Tudor Owen (actor)

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Tudor Owen
Owen in screenshot from Perils of the Jungle
Born
Roy Tudor Owen

(1898-01-20)20 January 1898
Penarth, Glamorgan, Wales
Died13 March 1979(1979-03-13) (aged 81)
Los Angeles, California, U.S.
OccupationActor
Years active1926–1965
Spouse
Gladys Virginia Bennett Paterno
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(m. 1953)​

Roy Tudor Owen (20 January 1898 – 13 March 1979), known professionally as just Tudor Owen, was a Welsh character actor. Owen is most famous for voicing the role of Towser in the 1961 Disney movie One Hundred and One Dalmatians.

Early life and career

Owen was born on 20 January 1898 in the Welsh town of Penarth, Glamorgan.[citation needed]

After serving with the

RADA in London before moving to Hollywood.[citation needed
]

He began his career in the 1926 silent film Bride of the Storm as Funeral Harry.[1] His next film role was 22 years later in the 1948 film Up in Central Park.[2]

Owen worked in radio during the 1940s and 1950s, teaming up with producer and director

Johnny Modero, Pier 23 in 1947. Owen co-starred with Webb on radio one more time, on the radio version of the Pete Kelly franchise. He played Barney Rickett for the series's summer run in 1951.[5] In 1951, he played the title character's editor in Alias Jane Doe.[3]: 21  His last radio appearance was in 1953, leaving behind such radio credits as University Theatre, Escape, Suspense, Family Theater, Lux Radio Theatre, Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar, Crime Classics and The Lone Ranger
. Owen also played 'Dusty' in the 1950 episode of The Lone Ranger titled 'Greed for Gold'.

Shortly after Owen's last appearance in radio, he made his first appearance in television on the TV series

animated cartoon One Hundred and One Dalmatians where Owen voiced the role of Towser. His last film role was a background voice role in another Disney cartoon, as a knight in The Sword in the Stone (1963). Some of his other film credits include Montana, The Black Castle, Back to God's Country, Perils of the Jungle, Brigadoon, The Oklahoma Woman, Congo Crossing and Jack the Giant Killer.[6]

Owen's television career expanded during the 1950s and 1960s which included recurring roles in Perry Mason and a starring role in a television series. In 1954–55, Owen co-starred as Joe Ainsley alongside Thomas Mitchell and Kathleen Freeman in the sitcom Mayor of the Town. He played the clan patriarch in "The Annie MacGregor Story" S1 E21 "Wagon Train" 1958. He retired from show business after a 1965 guest appearance on the television series Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea.

Personal life and death

Owen married Gladys Virginia Bennett Paterno in 1953, and they remained together until he died on 13 March 1979 in Los Angeles, California at the age of 81. He is entombed at Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Glendale, California.

Selected filmography

References

  1. ^ "Bride of the Storm – TCMDb". www.tcm.com. Retrieved 2 December 2014.
  2. ^ "Up in Central Park (1948) Cast & Crew". www.allmovie.com. Retrieved 2 December 2014.
  3. ^
    ISBN 978-0-7864-4513-4
    . P. 266.
  4. ^ "The Great Detectives of Old Time Radio – Pat Novak for Hire". www.greatdetectives.net. Retrieved 2 December 2014.
  5. ^ "The Definitive Pete Kelly's Blues Radio Log". Retrieved 2 December 2014.
  6. ^ "Who is Tudor Owen?". www.omnilexica.com. Retrieved 5 December 2014.

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