1. John Reginald Owen was a British actor, known for his many roles in British and American films and television programmes.
11 Facts About Reginald Owen
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Reginald Owen studied at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art and made his professional debut in 1905.
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Sometime prior to 1911 Reginald Owen met the author Mrs Clifford Mills.
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Reginald Owen co-authored the work with Mills using the pseudonym John Ramsey.
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Reginald Owen went to the United States in 1920 and performed on Broadway.
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Reginald 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 on the radio for years.
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Reginald Owen was one of several actors to play both Sherlock Holmes and his companion Dr Watson, assaying Watson in the film Sherlock Holmes starring Clive Brook as Holmes, and then Holmes in A Study in Scarlet.
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Later in his career, Reginald Owen appeared with James Garner in the television series Maverick in the episodes "The Belcastle Brand" and "Gun-Shy" and guest starred in episodes of the series One Step Beyond, Kentucky Jones, and Bewitched.
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Reginald Owen was featured in the Walt Disney films Mary Poppins and Bedknobs and Broomsticks.
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Reginald Owen had a small role in the 1962 Irwin Allen production of the Jules Verne novel Five Weeks in a Balloon.
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Reginald Owen died from a heart attack at age 85 in Boise, Idaho, and buried at the Morris Hill Cemetery there.