Owen Nares

Owen Nares

Born: August 11, 1888
Died: July 30, 1943
in Maiden Erlegh, Berks, England, UK
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.

Movies for Owen Nares...

The Prime Minister
Title: The Prime Minister
Character: Lord Derby
Released: March 4, 1941
Type: Movie
Directed by Thorold Dickinson.
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The Show Goes On
Title: The Show Goes On
Character: Martin Fraser
Released: March 31, 1937
Type: Movie
A mill worker with show biz dreams catches a big break when she's discovered by an ailing composer who's seeking the right singer for his songs.
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The Story of Papworth, the Village of Hope
Title: The Story of Papworth, the Village of Hope
Character: Dr. Strong
Released: April 26, 1936
Type: Movie
A educational drama about Tuberculosis.
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I Give My Heart
Title: I Give My Heart
Character: Louis XV
Released: October 24, 1935
Type: Movie
The Loves of Madame du Barry was the American title of the 1935 British operetta I Give My Heart, based on the stage musical The Du Barry. German actress Gitta Alpar stars as Jeanne, the young 18th century Parisian milliner who sleeps her way to the uppermost rungs of French aristocracy, emerging at last as the glamorous Madame du Barry, mistress of Louis XV (Owen Nares). Refusing to gloss over du Barry's sexual peccadilloes (as previous films with Norma Talmadge and Dolores del Rio had done), the film presents the "heroine" as a whore, pure and simple-or, on second thought, not so pure and simple! Particularly troublesome for American censors was a scene in which du Barry is depicted as a resident of a bawdy house. Otherwise, The Loves of Madame du Barry is standard historical-drama fare, allowing dozens of top European actors to play "dress-up" for 90 minutes.
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The Private Life of Don Juan
Title: The Private Life of Don Juan
Character: Antonio Martinez, an Actor as Actors Go
Released: January 1, 1934
Type: Movie
What do women want? Don Juan is aging. He's arrived secretly in Seville after a 20 year absence. His wife Dolores, whom he hasn't lived with in five years, still loves him. He refuses to see her; he fears the life of a husband. She has bought his debts and will remand him to jail for two years if he won't come to her. Meanwhile, an impostor is climbing the balconies of Seville claiming to be Don Juan.
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One Precious Year
Title: One Precious Year
Character: Stephen Carton
Released: February 1, 1933
Type: Movie
A classy woman has an affair with a rake after she learns that she has a terminal disease
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Discord
Title: Discord
Character: Peter Stenning
Released: January 1, 1933
Type: Movie
A struggling composer has to be supported financially by his wealthier wife.
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Where Is This Lady?
Title: Where Is This Lady?
Character: Rudi Muller
Released: November 17, 1932
Type: Movie
A British musical film directed by Victor Hanbury and Ladislao Vajda
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There Goes the Bride
Title: There Goes the Bride
Character: Max
Released: October 25, 1932
Type: Movie
A businessman's daughter runs away from an arranged marriage, only to find herself penniless and suspected of theft after she becomes the victim of a bag thief in the train. When she refuses to tell him who she really is, her accuser decides to take her home where he can keep an eye on her until 12 o'clock the next day, the time at which she has calculated that it will be safe to tell the truth! But when his fiancée arrives unexpectedly and then his 'guest' is mistaken for her, it all gets rather embarrassing...
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The Love Contract
Title: The Love Contract
Character: Neville Cardington
Released: July 27, 1932
Type: Movie
A young woman becomes the driver of a wealthy stockbroker who lost her family’s savings.
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The Impassive Footman
Title: The Impassive Footman
Character: Bryan Daventry
Released: June 28, 1932
Type: Movie
A woman finds brief respite from the selfishness of her husband with a young doctor, and their mutual attraction is rekindled by a chance meeting at a concert.
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Aren't We All?
Title: Aren't We All?
Character: Willie
Released: March 17, 1932
Type: Movie
Because his father, Lord Grenham, spends more time philandering with attractive women than conducting business, Willie Tatham is forced to interrupt his honeymoon with his wife Margot in the south of France and return to London to get his father to sign an important contract. While Margot, an actress, goes to a small resort where she will not be recognized, Kitty Lake, one of the young women Lord Grenham pursues, flirts with Willie. Two weeks pass and when Willie tells Margot on the telephone that he must stay in town, she threatens to engage in a violent flirtation with the next attractive man she sees. Karl von der Heide, from Vienna, who is waiting to use the telephone, overhears her and begins a flirtation. She identifies herself to him as Mrs. Margaret Spaulding, and they pursue the beginnings of a romance until Margot suddenly returns home.
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Frail Women
Title: Frail Women
Character: Colonel Leonard Harvey
Released: January 15, 1932
Type: Movie
An illegitimate war-baby adopted by a wealthy spinster.
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Sunshine Susie
Title: Sunshine Susie
Character: Herr Arvray
Released: December 6, 1931
Type: Movie
Sunshine Susie was a remake of the German film Die Privatsekretärin, and retained many of the originals general characteristics. Renete Muller who starred in the original, was again cast as the country girl seeking fame and fortune in the big city. She takes a secretarial job at a bank, and sets about catching the heart of her boss, Herr Hasel.
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The Woman Between
Title: The Woman Between
Character: Tom Smith
Released: January 22, 1931
Type: Movie
An Earl's daughter is torn between loving opposing parliamentary candidates.
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The Middle Watch
Title: The Middle Watch
Character: Captain Maitland
Released: October 27, 1930
Type: Movie
'Captain tries to hide accidental female passengers from admiral.' (British Film Catalogue)
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Loose Ends
Title: Loose Ends
Character: Malcom Forres
Released: May 22, 1930
Type: Movie
'A woman reporter is blackmailed for knowledge of freed suspect's involvement in a murder.' (British Film Institute)
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This Marriage Business
Title: This Marriage Business
Character: Robert
Released: December 1, 1927
Type: Movie
'Newlywed poses as burglar to scare flighty wife.' (British Film Catalogue)
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Miriam Rozella
Title: Miriam Rozella
Character: Rudolph
Released: March 1, 1924
Type: Movie
A silent drama film directed by Sidney Morgan.
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Young Lochinvar
Title: Young Lochinvar
Character: Lochinvar
Released: September 30, 1923
Type: Movie
In Scotland, a young man, Lochinvar insists on marrying Ellen, the woman he loves in spite of the fact that she is betrothed to another.
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The Man Who Won
Title: The Man Who Won
Character: Captain Bert Brook
Released: December 1, 1918
Type: Movie
A proud architect learns his vicar's daughter is adopted, so she weds a workman who inherits a fortune.
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Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Sailor
Title: Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Sailor
Character: John Tinker
Released: August 1, 1918
Type: Movie
'1860-1910. Life of a mayor's daughter if she married (a) a rich baronet; (b) a poor shopkeeper; (c) nobody.' (British Film Catalogue)