Owen Davis Jr.
Acting
Biography
Owen Gould Davis Jr. (October 6, 1907 – May 21, 1949) was an American actor known primarily for his work in film. He also performed in the theatre, making his Broadway debut in the play Carry On (1928), which his father, Owen Davis, had written.
Born: October 6, 1907
Place of Birth: New York City, New York, USA
Known For
All Quiet on the Western Front
When a group of idealistic young men join the German Army during the Great War, they are assigned to the Western Front, where their patriotism is destroyed by the harsh realities of combat.
Grand Jury
When a grand jury acquits a gangster accused of murder, a retired elderly citizen decides it's up to him to see that the criminal is proven guilty and put behind bars.
Knute Rockne All American
The story of legendary Notre Dame football player and coach Knute Rockne.
Henry Goes Arizona
A New Yorker moves West when he inherits an Arizona ranch.
They Had to See Paris
Oklahoma mechanic Pike Peters finds himself part owner of an oil field. His wife Idy, hitherto content, decides the family must go to Paris to get "culture" and meet "the right kind of people." Pike and his grown son and daughter soon have flirtatious French admirers; Idy rents a chateau from an impoverished aristocrat; while Pike responds to each new development with homespun wit. In the inevitable clash, will pretentiousness and sophistication or common sense triumph?
The Plot Thickens
A priceless Cellini silver cup is stolen from a local museum with both Hildegarde and Oscar on the case.
These Glamour Girls
A drunken college student invites a dance hostess to the big college dance and then forgets he asked her. When she shows up at school, he tries to get rid of her, but she won't leave. Instead, she stays and shows up both him and his classmates' snooty dates.
Special Investigator
A lawyer changes from defending public enemies to bringing them to justice after his brother is killed.
Murder on a Bridle Path
When the body of Violet Feverel is discovered on the Central Park bridle path, Inspector Oscar Piper is about to declare her death accidental from a thrown horse, until his friend and amateur detective Hildegarde Withers locates the horse and discovers blood on the horse.
Bunker Bean
A shy office worker becomes a hero when a fortune teller calls him another Napoleon.
Filmography
as Gus Dorais
as Danny Regan
as Greg Smith
as Davy
as Fred Barrett
as Mezziores
as Robert Wilkins
as Steve O'Connell
as Bunker Bean
as George Fenwick
as Eddie Fry
as Bud Finney
as Peter
as Ross Peters