Reginald Owen

Reginald Owen

actor, writer, script and continuity department

Reginald Owen was born on Aug 05, 1887 in UK. Reginald Owen's big-screen debut came with Phroso directed by Louis Mercanton in 1921, strarring Lord Wheatley. Reginald Owen is known for Topper Returns directed by Hy Averback, Roddy McDowall stars as Cosmo Topper Jr. and Stefanie Powers as Marian Kerby. The upcoming new movie Reginald Owen plays is Topper Returns which will be released on Mar 19, 1973.

Born August 5th, 1887 in England, Reginald Owen was among Hollywood's busier character actors, making more than 80 films. He was educated in England at Sir Herbert Tree's Academy of Dramatic Arts. Owen excelled and made his professional debut also in England at the age of 18. He came to New York in the early 1920s and started working on Broadway by 1924. He left New York in 1928 and moved to Hollywood, hoping to make it in films. In 1929, he landed his first role in The Letter. In 1932 he played Dr. Watson in Sherlock Holmes. Although, he didn't get many leading roles, he did get to work with some of Hollywood's most beautiful leading ladies like, Jean Harlow, Joan Crawford, Jeanette MacDonald (Owen's personal favorite), Barbara Stanwyck and Elizabeth Taylor. Owen continued to work into his 70s and 80s making family classics, such as Mary Poppins (1964) and L'Apprentie sorcière (1971). He died in 1972 at the ripe age of 85 of natural causes.

  • Birthday

    Aug 05, 1887
  • Place of Birth

    Wheathampstead, Hertfordshire, England, UK

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