Cause of death drowning Role Actor Occupation actor Parents Owen Davis | Years active 1929-1940 Siblings Donald Davis Name Owen Jr. Ex-spouse Laina Muroni | |
Born October 6, 1907 New York, New York, U.S. Died May 21, 1949, Long Island Sound, United States Movies All Quiet on the Western, Bunker Bean, The Plot Thickens, Knute Rockne - All American, Murder on a Bridle Path Similar People Owen Davis, Lewis Milestone, Lloyd Bacon, Craig Reynolds, Barbara Pepper | ||
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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