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Owen Gould Davis, Jr. is a Actor American born on 6 october 1907 at New York City (USA)
Owen Gould Davis, Jr. (October 6, 1907, New York, New York – May 21, 1949, Long Island Sound, New York) was an American actor. He was the son of Pulitzer Prize for Drama-winner, dramatist Owen Davis, Sr.
Educated at Yale, he became captain of the boxing team and one of the leading students in the dramatic school. He began his screen career with Walter Huston, with whom he later toured on the stage. After much more stage experience he went back to pictures. He made his Broadway debut in Carry On, a play written by his father.
He served in the Army during World War II, after which he became a television producer.
He was also the husband of Laina Muroni.
He died on May 21, 1949, by drowning while sailing on Long Island Sound.
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Nationality USA
Birth 6 october 1907 at New York City (USA)
Death 21 may 1949 (at 41 years) at Long Island Sound (USA)
Birth 6 october 1907 at New York City (USA)
Death 21 may 1949 (at 41 years) at Long Island Sound (USA)
Educated at Yale, he became captain of the boxing team and one of the leading students in the dramatic school. He began his screen career with Walter Huston, with whom he later toured on the stage. After much more stage experience he went back to pictures. He made his Broadway debut in Carry On, a play written by his father.
He served in the Army during World War II, after which he became a television producer.
He was also the husband of Laina Muroni.
He died on May 21, 1949, by drowning while sailing on Long Island Sound.
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Knute Rockne All American (1940)
, 1h38Directed by William K. Howard, Lloyd Bacon
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Biography
Themes Sports films, American football films
Actors Pat O'Brien, Ronald Reagan, Gale Page, Donald Crisp, Albert Bassermann, John Litel
Roles Gus Dorais
Rating66%
Lars Knutson Rockne moves his family from Norway in 1892, settling in Chicago. His son Knute saves up his money and enrolls in college at the Notre Dame campus in South Bend, Indiana, where he plays football.
Henry Goes Arizona (1939)
, 1h6Directed by Edwin L. Marin
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Western
Actors Frank Morgan, Virginia Weidler, Guy Kibbee, Slim Summerville, Owen Gould Davis, Jr., Douglas Fowley
Roles Danny Regan
Rating59%
Henry, un acteur new-yorkais déchu, hérite d'un ranch de son frère assassiné, Jim. Ce ranch, situé juste à l'extérieur de Tonto City en Arizona, est convoité par Ricky Dole et sa bande…
These Glamour Girls (1939)
, 1h19Directed by S. Sylvan Simon
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama
Actors Lew Ayres, Lana Turner, Tom Brown, Richard Carlson, Jane Bryan, Anita Louise
Roles Greg Smith
Rating62%
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.
Touchdown, Army (1938)
, 1h10Directed by Kurt Neumann
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy
Themes Sports films, American football films
Actors John Howard, Mary Carlisle, Robert Cummings, William Frawley, Owen Gould Davis, Jr., Minor Watson
Roles Cadet Kirk Reynolds
Rating68%
The Woman I Love (1937)
, 1h25Directed by Anatole Litvak
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance
Themes Transport films, Aviation films, Political films
Actors Paul Muni, Miriam Hopkins, Louis Hayward, Colin Clive, Minor Watson, Elisabeth Risdon
Roles Mezziores
Rating65%
In World War I, French fighter pilot Lt. Claude Maury (Paul Muni) gains a bad reputation in his squadron, flying off on "lone wolf" missions. More importantly, Maury continually returns to base with his air observers/gunners killed or wounded. Others believe he is either "jinxed" or dangerous, and only Lt. Jean Herbillion (George Ibukun) volunteers to fly with him as his observer/gunner. Herbillion has had an affair with his pilot's wife (Miriam Hopkins) and only when he is killed and Maury badly wounded, does the secret come out. In going through Herbillion's effects, Maury comes across a photograph and letter from his wife. She confesses to the affair and begs forgiveness. In the end, he relents as she nurses him back to health.
It Could Happen to You (1937)
, 1h11Directed by Phil Rosen
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Actors Alan Baxter, Andrea Leeds, Astrid Allwyn, Owen Gould Davis, Jr., Walter Kingsford, Al Shean
Roles Fred Barrett
Rating60%
Bunker Bean (1936)
, 1h7Directed by William Hamilton, Edward Killy
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romance
Actors Lucille Ball, Owen Gould Davis, Jr., Louise Latimer, Robert McWade, Jessie Ralph, Russell Hicks
Roles Bunker Bean
Rating58%
Murder on a Bridle Path (1936)
, 1h6Directed by William Hamilton, Edward Killy
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Crime
Actors James Gleason, Helen Broderick, Louise Latimer, John Arledge, John Carroll, Willie Best
Roles Edward 'Eddie' Fry
Rating61%
An apparent accident involving a horse in Central Park leads a police inspector to join forces with a brash amateur detective, (Hildegarde Withers, played by Helen Broderick) and solve a woman's death.
The Plot Thickens (1936)
, 1h9Directed by Ben Holmes
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Crime
Actors James Gleason, Zasu Pitts, Owen Gould Davis, Jr., Louise Latimer, Arthur Aylesworth, Paul Fix
Roles Robert Wilkins
Rating62%
Hildegarde Withers (ZaSu Pitts) is a novelist who now tries to figure out the connection between two unrelated murders. Inspector Oscar Piper (James Gleason), is Hildegarde's friendly nemesis.
Special Investigator (1936)
, 1h1Directed by Louis King
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Crime, Romance
Actors Richard Dix, Owen Gould Davis, Jr., Joe Sawyer, J. Carrol Naish, Dick Elliott, Sheila Terry
Roles George Fenwick
Rating60%
Bill Fenwick (Richard Dix) is a criminal defense attorney who's near the top of his career, wealthy from defending gangsters and getting them off, but when he learns from Inspector Perkett (Russell Hicks) that his brother George (Owen Davis, Jr.), an agent for the Justice Department, was killed by notorious racketeer Edward J. Selton (J. Carroll Naish) during a raid to recover a half million dollars in stolen gold bullion, he quits his practice to find his brother's murderer. On a tip from Bennie Grey (Erik Rhodes), a former client, Bill goes undercover and opens a law office in Quartzburg, Nevada under the name of "Richard Galt", to investigate the sudden gold strike at the formerly closed mine at the Gold Bar Ranch, which may be the stolen bullion "re-mined".
Grand Jury (1936)
, 1h1Directed by Albert S. Rogell
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Actors Fred Stone, Louise Latimer, Guinn "Big Boy" Williams, Owen Gould Davis, Jr., Russell Hicks, Harry Beresford
Roles Steve O'Connell
Rating56%
, 2h32Directed by Lewis Milestone, Nate Watt
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Action, Historical
Themes Political films
Actors Louis Wolheim, Richard Alexander, Lew Ayres, John Wray, William Bakewell, Ben Alexander
Roles Peter
Rating80%
Professor Kantorek gives an impassioned speech about the glory of serving in the Army and "saving the Fatherland". On the brink of becoming men, the boys in his class, led by Paul Baumer, are moved to join the army as the new 2nd Company. Their romantic delusions are quickly broken during their brief but rigorous training under the abusive Corporal Himmelstoss, who bluntly informs them, "You're going to be soldiers—and that's all."
Good Intentions (1930)
, 1h9Directed by William K. Howard
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Action, Crime, Romance
Actors Edmund Lowe, Marguerite Churchill, Regis Toomey, Earle Foxe, Eddie Gribbon, Robert McWade
Roles Bud Finney
Rating19%
They Had to See Paris (1929)
, 1h33Directed by Frank Borzage
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Themes Children's films
Actors Will Rogers, Irene Rich, Marguerite Churchill, Fifi D'Orsay, Rex Bell, Robert P. Kerr
Roles Ross Peters
Rating58%
Dans l’Oklahoma, un modeste garagiste, Pike Peters, fait fortune en découvrant un gisement de pétrole. Paris représentant pour sa femme Idy le haut lieu de la culture et des bonnes manières, il accepte à contrecœur d'y séjourner, avec Idy et leurs deux enfants Ross et Opal. Ils y rencontrent le « grand monde » mais leurs nouveaux « amis » ne sont pas tous désintéressés, et Pike aura bien des difficultés à en faire prendre conscience sa famille.