Reginald Owen
1887-08-04 ( 137 years old ) in Wheathampstead, Hertfordshire, England, UK

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.

Movies

The Many Faces of Sherlock Holmes 1985-01-01
That's Entertainment! 1974-06-21
Bedknobs and Broomsticks 1971-10-07
Rosie! 1967-11-22
Mary Poppins 1964-12-17
Voice of the Hurricane 1964-06-02
The Thrill of It All 1963-07-17
Tammy and the Doctor 1963-05-29
Five Weeks in a Balloon 1962-08-22
Moochie of Pop Warner Football 1960-11-20
Moochie of the Little League 1959-10-02
Red Garters 1954-02-09
The Great Diamond Robbery 1954-01-29
Grounds for Marriage 1951-01-12
Kim 1950-12-07
The Miniver Story 1950-10-26
Challenge to Lassie 1949-10-31
The Secret Garden 1949-04-30
Hills of Home 1948-11-25
The Three Musketeers 1948-10-20
Julia Misbehaves 1948-08-08
The Pirate 1948-06-11
If Winter Comes 1947-12-31
Thunder in the Valley 1947-11-01
Green Dolphin Street 1947-01-15
The Imperfect Lady 1946-11-29
Monsieur Beaucaire 1946-09-04
Piccadilly Incident 1946-08-24
Cluny Brown 1946-06-02
The Diary of a Chambermaid 1946-02-15
The Sailor Takes a Wife 1945-12-28
Captain Kidd 1945-11-22
She Went to the Races 1945-11-04
Kitty 1945-10-16
The Valley of Decision 1945-05-03
National Velvet 1945-01-26
The Canterville Ghost 1944-07-20
Madame Curie 1943-12-16
Salute to the Marines 1943-09-02
Above Suspicion 1943-05-31
Three Hearts for Julia 1943-05-21
Assignment in Brittany 1943-03-11
Forever and a Day 1943-01-21
Reunion in France 1942-12-25
Random Harvest 1942-12-17
White Cargo 1942-12-12
Somewhere I'll Find You 1942-08-27
Cairo 1942-08-17
Pierre of the Plains 1942-07-29
I Married an Angel 1942-07-09
Mrs. Miniver 1942-07-03
We Were Dancing 1942-04-30
Woman of the Year 1942-02-05
Tarzan's Secret Treasure 1941-12-01
Lady Be Good 1941-09-18
Charley's Aunt 1941-08-01
They Met in Bombay 1941-06-27
A Woman's Face 1941-05-09
Free and Easy 1941-02-28
Blonde Inspiration 1941-02-07
Hullabaloo 1940-10-25
Florian 1940-06-05
The Ghost Comes Home 1940-03-08
The Earl of Chicago 1940-01-05
Remember? 1939-12-19
Bad Little Angel 1939-10-27
The Real Glory 1939-09-29
Bridal Suite 1939-05-26
Hotel Imperial 1939-05-11
Fast and Loose 1939-02-17
The Girl Downstairs 1938-12-23
A Christmas Carol 1938-12-16
A Fireside Chat with Lionel Barrymore 1938-12-09
Vacation from Love 1938-09-29
Three Loves Has Nancy 1938-09-02
Paradise for Three 1938-06-04
Kidnapped 1938-05-27
Everybody Sing 1938-01-01
Rosalie 1937-12-24
Conquest 1937-10-22
The Bride Wore Red 1937-10-08
Madame X 1937-10-01
Personal Property 1937-03-19
Dangerous Number 1937-01-22
Love on the Run 1936-11-20
Adventure in Manhattan 1936-10-08
The Girl on the Front Page 1936-09-26
Yours for the Asking 1936-07-23
Trouble for Two 1936-05-29
The Great Ziegfeld 1936-04-08
Petticoat Fever 1936-03-20
Rose Marie 1936-01-31
A Tale of Two Cities 1935-12-25
The Bishop Misbehaves 1935-09-13
Anna Karenina 1935-08-30
Call of the Wild 1935-08-09
Escapade 1935-07-05
The Good Fairy 1935-02-18
Enchanted April 1935-02-01
Here Is My Heart 1934-12-28
Music in the Air 1934-12-13
Madame du Barry 1934-10-13
The Human Side 1934-09-01
Of Human Bondage 1934-07-20
Stingaree 1934-05-24
Where Sinners Meet 1934-05-17
The House of Rothschild 1934-04-07
The Countess of Monte Cristo 1934-03-18
Fashions of 1934 1934-02-14
Mandalay 1934-02-10
Nana 1934-02-01
Queen Christina 1933-12-26
Voltaire 1933-08-05
The Big Brain 1933-08-04
Double Harness 1933-07-21
The Narrow Corner 1933-07-08
A Study in Scarlet 1933-05-14
Robbers' Roost 1932-12-30
Sherlock Holmes 1932-11-05
Downstairs 1932-08-06
The Man Called Back 1932-07-16
A Woman Commands 1932-02-12
Lovers Courageous 1932-01-23
Platinum Blonde 1931-10-31
The Man in Possession 1931-07-04
The Letter 1929-03-17
The Grass Orphan 1922-12-01
Phroso 1922-01-13

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