the Marines
1943-09-02

5.8

White Cargo
1942-12-12

5.5

Kitty
1945-10-16

4.667

Kidnapped
1938-05-27

Green Dolphin Street

6.1

Green Dolphin Street
1947-01-15

The Ghost Comes Home

5

The Ghost Comes Home
1940-03-08

The Bride Wore Red

6.7

The Bride Wore Red
1937-10-08

6.3

The Real Glory
1939-09-29

5

Nana
1934-02-01

Petticoat Fever

5.5

Petticoat Fever
1936-03-20

The Earl of Chicago

5.6

The Earl of Chicago
1940-01-05

6.9

Downstairs
1932-08-06

If Winter Comes

6.6

If Winter Comes
1947-12-31

5.6

The Letter
1929-03-17

Call of the Wild

6.3

Call of the Wild
1935-08-09

The Great Diamond Robbery

0

The Great Diamond Robbery
1954-01-29

Sherlock Holmes

5.1

Sherlock Holmes
1932-11-05

0

Escapade
1935-07-05

Here Is My Heart

6.833

Here Is My Heart
1934-12-28

5.9

Stingaree
1934-05-24

Lovers Courageous

5.8

Lovers Courageous
1932-01-23

Blonde Inspiration

5.4

Blonde Inspiration
1941-02-07

Trouble for Two

6

Trouble for Two
1936-05-29

Enchanted April

5.4

Enchanted April
1935-02-01

6.656

Double Harness
1933-07-21

5.7

Voltaire
1933-08-05

The Girl Downstairs

4.5

The Girl Downstairs
1938-12-23

5.6

Fast and Loose
1939-02-17

The Imperfect Lady

0

The Imperfect Lady
1946-11-29

We Were Dancing

4.2

We Were Dancing
1942-04-30

0

Rosie!
1967-11-22

5.8

Remember?
1939-12-19

1

Florian
1940-06-05

Assignment in Brittany

6.6

Assignment in Brittany
1943-03-11

Piccadilly Incident

6.2

Piccadilly Incident
1946-08-24

Paradise for Three

6.8

Paradise for Three
1938-06-04

The House of Rothschild

6.2

The House of Rothschild
1934-04-07

6

Hotel Imperial
1939-05-11

The Narrow Corner

5.5

The Narrow Corner
1933-07-08

Madame du Barry

4.8

Madame du Barry
1934-10-13

The Miniver Story

6

The Miniver Story
1950-10-26

She Went to the Races

5.5

She Went to the Races
1945-11-04

5.9

Mandalay
1934-02-10

Thunder in the Valley

7.5

Thunder in the Valley
1947-11-01

Vacation from Love

0

Vacation from Love
1938-09-29

5.1

Bridal Suite
1939-05-26

The Three Musketeers

6.8

The Three Musketeers
1948-10-20

The Sailor Takes a Wife

6

The Sailor Takes a Wife
1945-12-28

Grounds for Marriage

4.3

Grounds for Marriage
1951-01-12

Three Hearts for Julia

6

Three Hearts for Julia
1943-05-21

6.7

Hills of Home
1948-11-25

Monsieur Beaucaire

5.6

Monsieur Beaucaire
1946-09-04

A Fireside Chat with Lionel Barrymore

0

A Fireside Chat with Lionel Barrymore
1938-12-09

Yours for the Asking

1

Yours for the Asking
1936-07-23

Dangerous Number

5

Dangerous Number
1937-01-22

That's Entertainment!

7.3

That's Entertainment!
1974-06-21

I Married an Angel

5

I Married an Angel
1942-07-09

0

The Big Brain
1933-08-04

5.8

Charley's Aunt
1941-08-01

Adventure in Manhattan

5.8

Adventure in Manhattan
1936-10-08

The Man Called Back

4.5

The Man Called Back
1932-07-16

6.2

Kim
1950-12-07

National Velvet

7.2

National Velvet
1945-01-26

Where Sinners Meet

2.5

Where Sinners Meet
1934-05-17

5.4

Lady Be Good
1941-09-18

Pierre of the Plains

4.2

Pierre of the Plains
1942-07-29

5.5

Free and Easy
1941-02-28

A Woman Commands

8

A Woman Commands
1932-02-12

The Bishop Misbehaves

4

The Bishop Misbehaves
1935-09-13

5

Red Garters
1954-02-09

4

Hullabaloo
1940-10-25

Forever and a Day

7.4

Forever and a Day
1943-01-21

The Girl on the Front Page

0

The Girl on the Front Page
1936-09-26

The Countess of Monte Cristo

6

The Countess of Monte Cristo
1934-03-18

The Many Faces of Sherlock Holmes

7

The Many Faces of Sherlock Holmes
1985-01-01

5.5

Robbers' Roost
1932-12-30

6

Captain Kidd
1945-11-22

0

Phroso
1922-01-13

0

The Human Side
1934-09-01

Moochie of Pop Warner Football

6.5

Moochie of Pop Warner Football
1960-11-20

Moochie of the Little League

6

Moochie of the Little League
1959-10-02

The Grass Orphan

0

The Grass Orphan
1922-12-01

7.862

Bewitched
1964-09-17

Run for Your Life

7.2

Run for Your Life
1965-09-13

6.3

Thriller
1960-09-13

7.1

McCloud
1970-02-17

One Step Beyond

5.615

One Step Beyond
1959-01-20

3

Climax!
1954-10-07

Adventures in Paradise

5.7

Adventures in Paradise
1959-10-05

6.8

Maverick
1957-09-22

6.8

Maverick
1957-09-22