Garry Owen (actor)

{{Short description|American actor (1902–1951)}}

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{{for|the American radio announcer and voice actor|Gary Owens}}

{{Infobox person

| name = Garry Owen

| image = Garry Owen The Admiral Was a Lady (1950).jpg

| caption = Owen in The Admiral Was a Lady (1950)

| birth_name =

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1902|02|18|mf=yes}}

| birth_place = Brookhaven, Mississippi, U.S.

| death_date = {{Death date and age|1951|06|01|1902|02|18|mf=yes}}

| death_place = Hollywood, California, U.S.

| resting_place = Chapel of the Pines Crematory, Los Angeles, California

| occupation = Actor

| years_active = 1933–1952

| spouse =

}}

Garry Owen (February 18, 1902 – June 1, 1951) was an American actor,{{cite book|title=Celebrities in Los Angeles Cemeteries: A Directory|author=Ellenberger, A.R.|date=2001|publisher=McFarland, Incorporated, Publishers|isbn=9780786450190|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZraJCgAAQBAJ&pg=PA28|page=28|accessdate=2018-04-07}} best known for his role as the taxi driver in Arsenic and Old Lace. He appeared in more than 185 films between 1933 and 1952.{{cite web|url=https://imdb.com/name/nm0654136/|title=Garry Owen|website=Internet Movie Database|accessdate=2023-10-20}}

Owen was born in Brookhaven, Mississippi, on February 18, 1902. He died in Hollywood, California, on June 1, 1951.

Filmography

class="wikitable sortable"
Year

! Title

! Role

! class="unsortable" | Notes

1933

| Child of Manhattan

| Buddy

| (as Gary Owen)

1933

| Hold Your Man

| Slim

|

1933

| Flying Devils

| Carnival Ticket Seller

| Uncredited

1933

| Knee Deep in Music

|

| Short

1933

| Stage Mother

| Jerry - Stagehand

| Uncredited

1933

| Saturday's Millions

| Football Announcer

| Uncredited

1933

| The Prizefighter and the Lady

| Jake - Fight Promoter

| Uncredited

1933

| Havana Widows

| Sphinx Club Croupier

| Uncredited

1933

| Son of a Sailor

| Sailor Johnson

| Uncredited

1934

| Bombay Mail

| Cuthbert Neal

|

1934

| Good Dame

| Taxi Driver

| Uncredited

1934

| The Thin Man

| Detective

| Uncredited

1934

| Little Miss Marker

| Grinder

| (as Gary Owen)

1934

| The Girl from Missouri

| Sailor Cupick - Kitty's Date

| Uncredited

1934

| Contented Calves

| Breezy - Photographer

| Short (as Gary Owen)

1934

| Death on the Diamond

| In-Studio Radio Announcer

| Uncredited

1934

| No Ransom

| Archie DeWitt

|

1934

| Evelyn Prentice

| Reporter #2

| Uncredited

1934

| The Gay Bride

| Reporter

| Uncredited

1935

| Times Square Lady

| Newspaper Reporter

| Uncredited

1935

| Hold 'Em Yale

| Laverty

| Uncredited

1935

| Let 'Em Have It

| Ike

| Uncredited

1935

| People Will Talk

| Second Reporter

| Uncredited

1935

| Red Salute

| Gas Station Attendant

| Uncredited

1935

| Special Agent

| Carston's Henchman

| Uncredited

1935

| O'Shaughnessy's Boy

|

| (scenes deleted)

1935

|I Live My Life

| Elevator Operator

| Uncredited

1935

| Top Flat

| Garry, Patsy's friend

| Short (as Gary Owen)

1936

| Ceiling Zero

| Mike Owens

|

1936

| Boulder Dam

| Dam Worker

| Uncredited

1936

| The Country Doctor

| Jerry

| Uncredited

1936

| Florida Special

| Joe

|

1936

| Bullets or Ballots

| The Spotter

| Uncredited

1936

| The Return of Sophie Lang

| 'Nosey' Schwartz

|

1936

| Rose Bowl

| Announcer

| Uncredited

1936

| The Case of the Black Cat

| Paul Drake

|

1936

| King of Hockey

| Jitters McCarthy, the Referee

|

1937

| Devil's Playground

| Radio Man

| Uncredited

1937

| Don't Tell the Wife

| Motorcycle Policeman

| Uncredited

1937

| Racketeers in Exile

| Sy

|

1937

| King of Gamblers

| Fred

| Uncredited

1937

| San Quentin

| Dopey

|

1937

| Bad Guy

| Ned Burns - Gambler

| Uncredited

1937

| Double or Nothing

| Process Server

| Uncredited

1937

| My Dear Miss Aldrich

| Policeman

| Uncredited

1937

| This Way Please

| Reporter

| Uncredited

1937

| You're Only Young Once

| Guide

| Uncredited

1937

| True Confession

| Tony Krauch

|

1938

| Start Cheering

| Gas Station Attendant

| Uncredited

1938

| Dangerous to Know

| Mike Tookey - Chauffeur

| Uncredited

1938

| Test Pilot

| Pilot

| Uncredited

1938

| Wide Open Faces

| Pineapple

|

1938

| Call of the Yukon

| Conner

|

1938

| Men with Wings

| Reporter

| Uncredited

1938

| The Crowd Roars

| Cain's Henchman

| Uncredited

1938

| Heart of the North

| Tom 'Tommy' Ryan

|

1939

| Idiot's Delight

| Newsstand Vendor

| Uncredited

1939

| Made for Each Other

| Denver Radio Operator

| Uncredited

1939

| Within the Law

| Jenks' Associate

| Uncredited

1939

| You Can't Get Away with Murder

| 'Lock' Man - Inventor

| Uncredited

1939

| Lucky Night

| Willie Smith - the Bandit

| Uncredited

1939

| Naughty but Nice

| Bartender

| Uncredited

1939

| The Angels Wash Their Faces

| Driver Whose Car Hit Sleepy

| Uncredited

1939

| Dust Be My Destiny

| Milkman

| Uncredited

1939

| A Child Is Born

| First Drugstore Clerk

| Uncredited

1940

| Women Without Names

| Reporter

| Uncredited

1940

| Grandpa Goes to Town

| Muggsy

|

1940

| City for Conquest

| Reporter

| Uncredited

1941

| High Sierra

| Joe - Velma's Guest

| Uncredited

1941

| Footsteps in the Dark

| Horatio Jackson

| Uncredited

1941

| Meet John Doe

| Sign Painter

| Uncredited

1941

| The Devil and Miss Jones

| Drug Store Clerk

| Uncredited

1941

| The Wagons Roll at Night

| Gus

|

1941

| Affectionately Yours

| Taxi Driver

| Uncredited

1941

| Blondie in Society

| The Carpenter

| Uncredited

1941

| Here Comes the Cavalry

| Sergeant Hooker

| Short

1941

| You'll Never Get Rich

| Robert's Guard

| Uncredited

1941

| Sailors on Leave

| Thompson

|

1941

| Appointment for Love

| Reporter

| Uncredited

1942

| Yankee Doodle Dandy

| Army Clerk

| Uncredited

1942

| Lady in a Jam

| Man

| Uncredited

1942

| The Pride of the Yankees

| Scorecard Vendor

| Uncredited

1942

| The Gay Sisters

| Elevator Repairman

| Voice, uncredited

1942

| A Night to Remember

| Mailman

| Uncredited

1943

| Slightly Dangerous

| Detective

| Uncredited

1943

| Watch on the Rhine

| Taxi Driver

| Uncredited

1943

| Whistling in Brooklyn

| Taxi Driver #2

| Uncredited

1943

| The Woman of the Town

| Alhambra Dealer

| Uncredited

1944

| Timber Queen

| Taxi Cab Driver

| Uncredited

1944

| Andy Hardy's Blonde Trouble

| Taxi Driver #3

| Uncredited

1944

| Once Upon a Time

| Man Spouting Poetry

| Uncredited

1944

| Song of the Open Road

| Assistant Director

| Uncredited

1944

| Arsenic and Old Lace

| Taxi Driver

|

1944

| Something for the Boys

| Corporal O'Neill

| Uncredited

1944

| The Thin Man Goes Home

| Pool Player

| Uncredited

1944

| Nothing But Trouble

| Clerk

| Uncredited

1944

| Music for Millions

| Soldier Waiter

| Uncredited

1945

| Roughly Speaking

| Barber

| Uncredited

1945

| Without Love

| Soldier

| Uncredited

1945

| The Clock

| Bus Fare Collector

| Uncredited

1945

|The Last Installment

| Jake

| Short, Uncredited

1945

| The Phantom Speaks

| Louis Fabian

|

1945

| Honeymoon Ahead

| Announcer

| Uncredited

1945

| Captain Eddie

| Reporter

| Uncredited

1945

| Anchors Aweigh

| 2nd Soldier at USO

| Uncredited

1945

| Incendiary Blonde

| Garry - Dance Director

| Uncredited

1945

| Ziegfeld Follies

| 1st Subway Policeman

| ('Limehouse Blues'), Uncredited

1945

| Mildred Pierce

| Policeman on Pier

| Uncredited

1945

| Week-End at the Waldorf

| Taxi Driver

| Uncredited

1945

| Abbott and Costello in Hollywood

| Director's Assistant

| Uncredited

1945

| Fallen Angel

| Waiter

| Uncredited

1945

| The Tiger Woman

| Bartender

|

1945

| Adventure

| Jabbo

| Unconfirmed

1946

|Up Goes Maisie

| Elevator Operator

| Uncredited

1946

| A Letter for Evie

| Fireman

| Uncredited

1946

| Idea Girl

| Howard

| Uncredited

1946

| Crime of the Century

| Taxi Driver

|

1946

| The Hoodlum Saint

| Cop Arresting Snarp at Poolroom

| Uncredited

1946

| The Postman Always Rings Twice

| Truck Driver

| Uncredited

1946

| Our Hearts Were Growing Up

| Bellboy

| Uncredited

1946

| Night and Day

| Joer

| Uncredited

1946

| Courage of Lassie

| Cook Swenson - Sailor helping Smitty

| Uncredited

1946

| Notorious

| Motorcycle Policeman

| Uncredited

1946

| The Missing Lady

| Johnson

| (scenes deleted)

1946

| The Killers

| Joe Smalley

| Uncredited

1946

| Two Years Before the Mast

| Rough Sailor

| Uncredited

1946

| Three Wise Fools

|

| Uncredited

1946

| No Leave, No Love

| Military Policeman at Union Station

| Uncredited

1946

| The Dark Mirror

| Franklin

| (as Gary Owen)

1946

| Lady Chaser

| Herman

|

1946

| Gallant Bess

| 'Doc' the Pharmacist Mate

| Uncredited

1946

| Swell Guy

| Ernie - the Cab Driver

| Uncredited

1946

| It's a Wonderful Life

| Bill-Poster

| Uncredited

1947

| Blondie's Big Moment

| Cab Driver

| Uncredited

1947

| Dead Reckoning

| Reporter

| Uncredited

1947

|My Brother Talks to Horses

| The Chestnut's Handler

| Uncredited

1947

| My Favorite Brunette

| Reporter

| Uncredited

1947

| Millie's Daughter

| Ticket Agent

| Uncredited

1947

| It Happened on 5th Avenue

| Detective

| Uncredited

1947

| The Long Night

| Library Lecturer

| Uncredited

1947

| That's My Man

| Worker

| Uncredited

1947

|The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer

| Tom - Cop at Airport

| Uncredited

1947

| Driftwood

| Gas Station Attendant

| Uncredited

1947

| Magic Town

| Cigar Counter Clerk

| Uncredited

1947

| The Flame

| Detective

|

1947

| It Had to Be You

| Second Cab Driver

| Uncredited

1948

| I Love Trouble

| Gus

| Uncredited

1948

| My Girl Tisa

| Policeman

| Uncredited

1948

| The Bride Goes Wild

| Joe

| (scenes deleted)

1948

| The Inside Story

| Jim - Bank Teller

| Uncredited

1948

| Here Comes Trouble

| Sports Editor

| Uncredited

1948

| The Big Clock

| Cab Driver

| Uncredited

1948

| State of the Union

| Brooklynite

| Uncredited

1948

| Money Madness

| Vance - Reporter

| Uncredited

1948

| On an Island with You

| Reporter

| Uncredited

1948

| The Fuller Brush Man

| Creamy

| Uncredited

1948

| The Checkered Coat

| Prince

|

1948

| A Southern Yankee

| Confederate Soldier

| Uncredited

1948

| Sorry, Wrong Number

| Bingo Caller

| Uncredited

1948

| Good Sam

| Taxi Driver

| Uncredited

1948

| The Return of October

| Charlie

| Uncredited

1948

| Let's Live a Little

| Elevator-Starter

| Uncredited

1949

| Criss Cross

| Johnny

| Uncredited

1949

| Act of Violence

| Auto Rental Co. Attendant

| Uncredited

1949

| Knock on Any Door

| Larry - Barber

| Uncredited

1949

| I Cheated the Law

| Jerry

|

1949

| The Life of Riley

| Bill Collector

| Uncredited

1949

| The Stratton Story

| Cab Driver

| Uncredited

1949

| The Crooked Way

| Man from Green Acres Mortuary

|

1949

| Flamingo Road

| Mailman

| Uncredited

1949

| Manhandled

| Police Photographer

| Uncredited

1949

|Too Late for Tears

| Police Officer at Switchboard

| Uncredited

1949

| Mighty Joe Young

| Second Bartender

| Uncredited

1949

| The Doctor and the Girl

| Patient

| Uncredited

1949

| Bride for Sale

| Al

| Uncredited

1949

| A Kiss for Corliss

| Cop at Archers

| Uncredited

1950

| The Flying Saucer

| Bartender at Ernie's

|

1950

| The File on Thelma Jordon

| Bailiff

| Uncredited

1950

| The Good Humor Man

| Elevator Starter

| Uncredited

1950

| The Yellow Cab Man

| Demolition Engineer

| Uncredited

1950

| Ma and Pa Kettle Go to Town

| Bubble-ola Delivery Man

| Uncredited

1950

| Riding High

| Harry

| Uncredited

1950

| The Admiral Was a Lady

| Watson Jones (private detective)

|

1950

| The Milkman

| Irving

|

1951

| Two Tickets to Broadway

| Bus Passenger Behind Sailor

| Uncredited

1952

| Scandal Sheet

| Bum in Heeney's Bar

| Uncredited, (final film role)

References

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