Monroe Owsley | |
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 Owsley in Ex-Lady (1933) | |
| Born | Monroe Righter Owsley August 11, 1900 Atlanta, Georgia, U.S. |
| Died | June 7, 1937 (aged 36) Belmont, California, U.S. |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1924–1937 |
Monroe Righter Owsley (August 11, 1900 – June 7, 1937) was an American stage and film actor.
The son of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Owsley, [1] he was born in Atlanta, Georgia. [2] His father was a manufacturing executive, and his mother was a concert singer. Owsley was educated at Loomis Institute in Windsor, Connecticut; Bristol High School in Bristol, Connecticut; and Philadelphia High School. [3] He started taking acting classes when he was a teenager.
Before Owsley became an actor, he worked as a reporter and a drama critic for the Public Ledger newspaper in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. [4]
Owsley gained acting experience with stock theater troupes [1] in Chicago, Cincinnati, and Dayton, and in a road company that presented The Meanest Man in the World in a tent in one-night stands. He made his Broadway debut in Young Blood (1925). [5] His film debut was 1928's The First Kiss , starring Fay Wray. This was followed by the Philip Barry film Holiday in 1930, in the role played by Lew Ayres in the 1938 version. Soon after, he was cast opposite actresses such as Clara Bow, Bette Davis, Barbara Stanwyck, Joan Crawford, Gloria Swanson, Mae West, and Kay Francis.
On June 7, 1937, Owsley died from a heart attack [2] in Belmont, California. He was 36 years old. [1]
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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| 1928 | The First Kiss | the Other Suitor | Lost film |
| Carry on, Sergeant! | Leonard Sinclair | ||
| 1930 | Holiday | Ned Seton | |
| Free Love | Rush Begelow | ||
| 1931 | Ten Cents A Dance | Eddie Miller | |
| Honor Among Lovers | Philip Craig | ||
| Indiscreet | Jim Woodward | ||
| This Modern Age | Tony Gerard | ||
| 1932 | Unashamed | Harry Swift | |
| Hat Check Girl | Tod Reese | ||
| Call Her Savage | Lawrence Crosby | ||
| 1933 | The Keyhole | Maurice Le Brun | |
| The Woman Who Dared | Jack Goodwin, Newspaper Reporter | ||
| Ex-Lady | Nick Malvyn | ||
| Brief Moment | Harold Sigrift | ||
| Twin Husbands | Colton Drain | ||
| 1934 | Little Man, What Now? | Kessler | |
| Wild Gold | Walter Jordan | ||
| Shock | Bob Hayworth | ||
| She Was a Lady | Jerry Couzins | ||
| Behold My Wife! | Bob Prentice | ||
| 1935 | Rumba | Hobart Fletcher | |
| Goin' to Town | Fletcher Colton | ||
| Remember Last Night? | Billy Arliss | ||
| 1936 | Private Number | Coakley | |
| Yellowstone | Marty Ryan / Jenkins | ||
| Mr. Cinderella | Aloysius P. Merriweather | ||
| Hideaway Girl | Count de Montaigne | ||
| 1937 | The Hit Parade | Teddy Leeds |
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