Reginald Owen

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1887-08-04 (85 years old)

Deathday

1972-11-05

Place of Birth

Wheathampstead, Hertfordshire, England, UK

Reginald Owen

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 ...

Acting

1964

Mary Poppins

as Admiral Boom

1942

1937

Conquest

as Tallyrand

1963

The Thrill of It All

as Old Tom Fraleigh

1942

Random Harvest

as "Biffer"

1933

Queen Christina

as Charles

1931

Platinum Blonde

as Dexter Grayson

1971

1938

A Christmas Carol

as Ebenezer Scrooge

1943

Above Suspicion

as Dr. Mespelbrunn

1941

A Woman's Face

as Bernard Dalvik

1942

Mrs. Miniver

as Foley

1941

Tarzan's Secret Treasure

as Professor Elliott

1942

1948

The Pirate

as The Advocate

1936

1937

Rosalie

as Chancellor

1938

Everybody Sing

as Hillary Bellaire

1942

Cairo

as Philo Cobson

1949

Challenge to Lassie

as Sergeant Davie

1949

The Secret Garden

as Ben Weatherstaff

1943

Madame Curie

as Dr. Becquerel

1945

1937

Madame X

as Maurice Dourel

1936

Love on the Run

as Baron Otto Spandermann

1937

Personal Property

as Claude Dabney

1936

Rose Marie

as Myerson

1934

Of Human Bondage

as Thorpe Athelny

1946

The Diary of a Chambermaid

as Captain Lanlaire

1933

A Study in Scarlet

as Sherlock Holmes

1935

1942

Somewhere I'll Find You

as Willie Manning

1935

The Good Fairy

as The Waiter

1963

Tammy and the Doctor

as Jason Tripp

1938

Three Loves Has Nancy

as William, the Butler

1944

The Canterville Ghost

as Lord Canterville

1948

Julia Misbehaves

as Benjy Hawkins

1935

1946

Cluny Brown

as Henry Carmel

1934

Fashions of 1934

as Oscar Baroque

1939

Bad Little Angel

as Edwards, Marvin's Valet

1934

Music in the Air

as Ernst Weber

1941

They Met in Bombay

as General Allen

1931

The Man in Possession

as Claude Dabney

1943

Salute to the Marines

as Mr. Henry Casper

1942

White Cargo

as Skipper of the Congo Queen

1945

Kitty

as Duke of Malmunster

1938

Kidnapped

as Capt. Hoseason

1947

Green Dolphin Street

as Captain O'Hara

1940

1937

The Bride Wore Red

as Admiral Monti

1939

The Real Glory

as Capt. Hartley

1934

Nana

as Bordenave

1936

Petticoat Fever

as Sir James Felton

1940

The Earl of Chicago

as Gervase Gonwell

1932

Downstairs

as Baron 'Nicky' von Burgen

1947

If Winter Comes

as Mr. Fortune

1929

The Letter

as Robert Crosbie

1935

Call of the Wild

as Mr. Smith

1954

The Great Diamond Robbery

as Bainbridge Gibbons

1932

Sherlock Holmes

as Dr. Watson

1934

1935

Escapade

as Paul

1934

Stingaree

as The Governor-General

1932

Lovers Courageous

as Lord Jimmy

1941

Blonde Inspiration

as Reginald Mason

1936

Trouble for Two

as President of Club

1935

Enchanted April

as Henry Arbuthnot

1933

Double Harness

as Freeman

1933

Voltaire

as King Louis XV

1938

The Girl Downstairs

as Charlie Grump

1939

Fast and Loose

as Vincent Charlton

1946

The Imperfect Lady

as Mr. Hopkins

1942

We Were Dancing

as Maj. Tyler-Blane

1967

Rosie!

as Patrick

1939

Remember?

as Mr. Bronson

1940

Florian

as Emperor Franz Josef

1943

1938

Paradise for Three

as Johann Kesselhut

1939

Hotel Imperial

as General Videnko

1933

The Narrow Corner

as Mr. Frith

1934

Madame du Barry

as King Louis XV

1950

The Miniver Story

as Mr. Foley

1945

She Went to the Races

as Dr. Pembroke

1934

Mandalay

as Police Commissioner Col. Thomas Dawson

1947

Thunder in the Valley

as James Moore

1938

Vacation from Love

as John Hodge Lawson

1939

Bridal Suite

as Sir Horace Bragdon

1948

1951

Grounds for Marriage

as Dely Delacorte

1945

1943

1948

1946

Monsieur Beaucaire

as King Louis XV

1938

A Fireside Chat with Lionel Barrymore

as Scrooge (atchive footage)

1936

Yours for the Asking

as Dictionary McKinney

1937

1974

That's Entertainment!

as (archive footage) (uncredited)

1933

The Big Brain

as Lord Darlington

1942

I Married an Angel

as 'Whiskers'

1941

Charley's Aunt

as Mr. Redcliffe

1936

Adventure in Manhattan

as Blackton Gregory

1932

The Man Called Back

as Dr. Herbert Atkins

1950

Kim

as Father Victor

1945

National Velvet

as Farmer Ede

1934

1941

Lady Be Good

as Max Milton

1942

Pierre of the Plains

as Noah Glenkins

1941

Free and Easy

as Sir George Kelvin

1932

A Woman Commands

as The Prime Minister

1935

1954

Red Garters

as Judge Wallace Winthrop

1940

Hullabaloo

as 'Buzz' Foster

1943

1936

1985

The Many Faces of Sherlock Holmes

as Sherlock Holmes (archive footage)

1932

Robbers' Roost

as Cecil Herrick

1945

Captain Kidd

as Cary Shadwell

1922

Phroso

as Lord Wheatley

1934

The Human Side

as James Dalton

1959

Moochie of the Little League

as J. Cecil Bennett

1922

The Grass Orphan

as Heathcote St. John

Production

1933

1938

Stablemates

as Story

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