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Reginald Owen

1887-08-04 Wheathampstead, Hertfordshire, England, UK

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Biografia

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.

Películas

The Many Faces of Sherlock Holmes Sherlock Holmes (archive footage) 1985-01-01
That's Entertainment! (archive footage) (uncredited) 1974-06-21
Bedknobs and Broomsticks Gen. Teagler 1971-10-07
Rosie! Patrick 1967-11-22
Voice of the Hurricane 1964-06-02
Mary Poppins Admiral Boom 1964-12-17
Tammy and the Doctor Jason Tripp 1963-05-29
The Thrill of It All Tom Fraleigh 1963-07-17
Five Weeks in a Balloon Consul 1962-08-22
Moochie of Pop Warner Football Mr. Bennett 1960-11-20
Moochie of the Little League J. Cecil Bennett 1959-10-02
Red Garters Judge Wallace Winthrop 1954-02-09
The Great Diamond Robbery Bainbridge Gibbons 1954-01-29
Grounds for Marriage Dely Delacorte 1951-01-12
The Miniver Story Mr. Foley 1950-10-26
Kim Father Victor 1950-12-07
The Secret Garden Ben Weatherstaff 1949-04-30
Challenge to Lassie Sergeant Davie 1949-10-31
Hills of Home Hopps 1948-11-25
The Three Musketeers Treville 1948-10-20
Julia Misbehaves Benjy Hawkins 1948-08-08
The Pirate The Advocate 1948-06-11
If Winter Comes Mr. Fortune 1947-12-31
Thunder in the Valley James Moore 1947-11-01
Green Dolphin Street Captain O'Hara 1947-01-15
The Diary of a Chambermaid Captain Lanlaire 1946-02-15
The Imperfect Lady Mr. Hopkins 1946-11-29
Cluny Brown Henry Carmel 1946-06-02
Piccadilly Incident Judge 1946-08-24
Monsieur Beaucaire King Louis XV 1946-09-04
The Valley of Decision McCready 1945-05-03
National Velvet Farmer Ede 1945-01-26
She Went to the Races Dr. Pembroke 1945-11-04
Kitty Duke of Malmunster 1945-10-16
The Sailor Takes a Wife Mr. Amboy 1945-12-28
Captain Kidd Cary Shadwell 1945-11-22
The Canterville Ghost Lord Canterville 1944-07-20
Three Hearts for Julia John Girard 1943-05-21
Assignment in Brittany Col. Trane 1943-03-11
Madame Curie Dr. Becquerel 1943-12-16
Forever and a Day Simpson 1943-01-21
Salute to the Marines Mr. Henry Casper 1943-09-02
Above Suspicion Dr. Mespelbrunn 1943-05-31
Pierre of the Plains Noah Glenkins 1942-07-29
Mrs. Miniver Foley 1942-07-03
Woman of the Year Clayton 1942-02-05
Random Harvest "Biffer" 1942-12-17
I Married an Angel 'Whiskers' 1942-07-09
We Were Dancing Maj. Tyler-Blane 1942-04-30
Reunion in France Schultz, Gestapo agent 1942-12-25
Cairo Philo Cobson 1942-08-17
White Cargo Skipper of the Congo Queen 1942-12-12
Somewhere I'll Find You Willie Manning 1942-08-27
Lady Be Good Max Milton 1941-09-18
Blonde Inspiration Reginald Mason 1941-02-07
Tarzan's Secret Treasure Professor Elliott 1941-12-01
Charley's Aunt Mr. Redcliffe 1941-08-01
Free and Easy Sir George Kelvin 1941-02-28
A Woman's Face Bernard Dalvik 1941-05-09
They Met in Bombay General Allen 1941-06-27
Hullabaloo 'Buzz' Foster 1940-10-25
Florian Emperor Franz Josef 1940-06-05
The Earl of Chicago Gervase Gonwell 1940-01-05
The Ghost Comes Home Hemingway 1940-03-08
Fast and Loose Vincent Charlton 1939-02-17
Remember? Mr. Bronson 1939-12-19
Hotel Imperial General Videnko 1939-05-11
Bridal Suite Sir Horace Bragdon 1939-05-26
The Real Glory Capt. Hartley 1939-09-29
Bad Little Angel Edwards, Marvin's Valet 1939-10-27
Paradise for Three Johann Kesselhut 1938-06-04
Vacation from Love John Hodge Lawson 1938-09-29
A Christmas Carol Ebenezer Scrooge 1938-12-16
A Fireside Chat with Lionel Barrymore Scrooge (atchive footage) 1938-12-09
Everybody Sing Hillary Bellaire 1938-02-04
Three Loves Has Nancy William, the Butler 1938-09-02
The Girl Downstairs Charlie Grump 1938-12-23
Kidnapped Capt. Hoseason 1938-05-27
Personal Property Claude Dabney 1937-03-19
Conquest Tallyrand 1937-10-22
Dangerous Number William 1937-01-22
Madame X Maurice Dourel 1937-10-01
The Bride Wore Red Admiral Monti 1937-10-08
Rosalie Chancellor 1937-12-24
Trouble for Two President of Club 1936-05-29
The Great Ziegfeld Sampston 1936-04-08
Rose Marie Myerson 1936-01-31
Love on the Run Baron Otto Spandermann 1936-11-20
The Girl on the Front Page Archie Biddle 1936-09-26
Petticoat Fever Sir James Felton 1936-03-20
Yours for the Asking Dictionary McKinney 1936-07-23
Adventure in Manhattan Blackton Gregory 1936-10-08
A Tale of Two Cities Stryver 1935-12-25
The Good Fairy The Waiter 1935-02-18
Call of the Wild Mr. Smith 1935-08-09
Anna Karenina Stiva 1935-08-30
Escapade Paul 1935-07-05
Enchanted April Henry Arbuthnot 1935-02-01
The Bishop Misbehaves Guy Waller 1935-09-13
The Countess of Monte Cristo The Baron 1934-03-18
Where Sinners Meet Leonard 1934-05-18
The Human Side James Dalton 1934-09-01
Here Is My Heart Vova 1934-12-28
Fashions of 1934 Oscar Baroque 1934-02-14
Music in the Air Ernst Weber 1934-12-13
Queen Christina Charles 1934-02-09
Stingaree The Governor-General 1934-05-24
The House of Rothschild Herries 1934-04-07
Nana Bordenave 1934-02-01
Mandalay Police Commissioner Col. Thomas Dawson 1934-02-10
Madame du Barry King Louis XV 1934-10-13
Of Human Bondage Thorpe Athelny 1934-07-20
The Big Brain Lord Darlington 1933-08-04
Double Harness Freeman 1933-07-21
The Narrow Corner Mr. Frith 1933-07-08
Voltaire King Louis XV 1933-08-05
A Study in Scarlet Sherlock Holmes 1933-05-14
Robbers' Roost Cecil Herrick 1932-12-30
A Woman Commands The Prime Minister 1932-02-12
The Man Called Back Dr. Herbert Atkins 1932-07-16
Lovers Courageous Lord Jimmy 1932-01-23
Sherlock Holmes Dr. Watson 1932-11-05
Downstairs Baron 'Nicky' von Burgen 1932-08-06
The Man in Possession Claude Dabney 1931-07-04
Platinum Blonde Dexter Grayson 1931-10-31
The Letter Robert Crosbie 1929-03-17
The Grass Orphan Heathcote St. John 1922-12-01
Phroso Lord Wheatley 1922-01-13