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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 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.
The roles that explain the career.
80 credits across 1 departments.
| Year | Title | Role | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1971 | Bedknobs and Broomsticks | Gen. Teagler | Film |
| 1964 | Mary Poppins | Admiral Boom | Film |
| 1963 | The Thrill of It All | Tom Fraleigh | Film |
| 1963 | Tammy and the Doctor | Jason Tripp | Film |
| 1962 | Five Weeks in a Balloon | Consul | Film |
| 1960 | Moochie of Pop Warner Football | Mr. Bennett | Film |
| 1954 | The Great Diamond Robbery | Bainbridge Gibbons | Film |
| 1954 | Red Garters | Judge Wallace Winthrop | Film |
| 1950 | The Miniver Story | Mr. Foley | Film |
| 1950 | Kim | Father Victor | Film |
| 1949 | Challenge to Lassie | Sergeant Davie | Film |
| 1949 | The Secret Garden | Ben Weatherstaff | Film |
| 1948 | The Three Musketeers | Treville | Film |
| 1948 | Hills of Home | Hopps | Film |
| 1948 | Julia Misbehaves | Benjy Hawkins | Film |
| 1948 | The Pirate | The Advocate | Film |
| 1947 | If Winter Comes | Mr. Fortune | Film |
| 1947 | Green Dolphin Street | Captain O'Hara | Film |
| 1946 | The Imperfect Lady | Mr. Hopkins | Film |
| 1946 | The Diary of a Chambermaid | Captain Lanlaire | Film |
| 1946 | Monsieur Beaucaire | King Louis XV | Film |
| 1946 | Cluny Brown | Henry Carmel | Film |
| 1945 | National Velvet | Farmer Ede | Film |
| 1945 | Captain Kidd | Cary Shadwell | Film |
| 1945 | Kitty | Duke of Malmunster | Film |
| 1945 | The Valley of Decision | McCready | Film |
| 1944 | The Canterville Ghost | Lord Canterville | Film |
| 1943 | Above Suspicion | Dr. Mespelbrunn | Film |
| 1943 | Madame Curie | Dr. Becquerel | Film |
| 1943 | Forever and a Day | Simpson | Film |
| 1943 | Salute to the Marines | Mr. Henry Casper | Film |
| 1942 | Cairo | Philo Cobson | Film |
| 1942 | Reunion in France | Schultz, Gestapo agent | Film |
| 1942 | I Married an Angel | 'Whiskers' | Film |
| 1942 | Somewhere I'll Find You | Willie Manning | Film |
| 1942 | Random Harvest | "Biffer" | Film |
| 1942 | White Cargo | Skipper of the Congo Queen | Film |
| 1942 | Mrs. Miniver | Foley | Film |
| 1942 | Woman of the Year | Clayton | Film |
| 1942 | We Were Dancing | Maj. Tyler-Blane | Film |
| 1941 | Lady Be Good | Max Milton | Film |
| 1941 | Blonde Inspiration | Reginald Mason | Film |
| 1941 | Tarzan's Secret Treasure | Professor Elliott | Film |
| 1941 | Charley's Aunt | Mr. Redcliffe | Film |
| 1941 | They Met in Bombay | General Allen | Film |
| 1941 | A Woman's Face | Bernard Dalvik | Film |
| 1940 | The Earl of Chicago | Gervase Gonwell | Film |
| 1940 | The Ghost Comes Home | Hemingway | Film |
| 1939 | Bad Little Angel | Edwards, Marvin's Valet | Film |
| 1939 | The Real Glory | Capt. Hartley | Film |
| 1939 | Fast and Loose | Vincent Charlton | Film |
| 1938 | Everybody Sing | Hillary Bellaire | Film |
| 1938 | The Girl Downstairs | Charlie Grump | Film |
| 1938 | A Christmas Carol | Ebenezer Scrooge | Film |
| 1938 | Three Loves Has Nancy | William, the Butler | Film |
| 1938 | Kidnapped | Capt. Hoseason | Film |
| 1937 | Conquest | Tallyrand | Film |
| 1937 | Madame X | Maurice Dourel | Film |
| 1937 | Rosalie | Chancellor | Film |
| 1937 | Personal Property | Claude Dabney | Film |
| 1937 | The Bride Wore Red | Admiral Monti | Film |
| 1936 | Trouble for Two | President of Club | Film |
| 1936 | The Great Ziegfeld | Sampston | Film |
| 1936 | Adventure in Manhattan | Blackton Gregory | Film |
| 1936 | Love on the Run | Baron Otto Spandermann | Film |
| 1936 | Rose Marie | Myerson | Film |
| 1936 | Petticoat Fever | Sir James Felton | Film |
| 1935 | Escapade | Paul | Film |
| 1935 | Anna Karenina | Stiva | Film |
| 1935 | Call of the Wild | Mr. Smith | Film |
| 1935 | Enchanted April | Henry Arbuthnot | Film |
| 1935 | A Tale of Two Cities | Stryver | Film |
| 1935 | The Good Fairy | The Waiter | Film |
| 1935 | The Bishop Misbehaves | Guy Waller | Film |
| 1934 | Stingaree | The Governor-General | Film |
| 1934 | Fashions of 1934 | Oscar Baroque | Film |
| 1934 | The House of Rothschild | Herries | Film |
| 1934 | Mandalay | Police Commissioner Col. Thomas Dawson | Film |
| 1934 | Queen Christina | Charles | Film |
| 1934 | Music in the Air | Ernst Weber | Film |
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