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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.
Birth Name
Owen Ramsay
Born
Saturday, 11 August 1888
Died
Friday, 30 July 1943
Actor Filmography
Title | Character | Year |
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The Prime Minister | Lord Derby | 1941 |
The Show Goes On | Martin Fraser | 1937 |
The Loves of Madame Dubarry | Louis XV | 1935 |
Regal Cavalcade | Gentleman | 1935 |
The Private Life of Don Juan | Antonio Martinez, an Actor as Actors Go / Antonio Martinez - An Actor as Actors Go | 1934 |
Where Is This Lady? | Rudi Muller | 1933 |
One Precious Year | Stephen Carton | 1933 |
The Love Contract | Neville Cardington | 1932 |
There Goes the Bride | Max | 1932 |
Woman in Chains | Bryan Daventry | 1932 |
Actor Filmography
Title | Character | Year |
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The Prime Minister | Lord Derby | 1941 |
The Show Goes On | Martin Fraser | 1937 |
The Loves of Madame Dubarry | Louis XV | 1935 |
Regal Cavalcade | Gentleman | 1935 |
The Private Life of Don Juan | Antonio Martinez, an Actor as Actors Go / Antonio Martinez - An Actor as Actors Go | 1934 |
Where Is This Lady? | Rudi Muller | 1933 |
One Precious Year | Stephen Carton | 1933 |
The Love Contract | Neville Cardington | 1932 |
There Goes the Bride | Max | 1932 |
Woman in Chains | Bryan Daventry | 1932 |
Frail Women | The Man / Colonel Leonard Harvey | 1932 |
Aren't We All? | Willie | 1932 |
The Office Girl | Herr Arvray | 1931 |
Loose Ends | Malcolm Ferres | 1930 |
The Marriage Business | Robert | 1928 |
Miriam Rozella | Rudolph | 1924 |
Young Lochinvar | Lochinvar | 1924 |
The Indian Love Lyrics | Prince Zahindin | 1923 |
Brown Sugar | Lord Sloane | 1922 |
For Her Father's Sake | Walter Cardew | 1921 |
The Last Rose of Summer | Oliver Selwyn | 1920 |
A Temporary Gentleman | Walter Hope | 1920 |
All the Winners | Tim Hawker | 1920 |
Wanted a Wife | Curate | 1919 |
Edge o' Beyond | Dr. Cecil Lawson | 1919 |
Gamblers All | Harold Tempest | 1919 |
Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Sailor | John Tinker | 1918 |
Onward Christian Soldiers | The Soldier | 1918 |
God Bless Our Red, White and Blue | Thomas Atkinson | 1918 |
Flames | Valentine Creswell | 1917 |
One Summer's Day | Captain Dick Rudyard | 1917 |
Milestones | Lord Monkhurst | 1916 |