Owen Nares

Acting Aug 11, 1888 Jul 30, 1943 (aged 55) Maiden Erlegh, Berks, England, UK

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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.

30 Acting Credits

Owen Nares

Acting

The Private Life of Don Juan

There Goes the Bride

The Impassive Footman

Frail Women

Sunshine Susie

The Show Goes On

The Prime Minister

One Precious Year

This Marriage Business

Loose Ends

The Middle Watch

The Woman Between

Aren't We All?

Discord

I Give My Heart

Young Lochinvar

Miriam Rozella

The Love Contract

Where Is This Lady?

The Story of Papworth, the Village of Hope

The Indian Love Lyrics

A Temporary Gentleman

Gamblers All

The Edge o' Beyond