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Reginald Owen(1887-1972)

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  • Writer
  • Script and Continuity Department
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Reginald Owen in A Christmas Carol (1938)
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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 Bedknobs and Broomsticks (1971). He died in 1972 at the ripe age of 85 of natural causes.
BornAugust 5, 1887
DiedNovember 5, 1972(85)
BornAugust 5, 1887
DiedNovember 5, 1972(85)
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Katharine Hepburn, Spencer Tracy, and Reginald Owen in Woman of the Year (1942)
Katharine Hepburn and Reginald Owen in Woman of the Year (1942)
Reginald Owen in The Good Fairy (1935)
Herbert Marshall, Frank Morgan, Reginald Owen, and Margaret Sullavan in The Good Fairy (1935)
Frank Morgan, Reginald Owen, and Margaret Sullavan in The Good Fairy (1935)
Frank Morgan and Reginald Owen in The Good Fairy (1935)
Reginald Owen in The Good Fairy (1935)
Reginald Owen in The Good Fairy (1935)
Reginald Owen and Margaret Sullavan in The Good Fairy (1935)
Reginald Owen and Margaret Sullavan in The Good Fairy (1935)
Dolores del Rio, Anita Louise, and Reginald Owen in Madame Du Barry (1934)
Maynard Holmes, Anita Louise, and Reginald Owen in Madame Du Barry (1934)

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Julie Andrews and Dick Van Dyke in Mary Poppins (1964)
Mary Poppins
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  • Admiral Boom
  • 1964
Bette Davis and Leslie Howard in Of Human Bondage (1934)
Of Human Bondage
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  • Athelny
  • 1934
June Clyde, Reginald Owen, John Warburton, and Anna May Wong in A Study in Scarlet (1933)
A Study in Scarlet
5.6
  • Sherlock Holmes
  • 1933
Terry Kilburn and Reginald Owen in A Christmas Carol (1938)
A Christmas Carol
7.5
  • Ebenezer Scrooge
  • 1938

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Actor

  • Topper Returns (1973)
    Topper Returns
  • Dennis Weaver in McCloud (1970)
    McCloud
  • Angela Lansbury, Dal McKennon, Bob Holt, Cindy O'Callaghan, Roy Snart, David Tomlinson, Ian Weighill, and Lennie Weinrib in Bedknobs and Broomsticks (1971)
    Bedknobs and Broomsticks
  • It Takes a Thief (1968)
    It Takes a Thief
  • The Queen and I (1969)
    The Queen and I
  • Elizabeth Montgomery, Agnes Moorehead, and Dick York in Bewitched (1964)
    Bewitched
  • Rosie! (1967)
    Rosie!
  • Ben Gazzara in Run for Your Life (1965)
    Run for Your Life
  • Camp Runamuck (1965)
    Camp Runamuck
  • Kentucky Jones (1964)
    Kentucky Jones
  • Julie Andrews and Dick Van Dyke in Mary Poppins (1964)
    Mary Poppins
  • Muriel Smith in Voice of the Hurricane (1964)
    Voice of the Hurricane
  • Doris Day and James Garner in The Thrill of It All (1963)
    The Thrill of It All
  • Sandra Dee and Peter Fonda in Tammy and the Doctor (1963)
    Tammy and the Doctor
  • Peter Lorre, Red Buttons, Barbara Eden, Fabian, Cedric Hardwicke, Richard Haydn, BarBara Luna, and Chester the Chimp in Five Weeks in a Balloon (1962)
    Five Weeks in a Balloon

Writer

  • Wallace Beery and Mickey Rooney in Stablemates (1938)
    Stablemates
  • June Clyde, Reginald Owen, John Warburton, and Anna May Wong in A Study in Scarlet (1933)
    A Study in Scarlet
  • Where the Rainbow Ends
    • (as John Ramsey)

Script and Continuity Department

  • June Clyde, Reginald Owen, John Warburton, and Anna May Wong in A Study in Scarlet (1933)
    A Study in Scarlet

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Personal details

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    • August 5, 1887
    • Wheathampstead, Hertfordshire, England, UK
    • November 5, 1972
    • Boise, Idaho, USA(heart attack)
    • November 26, 1956 - November 5, 1972 (his death)
  • Other works
    Active on Broadway in the following productions:
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    Was not originally scheduled to play Ebenezer Scrooge in the MGM classic version of A Christmas Carol (1938). Reginald was a last-minute replacement for the ailing Lionel Barrymore.

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