Owen Nares
Actor
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
There Goes the Bride
as Max 1932
The Impassive Footman
as Bryan Daventry 1932
Frail Women
as Colonel Leonard Harvey 1932
Sunshine Susie
as Herr Arvray 1931
The Show Goes On
as Martin Fraser 1937
The Prime Minister
as Lord Derby 1941
One Precious Year
as Stephen Carton 1933
This Marriage Business
as Robert 1927
The Man Who Won
as Captain Bert Brook 1918
Loose Ends
as Malcom Forres 1930
The Middle Watch
as Captain Maitland 1930
The Woman Between
as Tom Smith 1931
Aren't We All?
as Willie 1932
Discord
as Peter Stenning 1933
Milestones
1916
I Give My Heart
as Louis XV 1935