ACTOR

Reginald Owen

1887 - 1972

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John Reginald Owen (5 August 1887 – 5 November 1972) was a British actor, known for his many roles in British and American films and television programmes. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Reginald Owen has received more than 956,501 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2019). Reginald Owen is the 4,194th most popular actor (up from 4,603rd in 2019), the 3,282nd most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 3,594th in 2019) and the 492nd most popular British Actor.

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  • 960k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 48.76

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 23

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.25

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.61

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Reginald Owen ranks 4,194 out of 13,578. Before him are Matthew Settle, Carey Mulligan, Minami Takayama, Naseeruddin Shah, Carla Del Poggio, and Noah Taylor. After him are Franchot Tone, Cha Seung-won, Edmund Purdom, Galina Volchek, Sivaji Ganesan, and Irma Serrano.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1887, Reginald Owen ranks 199. Before him are Igor Severyanin, Arcadio Larraona Saralegui, Jamini Roy, Hranush Arshagyan, Valentine Hugo, and Paul W. Merrill. After him are Yusif Vazir Chamanzaminli, Alf Landon, Sigrid Fick, Giorgio Zampori, Victor Hope, 2nd Marquess of Linlithgow, and Alfonso Calzolari. Among people deceased in 1972, Reginald Owen ranks 169. Before him are Jamini Roy, Mikhail Artamonov, Kenny Dorham, Alfred Schmidt, Rudolf Friml, and Alexander Bek. After him are John Hutchinson, Charu Majumdar, Cynthia Spencer, Countess Spencer, Carlo Agostoni, Saul Alinsky, and Xie Fuzhi.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Reginald Owen ranks 3,282 out of 8,785. Before him are Cliff Allison (1932), Mick Hucknall (1960), Hugh Thomas, Baron Thomas of Swynnerton (1931), Carey Mulligan (1985), Noah Taylor (1969), and Reg Parnell (1911). After him are Edmund Purdom (1926), Tony Christie (1943), George Chapman (1559), John Marshall (1876), Graham Gouldman (1946), and Carole Pateman (1940).

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Among ACTORS In United Kingdom

Among actors born in United Kingdom, Reginald Owen ranks 492. Before him are Jane March (1973), Donald Moffat (1930), Donald Sumpter (1943), Marina Sirtis (1955), Carey Mulligan (1985), and Noah Taylor (1969). After him are Edmund Purdom (1926), Jon Pertwee (1919), Tommy Cooper (1921), Ian McNeice (1950), Catherine Bell (1968), and Clive Russell (1945).

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Television and Movie Roles

Mary Poppins
Admiral Boom
Mr Banks is looking for a nanny for his two mischievous children and comes across Mary Poppins, an angelic nanny. She not only brings a change in their lives but also spreads happiness.
Dec 17o 19647.6 / 10
A Christmas Carol
Ebenezer Scrooge
Miser Ebenezer Scrooge is awakened on Christmas Eve by spirits who reveal to him his own miserable existence, what opportunities he wasted in his youth, his current cruelties, and the dire fate that awaits him if he does not change his ways. Scrooge is faced with his own story of growing bitterness and meanness, and must decide what his own future will hold: death or redemption.
Dec 16o 19387.1 / 10
Bedknobs and Broomsticks
Gen. Teagler
Three children evacuated from London during World War II are forced to stay with an eccentric spinster. The children's initial fears disappear when they find out she is in fact a trainee witch.
Oct 7o 19717.027 / 10