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Reginald Owen
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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 pl…
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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.
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The Many Faces of Sherlock Holmes
as Sherlock Holmes (archive footage)
That's Entertainment!
as (archive footage) (uncredited)
Bedknobs and Broomsticks
as Gen. Teagler
Rosie!
as Patrick
Mary Poppins
as Admiral Boom
Voice of the Hurricane
The Thrill of It All
as Tom Fraleigh
Tammy and the Doctor
as Jason Tripp
Five Weeks in a Balloon
as Consul
Moochie of Pop Warner Football
as Mr. Bennett
Moochie of the Little League
as J. Cecil Bennett
Red Garters
as Judge Wallace Winthrop
The Great Diamond Robbery
as Bainbridge Gibbons
Grounds for Marriage
as Dely Delacorte
Kim
as Father Victor
The Miniver Story
as Mr. Foley
Challenge to Lassie
as Sergeant Davie
The Secret Garden
as Ben Weatherstaff
Hills of Home
as Hopps
The Three Musketeers
as Treville
Julia Misbehaves
as Benjy Hawkins
The Pirate
as The Advocate
If Winter Comes
as Mr. Fortune
Thunder in the Valley
as James Moore
Green Dolphin Street
as Captain O'Hara
The Imperfect Lady
as Mr. Hopkins
Monsieur Beaucaire
as King Louis XV
Piccadilly Incident
as Judge
Cluny Brown
as Henry Carmel
The Diary of a Chambermaid
as Captain Lanlaire
The Sailor Takes a Wife
as Mr. Amboy
Captain Kidd
as Cary Shadwell
She Went to the Races
as Dr. Pembroke
Kitty
as Duke of Malmunster
The Valley of Decision
as McCready
National Velvet
as Farmer Ede
The Canterville Ghost
as Lord Canterville
Madame Curie
as Dr. Becquerel
Salute to the Marines
as Mr. Henry Casper
Above Suspicion
as Dr. Mespelbrunn
Three Hearts for Julia
as John Girard
Assignment in Brittany
as Col. Trane
Forever and a Day
as Simpson
Reunion in France
as Schultz, Gestapo agent
Random Harvest
as "Biffer"
White Cargo
as Skipper of the Congo Queen
Somewhere I'll Find You
as Willie Manning
Cairo
as Philo Cobson
Pierre of the Plains
as Noah Glenkins
I Married an Angel
as 'Whiskers'
Mrs. Miniver
as Foley
We Were Dancing
as Maj. Tyler-Blane
Woman of the Year
as Clayton
Tarzan's Secret Treasure
as Professor Elliott
Lady Be Good
as Max Milton
Charley's Aunt
as Mr. Redcliffe
They Met in Bombay
as General Allen
A Woman's Face
as Bernard Dalvik
Free and Easy
as Sir George Kelvin
Blonde Inspiration
as Reginald Mason
Hullabaloo
as 'Buzz' Foster
Florian
as Emperor Franz Josef
The Ghost Comes Home
as Hemingway
The Earl of Chicago
as Gervase Gonwell
Remember?
as Mr. Bronson
Bad Little Angel
as Edwards, Marvin's Valet
The Real Glory
as Capt. Hartley
Bridal Suite
as Sir Horace Bragdon
Hotel Imperial
as General Videnko
Fast and Loose
as Vincent Charlton
The Girl Downstairs
as Charlie Grump
A Christmas Carol
as Ebenezer Scrooge
No Poster
A Fireside Chat with Lionel Barrymore
as Scrooge (atchive footage)
Vacation from Love
as John Hodge Lawson
Three Loves Has Nancy
as William, the Butler
Paradise for Three
as Johann Kesselhut
Kidnapped
as Capt. Hoseason
Everybody Sing
as Hillary Bellaire
Rosalie
as Chancellor
Conquest
as Tallyrand
The Bride Wore Red
as Admiral Monti
Madame X
as Maurice Dourel
Personal Property
as Claude Dabney
Dangerous Number
as William
Love on the Run
as Baron Otto Spandermann
Adventure in Manhattan
as Blackton Gregory
The Girl on the Front Page
as Archie Biddle
Yours for the Asking
as Dictionary McKinney
Trouble for Two
as President of Club
The Great Ziegfeld
as Sampston
Petticoat Fever
as Sir James Felton
Rose Marie
as Myerson
A Tale of Two Cities
as Stryver
The Bishop Misbehaves
as Guy Waller
Anna Karenina
as Stiva
Call of the Wild
as Mr. Smith
Escapade
as Paul
The Good Fairy
as The Waiter
Enchanted April
as Henry Arbuthnot
Here Is My Heart
as Vova
Music in the Air
as Ernst Weber
Madame du Barry
as King Louis XV
The Human Side
as James Dalton
Of Human Bondage
as Thorpe Athelny
Stingaree
as The Governor-General
Where Sinners Meet
as Leonard
The House of Rothschild
as Herries
The Countess of Monte Cristo
as The Baron
Fashions of 1934
as Oscar Baroque
Mandalay
as Police Commissioner Col. Thomas Dawson
Queen Christina
as Charles
Nana
as Bordenave
Voltaire
as King Louis XV
The Big Brain
as Lord Darlington
Double Harness
as Freeman
The Narrow Corner
as Mr. Frith
A Study in Scarlet
as Sherlock Holmes
Robbers' Roost
as Cecil Herrick
Sherlock Holmes
as Dr. Watson
Downstairs
as Baron 'Nicky' von Burgen
The Man Called Back
as Dr. Herbert Atkins
A Woman Commands
as The Prime Minister
Lovers Courageous
as Lord Jimmy
Platinum Blonde
as Dexter Grayson
The Man in Possession
as Claude Dabney
The Letter
as Robert Crosbie
No Poster
The Grass Orphan
as Heathcote St. John
Phroso
as Lord Wheatley