Owen Davis junior

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Owen Davis Jr. (born October 6, 1907 in New York City ; New York , † May 21, 1949 in Long Island Sound ) was an American actor and television producer.

Life

Owen Davis Jr. was the eldest of two sons of the Pulitzer Prize winning playwright Owen Davis Sr. born. Davis Jr. studied drama under George Pierce Baker at Yale University , where he was also the captain of the boxing team for some time. He began his acting career in the company of Walter Huston and was first seen on Broadway in his father's play Carry On in 1928 . A year later he made his film debut as the son of Will Rogers in They Had to See Paris , directed by Frank Borzage . During his subsequent film career, he mostly played boyish and inexperienced young men, for example as soldier Peter in the classic film In the West, Nothing New . In the early 1930s he returned to the theater. He worked with Richard Bennett's theater company and also played ten plays on Broadway between 1931 and 1935.

In the mid-1930s he returned to Hollywood , where he was considered a potential star and got bigger roles, mostly in smaller comedies. But his breakthrough did not succeed and he retired from film acting in 1940 after only 16 productions. He then served in World War II . After the end of the war he began a second career as a television producer. At the age of 41, Owen Davis Jr. drowned in a boating accident in Long Island Sound . He was married to Laina Muroni.

Filmography (selection)

actor
  • 1929: They Had to See Paris
  • 1930: on the Western Front (All Quiet on the Western Front)
  • 1930: Good Intentions
  • 1936: Murder on a Bridle Path
  • 1936: Special Investigator
  • 1936: Bunker Bean
  • 1936: Grand Jury
  • 1936: The Plot Thickens
  • 1937: The Woman I Love
  • 1937: It Could Happen to You!
  • 1937: The Luck of Roaring Camp
  • 1938: Touchdown, Army
  • 1939: These Glamor Girls
  • 1939: Henry Goes Arizona
  • 1939: Thou Shalt Not Kill
  • 1940: Knute Rockne, All American
producer
  • 1949: NBC Repertory Theater
  • 1949: The Philco Television Playhouse (an episode)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Owen Davis, Sr. | Biography, Movie Highlights and Photos | AllMovie. Retrieved September 13, 2018 .
personal data
SURNAME Davis, Owen Jr.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American actor and television producer
DATE OF BIRTH October 6, 1907
PLACE OF BIRTH New York City
DATE OF DEATH May 21, 1949
Place of death Long Island Sound