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Known For
Acting
Birthday
August 4, 1887
Died
November 5, 1972
Place of Birth
Wheathampstead, Hertfordshire, England, UK
Also Known As
- John Reginald Owen
- Джон Реджинальд Оуэн
- Реджинальд Оуэн
Reginald Owen
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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.
Known For
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Sherlock Holmes (archive footage)
The Many Faces of Sherlock Holmes
1985
7.4
(archive footage) (uncredited)
That's Entertainment!
1974
7.0
Gen. Teagler
Bedknobs and Broomsticks
1971
7.1
McCloud
1970
0.0
Patrick
Rosie!
1967
7.2
Sir Hillary Cooper
Run for Your Life
1965
7.6
Admiral Boom
Mary Poppins
1964
7.9
Bewitched
1964
0.0
Voice of the Hurricane
1964
7.0
Tom Fraleigh
The Thrill of It All
1963
Credits
The Many Faces of Sherlock Holmes
as Sherlock Holmes (archive footage)
1985
7.0
That's Entertainment!
as (archive footage) (uncredited)
1974
7.4
Bedknobs and Broomsticks
as Gen. Teagler
1971
7.0
McCloud
1970
7.1
Rosie!
as Patrick
1967
0.0
Run for Your Life
as Sir Hillary Cooper
1965
7.2
Mary Poppins
as Admiral Boom
1964
7.6
Bewitched
1964
7.9
Voice of the Hurricane
1964
0.0
The Thrill of It All
as Tom Fraleigh
1963
7.0
Tammy and the Doctor
as Jason Tripp
1963
5.2
Five Weeks in a Balloon
as Consul
1962
5.3
Moochie of Pop Warner Football
as Mr. Bennett
1960
6.5
Thriller
as The Hussar ('A Terribly Strange Bed')
1960
6.6
Adventures in Paradise
as Ambrose Feather
1959
5.7
Moochie of the Little League
as J. Cecil Bennett
1959
6.0
One Step Beyond
as Herbert Blakely
1959
5.6
Maverick
1957
6.9
Maverick
as Marquis Norbert Belcastle
1957
6.9
Maverick
as Freddie Hawkins
1957
6.9
Climax!
as Doctor
1954
3.3
Red Garters
as Judge Wallace Winthrop
1954
4.7
The Great Diamond Robbery
as Bainbridge Gibbons
1954
0.0
Grounds for Marriage
as Dely Delacorte
1951
4.3
Kim
as Father Victor
1950
6.5
The Miniver Story
as Mr. Foley
1950
6.0
Challenge to Lassie
as Sergeant Davie
1949
4.8
The Secret Garden
as Ben Weatherstaff
1949
7.1
Hills of Home
as Hopps
1948
6.7
The Three Musketeers
as Treville
1948
6.7
Julia Misbehaves
as Benjy Hawkins
1948
6.5
The Pirate
as The Advocate
1948
6.4
If Winter Comes
as Mr. Fortune
1947
6.6
Thunder in the Valley
as James Moore
1947
7.5
Green Dolphin Street
as Captain O'Hara
1947
6.1
The Imperfect Lady
as Mr. Hopkins
1946
0.0
Monsieur Beaucaire
as King Louis XV
1946
5.4
Piccadilly Incident
as Judge
1946
6.2
Cluny Brown
as Henry Carmel
1946
7.2
The Diary of a Chambermaid
as Captain Lanlaire
1946
6.2
The Sailor Takes a Wife
as Mr. Amboy
1945
6.0
Captain Kidd
as Cary Shadwell
1945
6.2
She Went to the Races
as Dr. Pembroke
1945
5.5
Kitty
as Duke of Malmunster
1945
5.5
The Valley of Decision
as McCready
1945
7.3
National Velvet
as Farmer Ede
1945
7.2
The Canterville Ghost
as Lord Canterville
1944
6.7
Madame Curie
as Dr. Becquerel
1943
7.2
Salute to the Marines
as Mr. Henry Casper
1943
6.8
Above Suspicion
as Dr. Mespelbrunn
1943
6.1
Three Hearts for Julia
as John Girard
1943
6.0
Assignment in Brittany
as Col. Trane
1943
6.6
Forever and a Day
as Simpson
1943
7.4
Reunion in France
as Schultz, Gestapo agent
1942
6.4
Random Harvest
as "Biffer"
1942
7.3
White Cargo
as Skipper of the Congo Queen
1942
5.8
Somewhere I'll Find You
as Willie Manning
1942
5.6
Cairo
as Philo Cobson
1942
5.8
Pierre of the Plains
as Noah Glenkins
1942
4.0
I Married an Angel
as 'Whiskers'
1942
5.0
Mrs. Miniver
as Foley
1942
7.1
We Were Dancing
as Maj. Tyler-Blane
1942
3.6
Woman of the Year
as Clayton
1942
6.9
Tarzan's Secret Treasure
as Professor Elliott
1941
5.8
Lady Be Good
as Max Milton
1941
5.4
Charley's Aunt
as Mr. Redcliffe
1941
5.8
They Met in Bombay
as General Allen
1941
7.3
A Woman's Face
as Bernard Dalvik
1941
6.8
Free and Easy
as Sir George Kelvin
1941
5.5
Blonde Inspiration
as Reginald Mason
1941
5.4
Hullabaloo
as 'Buzz' Foster
1940
4.0
Florian
as Emperor Franz Josef
1940
1.0
The Ghost Comes Home
as Hemingway
1940
5.0
The Earl of Chicago
as Gervase Gonwell
1940
5.6
Remember?
as Mr. Bronson
1939
5.8
Bad Little Angel
as Edwards, Marvin's Valet
1939
4.9
The Real Glory
as Capt. Hartley
1939
6.3
Bridal Suite
as Sir Horace Bragdon
1939
5.1
Hotel Imperial
as General Videnko
1939
6.0
Fast and Loose
as Vincent Charlton
1939
5.6
The Girl Downstairs
as Charlie Grump
1938
4.1
A Christmas Carol
as Ebenezer Scrooge
1938
7.0
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A Fireside Chat with Lionel Barrymore
as Scrooge (atchive footage)
1938
0.0
Vacation from Love
as John Hodge Lawson
1938
0.0
Three Loves Has Nancy
as William, the Butler
1938
3.8
Paradise for Three
as Johann Kesselhut
1938
6.8
Kidnapped
as Capt. Hoseason
1938
4.7
Everybody Sing
as Hillary Bellaire
1938
4.7
Rosalie
as Chancellor
1937
5.5
Conquest
as Tallyrand
1937
6.5
The Bride Wore Red
as Admiral Monti
1937
6.7
Madame X
as Maurice Dourel
1937
5.8
Personal Property
as Claude Dabney
1937
6.9
Dangerous Number
as William
1937
4.3
Love on the Run
as Baron Otto Spandermann
1936
6.4
Adventure in Manhattan
as Blackton Gregory
1936
5.8
The Girl on the Front Page
as Archie Biddle
1936
0.0
Yours for the Asking
as Dictionary McKinney
1936
3.5
Trouble for Two
as President of Club
1936
6.0
The Great Ziegfeld
as Sampston
1936
6.3
Petticoat Fever
as Sir James Felton
1936
5.5
Rose Marie
as Myerson
1936
6.2
A Tale of Two Cities
as Stryver
1935
6.8
The Bishop Misbehaves
as Guy Waller
1935
4.0
Anna Karenina
as Stiva
1935
6.5
Call of the Wild
as Mr. Smith
1935
6.2
Escapade
as Paul
1935
0.0
The Good Fairy
as The Waiter
1935
6.9
Enchanted April
as Henry Arbuthnot
1935
4.5
Here Is My Heart
as Vova
1934
6.8
Music in the Air
as Ernst Weber
1934
4.8
Madame du Barry
as King Louis XV
1934
4.2
The Human Side
as James Dalton
1934
0.0
Of Human Bondage
as Thorpe Athelny
1934
6.5
Stingaree
as The Governor-General
1934
5.8
Where Sinners Meet
as Leonard
1934
3.3
The House of Rothschild
as Herries
1934
6.2
The Countess of Monte Cristo
as The Baron
1934
6.0
Fashions of 1934
as Oscar Baroque
1934
6.4
Mandalay
as Police Commissioner Col. Thomas Dawson
1934
5.6
Queen Christina
as Charles
1934
6.8
Nana
as Bordenave
1934
5.2
Voltaire
as King Louis XV
1933
5.7
The Big Brain
as Lord Darlington
1933
0.0
Double Harness
as Freeman
1933
6.3
The Narrow Corner
as Mr. Frith
1933
5.5
A Study in Scarlet
as Sherlock Holmes
1933
5.5
Robbers' Roost
as Cecil Herrick
1932
5.5
Sherlock Holmes
as Dr. Watson
1932
5.4
Downstairs
as Baron 'Nicky' von Burgen
1932
6.5
The Man Called Back
as Dr. Herbert Atkins
1932
4.5
A Woman Commands
as The Prime Minister
1932
8.0
Lovers Courageous
as Lord Jimmy
1932
5.6
Platinum Blonde
as Dexter Grayson
1931
6.6
The Man in Possession
as Claude Dabney
1931
6.7
The Letter
as Robert Crosbie
1929
5.5
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The Grass Orphan
as Heathcote St. John
1922
0.0
Phroso
as Lord Wheatley
1922
0.0