Reginald Owen

Acting •1887-08-04 •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.

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代表作

A Woman Commands

1932 · The Prime Minister

The Many Faces of Sherlock Holmes

1985 · Sherlock Holmes (archive footage)

Thunder in the Valley

1947 · James Moore

娱乐世界

1974 · (archive footage) (uncredited)

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全部作品

The Many Faces of Sherlock Holmes

1985 •Sherlock Holmes (archive footage)

娱乐世界

1974 •(archive footage) (uncredited)

飞天万能床

1971 •Gen. Teagler

McCloud

1970

Rosie!

1967 •Patrick

Run for Your Life

1965 •Sir Hillary Cooper

欢乐满人间

1964 •Admiral Boom

Voice of the Hurricane

1964

家有仙妻

1964

泡沫之恋

1963 •Tom Fraleigh

展开全部作品

玉女动情

1963 •Jason Tripp

气球上的五星期

1962 •Consul

Moochie of Pop Warner Football

1960 •Mr. Bennett

Thriller

1960 •The Hussar ('A Terribly Strange Bed')

Moochie of the Little League

1959 •J. Cecil Bennett

One Step Beyond

1959 •Herbert Blakely

Adventures in Paradise

1959 •Ambrose Feather

Maverick

1957

Maverick

1957 •Marquis Norbert Belcastle

Maverick

1957 •Freddie Hawkins

MGM Parade

1955 •Self

The Great Diamond Robbery

1954 •Bainbridge Gibbons

红袜

1954 •Judge Wallace Winthrop

Climax!

1954 •Doctor

Grounds for Marriage

1951 •Dely Delacorte

The Miniver Story

1950 •Mr. Foley

Kim

1950 •Father Victor

Challenge to Lassie

1949 •Sergeant Davie

秘密花园

1949 •Ben Weatherstaff

风流海盗

1948 •The Advocate

玉女倾城

1948 •Benjy Hawkins

三剑客

1948 •Treville

Hills of Home

1948 •Hopps

绿海豚街

1947 •Captain O'Hara

If Winter Comes

1947 •Mr. Fortune

Thunder in the Valley

1947 •James Moore

女仆日记

1946 •Captain Lanlaire

克卢妮·布朗

1946 •Henry Carmel

The Imperfect Lady

1946 •Mr. Hopkins

Piccadilly Incident

1946 •Judge

理发师万岁

1946 •King Louis XV

空谷芳草

1945 •McCready

Kitty

1945 •Duke of Malmunster

She Went to the Races

1945 •Dr. Pembroke

The Sailor Takes a Wife

1945 •Mr. Amboy

玉女神驹

1945 •Farmer Ede

Captain Kidd

1945 •Cary Shadwell

The Canterville Ghost

1944 •Lord Canterville

Above Suspicion

1943 •Dr. Mespelbrunn

居里夫人

1943 •Dr. Becquerel

Salute to the Marines

1943 •Mr. Henry Casper

Assignment in Brittany

1943 •Col. Trane

Three Hearts for Julia

1943 •John Girard

Forever and a Day

1943 •Simpson

小姑居处

1942 •Clayton

鸳梦重温

1942 •"Biffer"

忠勇之家

1942 •Foley

法兰西小姐

1942 •Schultz, Gestapo agent

Cairo

1942 •Philo Cobson

Somewhere I'll Find You

1942 •Willie Manning

白色货物

1942 •Skipper of the Congo Queen

We Were Dancing

1942 •Maj. Tyler-Blane

I Married an Angel

1942 •'Whiskers'

Pierre of the Plains

1942 •Noah Glenkins

花容月貌

1941 •Bernard Dalvik

泰山的秘密宝藏

1941 •Professor Elliott

They Met in Bombay

1941 •General Allen

Blonde Inspiration

1941 •Reginald Mason

Charley's Aunt

1941 •Mr. Redcliffe

Lady Be Good

1941 •Max Milton

Free and Easy

1941 •Sir George Kelvin

The Ghost Comes Home

1940 •Hemingway

The Earl of Chicago

1940 •Gervase Gonwell

Florian

1940 •Emperor Franz Josef

Hullabaloo

1940 •'Buzz' Foster

Bad Little Angel

1939 •Edwards, Marvin's Valet

真实的荣誉

1939 •Capt. Hartley

Fast and Loose

1939 •Vincent Charlton

Remember?

1939 •Mr. Bronson

Hotel Imperial

1939 •General Videnko

Bridal Suite

1939 •Sir Horace Bragdon

圣诞颂歌

1938 •Ebenezer Scrooge

欢歌一堂

1938 •Hillary Bellaire

Three Loves Has Nancy

1938 •William, the Butler

Kidnapped

1938 •Capt. Hoseason

The Girl Downstairs

1938 •Charlie Grump

Paradise for Three

1938 •Johann Kesselhut

Vacation from Love

1938 •John Hodge Lawson

A Fireside Chat with Lionel Barrymore

1938 •Scrooge (atchive footage)

Stablemates

1938 •Story

拿破仑情史

1937 •Tallyrand

罗莎莉

1937 •Chancellor

Madame X

1937 •Maurice Dourel

Personal Property

1937 •Claude Dabney

红衣新娘

1937 •Admiral Monti

Dangerous Number

1937 •William

歌舞大王齐格飞

1936 •Sampston

情奔

1936 •Baron Otto Spandermann

一代佳人

1936 •Myerson

Petticoat Fever

1936 •Sir James Felton

试夫记

1936 •President of Club

Yours for the Asking

1936 •Dictionary McKinney

Adventure in Manhattan

1936 •Blackton Gregory

The Girl on the Front Page

1936 •Archie Biddle

双城记

1935 •Stryver

好心的仙女

1935 •The Waiter

安娜·卡列尼娜

1935 •Stiva

野性的呼唤

1935 •Mr. Smith

Escapade

1935 •Paul

醉人四月天

1935 •Henry Arbuthnot

The Bishop Misbehaves

1935 •Guy Waller

瑞典女王

1934 •Charles

人生的枷锁

1934 •Thorpe Athelny

时尚1934

1934 •Oscar Baroque

空中音乐

1934 •Ernst Weber

Nana

1934 •Bordenave

春心艳曲

1934 •Vova

黄貂大盗

1934 •The Governor-General

红盾家族传奇

1934 •Herries

Madame du Barry

1934 •King Louis XV

曼德勒

1934 •Police Commissioner Col. Thomas Dawson

Where Sinners Meet

1934 •Leonard

The Countess of Monte Cristo

1934 •The Baron

The Human Side

1934 •James Dalton

血字的研究

1933 •Sherlock Holmes

Double Harness

1933 •Freeman

Voltaire

1933 •King Louis XV

The Narrow Corner

1933 •Mr. Frith

The Big Brain

1933 •Lord Darlington

血字的研究

1933 •Dialogue

Downstairs

1932 •Baron 'Nicky' von Burgen

Sherlock Holmes

1932 •Dr. Watson

Lovers Courageous

1932 •Lord Jimmy

The Man Called Back

1932 •Dr. Herbert Atkins

A Woman Commands

1932 •The Prime Minister

Robbers' Roost

1932 •Cecil Herrick

银发女郎

1931 •Dexter Grayson

The Man in Possession

1931 •Claude Dabney

The Letter

1929 •Robert Crosbie

Phroso

1922 •Lord Wheatley

The Grass Orphan

1922 •Heathcote St. John