Owen Nares
Acting • Born 1888-08-11 – Died 1943-07-30
Biography
From Wikipedia Owen Ramsay Nares (11 August 1888 in Maiden Erlegh, Berkshire, England – 30 July 1943 in Brecon, Brecknockshire, Wales) had a long stage and film career. Besides his acting career, he was the author of Myself, and Some Others (1925). In 1914, Nares appeared in Dandy Donovan, the first of the 25 silent films in which he appeared. The early 1920s was his golden period and he was the male lead opposite such actresses as Gladys Cooper, Fay Compton, Madge Titheradge and Daisy Burrell. His stage career also continued to flourish. With the advent of talkies, his considerable stage experience meant that, in the early days, he was still much in demand and starred in four films. He was, however, too mature to be the handsome star he had been a decade earlier. In the last six films he made, he played supporting roles. In 1942, he appeared in a revival of Robert E. Sherwood’s The Petrified Forrest, and afterwards he went on tour with the play to Northern England and Wales. During a tour through Wales Nares had a heart attack and died shortly afterwards. He was 54.
Filmography
30 credits
The Private Life of Don Juan
Movie • 1934
Antonio Martinez, an Actor as Actors Go
One Precious Year
Movie • 1933
Stephen Carton
This Marriage Business
Movie • 1927
Robert
There Goes the Bride
Movie • 1932
Max
The Impassive Footman
Movie • 1932
Bryan Daventry
The Show Goes On
Movie • 1937
Martin Fraser
The Man Who Won
Movie • 1918
Captain Bert Brook
The Prime Minister
Movie • 1941
Lord Derby
Frail Women
Movie • 1932
Colonel Leonard Harvey
Loose Ends
Movie • 1930
Malcom Forres
The Middle Watch
Movie • 1930
Captain Maitland
The Woman Between
Movie • 1931
Tom Smith
Aren't We All?
Movie • 1932
Willie
Discord
Movie • 1933
Peter Stenning
Milestones
Movie • 1916
Sunshine Susie
Movie • 1931
Herr Arvray
I Give My Heart
Movie • 1935
Louis XV
Young Lochinvar
Movie • 1923
Lochinvar
Miriam Rozella
Movie • 1924
Rudolph
The Love Contract
Movie • 1932
Neville Cardington
Where Is This Lady?
Movie • 1932
Rudi Muller
The Story of Papworth, the Village of Hope
Movie • 1936
Dr. Strong
Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Sailor
Movie • 1918
John Tinker
The Indian Love Lyrics
Movie • 1923
Prince Zahindin
A Temporary Gentleman
Movie • 1920
Walter Hope
Gamblers All
Movie • 1919
Harold Tempest
The Edge o' Beyond
Movie • 1919
Dr. Cecil Lawson
The Elder Miss Blossom
Movie • 1918
Curate
The Sorrows Of Satan
Movie • 1917
Geoffrey Tempest
The Faithful Heart
Movie • 1922
Waverley Ango