Biographies: Tudor Owen - Actor

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A British actor, born in Penarth, Glamorgan, Wales, United Kingdom. He married Gladys Virginia Bennett Paterno (1952-1979), and she remained with him until his death. Among his most important works are One Hundred and One Dalmatians (1961), Shirley Temple's Storybook (1958-1961), Against All Flags (1952), and My Cousin Rachel (1952). Over the course of 40 years, Owen presented dozens of roles such as rural characters, sea captains, mayors, priests, and police officers. He was prolific on radio during the 1940s and 1950s and also voice-acted in animated films. After he had served with the Royal Army Medical Corps in World War I, he studied at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA) before moving to Hollywood in 1925, beginning his career with the silent film Bride of the Storm (1926). His next film, 22 years later, was Up in Central Park (1948), and he continued to appear in cinema and television until the mid-sixties. He retired until he died in Los Angeles, California, on March 13, 1979, at the age of 81.

• 22 January 2024
• Dalia Saad