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Owen Nares

Aug 11, 1888 - Jul 30, 1943 (54 years old) in 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.

Known For

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The Private Life of Don Juan
Antonio Martinez, an Actor as Actors Go
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The Love Contract
Neville Cardington
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Sunshine Susie
Herr Arvray
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Where Is This Lady?
Rudi Muller
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The Prime Minister
Lord Derby
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Frail Women
Colonel Leonard Harvey
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One Precious Year
Stephen Carton
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I Give My Heart
Louis XV
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There Goes the Bride
Max
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The Edge o' Beyond
Dr. Cecil Lawson

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