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Reginald Owen‌

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Reginald Owen

Wheathampstead, Hertfordshire, England, UK

Reginald Owen

Wheathampstead, Hertfordshire, England, UK

Gender

Male

Birthday

calendar1887-08-04

Popularity

star3.3

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.

Movie Credits

Mary Poppins

Mary Poppins‌
star7.6
calendar 1964

Woman of the Year

Woman of the Year‌
star6.9
calendar 1942

Conquest

Conquest‌
star6.7
calendar 1937

The Thrill of It All

The Thrill of It All‌
star7.0
calendar 1963

Random Harvest

Random Harvest‌
star7.2
calendar 1942

Queen Christina

Queen Christina‌
star6.8
calendar 1933

Platinum Blonde

Platinum Blonde‌
star6.7
calendar 1931

Bedknobs and Broomsticks

Bedknobs and Broomsticks‌
star7.0
calendar 1971

A Christmas Carol

A Christmas Carol‌
star7.0
calendar 1938

Above Suspicion

Above Suspicion‌
star6.4
calendar 1943

Voice of the Hurricane

Voice of the Hurricane‌
star0.0
calendar 1964

A Woman's Face

A Woman's Face‌
star7.0
calendar 1941

Mrs. Miniver

Mrs. Miniver‌
star7.0
calendar 1942

Tarzan's Secret Treasure

Tarzan's Secret Treasure‌
star5.7
calendar 1941

Reunion in France

Reunion in France‌
star6.6
calendar 1942

The Pirate

The Pirate‌
star6.4
calendar 1948

Five Weeks in a Balloon

Five Weeks in a Balloon‌
star5.4
calendar 1962

The Great Ziegfeld

The Great Ziegfeld‌
star6.2
calendar 1936

Rosalie

Rosalie‌
star5.5
calendar 1937

Everybody Sing

Everybody Sing‌
star4.7
calendar 1938

Cairo

Cairo‌
star5.8
calendar 1942

Challenge to Lassie

Challenge to Lassie‌
star4.8
calendar 1949

The Secret Garden

The Secret Garden‌
star7.2
calendar 1949

Madame Curie

Madame Curie‌
star7.2
calendar 1943

The Valley of Decision

The Valley of Decision‌
star7.3
calendar 1945

Madame X

Madame X‌
star6.2
calendar 1937

Love on the Run

Love on the Run‌
star6.4
calendar 1936

Personal Property

Personal Property‌
star6.9
calendar 1937

Rose Marie

Rose Marie‌
star6.2
calendar 1936

Of Human Bondage

Of Human Bondage‌
star6.4
calendar 1934

The Diary of a Chambermaid

The Diary of a Chambermaid‌
star6.2
calendar 1946

A Study in Scarlet

A Study in Scarlet‌
star5.5
calendar 1933

A Tale of Two Cities

A Tale of Two Cities‌
star6.8
calendar 1935

Somewhere I'll Find You

Somewhere I'll Find You‌
star5.9
calendar 1942

The Good Fairy

The Good Fairy‌
star6.9
calendar 1935

Tammy and the Doctor

Tammy and the Doctor‌
star5.2
calendar 1963

Three Loves Has Nancy

Three Loves Has Nancy‌
star4.2
calendar 1938

The Canterville Ghost

The Canterville Ghost‌
star6.6
calendar 1944

Julia Misbehaves

Julia Misbehaves‌
star6.5
calendar 1948

Anna Karenina

Anna Karenina‌
star6.6
calendar 1935

Cluny Brown

Cluny Brown‌
star7.2
calendar 1946

Fashions of 1934

Fashions of 1934‌
star6.3
calendar 1934

Bad Little Angel

Bad Little Angel‌
star4.9
calendar 1939

Music in the Air

Music in the Air‌
star4.8
calendar 1934

They Met in Bombay

They Met in Bombay‌
star7.4
calendar 1941

The Man in Possession

The Man in Possession‌
star6.5
calendar 1931

Salute to the Marines

Salute to the Marines‌
star6.8
calendar 1943

White Cargo

White Cargo‌
star5.8
calendar 1942

Kitty

Kitty‌
star5.5
calendar 1945

Kidnapped

Kidnapped‌
star6.0
calendar 1938

Green Dolphin Street

Green Dolphin Street‌
star6.1
calendar 1947

The Ghost Comes Home

The Ghost Comes Home‌
star5.0
calendar 1940

The Bride Wore Red

The Bride Wore Red‌
star6.7
calendar 1937

The Real Glory

The Real Glory‌
star6.3
calendar 1939

Nana

Nana‌
star5.0
calendar 1934

Petticoat Fever

Petticoat Fever‌
star5.5
calendar 1936

The Earl of Chicago

The Earl of Chicago‌
star5.6
calendar 1940

Downstairs

Downstairs‌
star6.9
calendar 1932

If Winter Comes

If Winter Comes‌
star6.6
calendar 1947

The Letter

The Letter‌
star5.5
calendar 1929

Call of the Wild

Call of the Wild‌
star6.2
calendar 1935

The Great Diamond Robbery

The Great Diamond Robbery‌
star0.0
calendar 1954

Sherlock Holmes

Sherlock Holmes‌
star5.1
calendar 1932

Here Is My Heart

Here Is My Heart‌
star7.0
calendar 1934

Escapade

Escapade‌
star0.0
calendar 1935

Stingaree

Stingaree‌
star5.9
calendar 1934

Lovers Courageous

Lovers Courageous‌
star5.8
calendar 1932

Blonde Inspiration

Blonde Inspiration‌
star5.4
calendar 1941

Trouble for Two

Trouble for Two‌
star6.0
calendar 1936

Enchanted April

Enchanted April‌
star5.4
calendar 1935

Double Harness

Double Harness‌
star6.8
calendar 1933

Voltaire

Voltaire‌
star5.7
calendar 1933

The Girl Downstairs

The Girl Downstairs‌
star4.5
calendar 1938

Fast and Loose

Fast and Loose‌
star5.7
calendar 1939

The Imperfect Lady

The Imperfect Lady‌
star0.0
calendar 1946

We Were Dancing

We Were Dancing‌
star4.2
calendar 1942

Rosie!

Rosie!‌
star0.0
calendar 1967

Remember?

Remember?‌
star5.8
calendar 1939

Florian

Florian‌
star1.0
calendar 1940

Assignment in Brittany

Assignment in Brittany‌
star6.6
calendar 1943

Piccadilly Incident

Piccadilly Incident‌
star6.2
calendar 1946

Paradise for Three

Paradise for Three‌
star6.8
calendar 1938

The House of Rothschild

The House of Rothschild‌
star6.1
calendar 1934

Hotel Imperial

Hotel Imperial‌
star6.0
calendar 1939

The Narrow Corner

The Narrow Corner‌
star5.5
calendar 1933

Madame du Barry

Madame du Barry‌
star4.8
calendar 1934

The Miniver Story

The Miniver Story‌
star6.0
calendar 1950

She Went to the Races

She Went to the Races‌
star5.5
calendar 1945

Mandalay

Mandalay‌
star5.9
calendar 1934

Thunder in the Valley

Thunder in the Valley‌
star7.5
calendar 1947

Vacation from Love

Vacation from Love‌
star0.0
calendar 1938

Bridal Suite

Bridal Suite‌
star5.1
calendar 1939

The Three Musketeers

The Three Musketeers‌
star6.7
calendar 1948

Grounds for Marriage

Grounds for Marriage‌
star4.3
calendar 1951

The Sailor Takes a Wife

The Sailor Takes a Wife‌
star6.0
calendar 1945

Three Hearts for Julia

Three Hearts for Julia‌
star6.0
calendar 1943

Hills of Home

Hills of Home‌
star6.7
calendar 1948

Monsieur Beaucaire

Monsieur Beaucaire‌
star5.6
calendar 1946

A Fireside Chat with Lionel Barrymore

A Fireside Chat with Lionel Barrymore‌
star0.0
calendar 1938

Yours for the Asking

Yours for the Asking‌
star1.0
calendar 1936

Dangerous Number

Dangerous Number‌
star5.0
calendar 1937

That's Entertainment!

That's Entertainment!‌
star7.2
calendar 1974

The Big Brain

The Big Brain‌
star0.0
calendar 1933

I Married an Angel

I Married an Angel‌
star5.0
calendar 1942

Charley's Aunt

Charley's Aunt‌
star5.8
calendar 1941

Adventure in Manhattan

Adventure in Manhattan‌
star5.8
calendar 1936

The Man Called Back

The Man Called Back‌
star4.5
calendar 1932

Kim

Kim‌
star6.3
calendar 1950

National Velvet

National Velvet‌
star7.3
calendar 1945

Where Sinners Meet

Where Sinners Meet‌
star2.5
calendar 1934

Lady Be Good

Lady Be Good‌
star5.4
calendar 1941

Pierre of the Plains

Pierre of the Plains‌
star4.2
calendar 1942

Free and Easy

Free and Easy‌
star5.5
calendar 1941

A Woman Commands

A Woman Commands‌
star8.0
calendar 1932

The Bishop Misbehaves

The Bishop Misbehaves‌
star4.0
calendar 1935

Red Garters

Red Garters‌
star5.0
calendar 1954

Hullabaloo

Hullabaloo‌
star4.0
calendar 1940

Forever and a Day

Forever and a Day‌
star7.2
calendar 1943

The Girl on the Front Page

The Girl on the Front Page‌
star0.0
calendar 1936

The Countess of Monte Cristo

The Countess of Monte Cristo‌
star6.0
calendar 1934

The Many Faces of Sherlock Holmes

The Many Faces of Sherlock Holmes‌
star7.0
calendar 1985

Robbers' Roost

Robbers' Roost‌
star6.0
calendar 1932

Captain Kidd

Captain Kidd‌
star6.0
calendar 1945

Phroso

Phroso‌
star0.0
calendar 1922

The Human Side

The Human Side‌
star0.0
calendar 1934

Moochie of Pop Warner Football

Moochie of Pop Warner Football‌
star6.5
calendar 1960

Moochie of the Little League

Moochie of the Little League‌
star6.0
calendar 1959

Tv Credits

Bewitched

Bewitched‌
star7.9
calendar 1964

Run for Your Life

Run for Your Life‌
star7.2
calendar 1965

Thriller

Thriller‌
star6.2
calendar 1960

McCloud

McCloud‌
star7.1
calendar 1970

One Step Beyond

One Step Beyond‌
star5.6
calendar 1959

Climax!

Climax!‌
star2.7
calendar 1954

Adventures in Paradise

Adventures in Paradise‌
star5.7
calendar 1959

Maverick

Maverick‌
star6.8
calendar 1957

Maverick

Maverick‌
star6.8
calendar 1957