Owen Moore

Biography

​From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Owen Moore (December 12, 1886 - June 9, 1939) was an actor in American films, appearing in more than 279 movies spanning from 1908 to 1937.

Career Overview

Owen Moore has 197 screen credits in a career dating back to 1909. Signature works include Husbands for Rent, Go Straight!, Code of the West. Explore the interactive character relationship maps on each title page to trace how their roles connect across franchises.

Personal Facts

Known For

Acting

Gender

male

Known Credits

197

Birth Date

1886-12-11 00:00:00

Birth Place

Fordstown Crossroads, County Meath, Ireland

Known For

• 

  Husbands for Rent
• 

  Go Straight!
• 

  Code of the West
• 

  The Parasite
• 

  East of Broadway
• 

  Torment

Frequent Collaborators

• Mary Carr (3 collaborations)
• Lillian Leighton (2 collaborations)
• Francis McDonald (2 collaborations)
• William K. Howard (2 collaborations)
• Eddie Gribbon (2 collaborations)
• Maurice Tourneur (2 collaborations)
• Clarence Kolster (1 collaborations)
• Barney McGill (1 collaborations)
• Henry Lehrman (1 collaborations)
• Jimmy Starr (1 collaborations)

Credits

• actors (193 credits)

  • Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema

    Self (archive footage)

    actor

    actors
    2007
  • The Big Parade of Comedy

    Dennis in 'The Red Mill' (archive footage) (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1964
  • Film Fun

    (archive footage)

    actor

    actors
    1955
  • A Star Is Born

    Casey Burke

    actor

    actors
    1937
  • A Man of Sentiment

    Stanley Colton

    actor

    actors
    1933
  • She Done Him Wrong

    Chick Clark

    actor

    actors
    1933
  • As You Desire Me

    Tony Boffie

    actor

    actors
    1932
  • Hush Money

    Steve Pelton

    actor

    actors
    1931
  • Stout Hearts and Willing Hands

    Lookalike Bartender 2

    actor

    actors
    1931
  • Extravagance

    Jim Hamilton

    actor

    actors
    1930
  • Outside the Law

    Harry 'Fingers' O'Dell

    actor

    actors
    1930
  • What a Widow!

    Gerry Morgan

    actor

    actors
    1930
  • Side Street

    Dennis O'Farrell

    actor

    actors
    1929
  • High Voltage

    Detective Dan Egan

    actor

    actors
    1929
  • Stolen Love

    Curtis Barstow

    actor

    actors
    1928
  • The Actress

    Tom Wrench

    actor

    actors
    1928
  • Husbands for Rent

    Herbert Willis

    actor

    actors
    1927
  • Becky

    Dan Scarlett

    actor

    actors
    1927
  • Tea For Three

    Philip Collamore

    actor

    actors
    1927
  • Women Love Diamonds

    Patrick Michael Regan

    actor

    actors
    1927
  • The Taxi Dancer

    Lee Rogers

    actor

    actors
    1927
  • The Red Mill

    Dennis

    actor

    actors
    1927
  • The Road to Mandalay

    The Admiral

    actor

    actors
    1926
  • Money Talks

    Sam Starling

    actor

    actors
    1926
  • Married?

    Dennis Shawn

    actor

    actors
    1926
  • The Skyrocket

    Mickey Reid

    actor

    actors
    1926
  • The Blackbird

    Bertram P. Glayde aka West End Bertie

    actor

    actors
    1926
  • Camille of the Barbary Coast

    Robert Morton

    actor

    actors
    1925
  • Go Straight!

    John Rhodes

    actor

    actors
    1925
  • Code of the West

    Cal Thurman

    actor

    actors
    1925
  • The Parasite

    Arthur Randall

    actor

    actors
    1925
  • East of Broadway

    Peter Mullaney

    actor

    actors
    1924
  • Torment

    Hansen

    actor

    actors
    1924
  • Her Temporary Husband

    Thomas Burton

    actor

    actors
    1923
  • Thundergate

    Robert Wells / Kong Sur

    actor

    actors
    1923
  • The Silent Partner

    George Coburn

    actor

    actors
    1923
  • Modern Matrimony

    Chester Waddington

    actor

    actors
    1923
  • Hollywood

    Owen Moore

    actor

    actors
    1923
  • Love Is an Awful Thing

    Anthony Churchill

    actor

    actors
    1922
  • Oh, Mabel Behave

    Randolph Roanoke

    actor

    actors
    1922
  • Reported Missing

    Richard Boyd

    actor

    actors
    1922
  • The Chicken in the Case

    Steve Perkins

    actor

    actors
    1921
  • A Divorce of Convenience

    Jim Blake

    actor

    actors
    1921
  • The Poor Simp

    Melville G. Carruthers

    actor

    actors
    1920
  • The Desperate Hero

    Henry Baird

    actor

    actors
    1920
  • Sooner or Later

    Patrick Murphy

    actor

    actors
    1920
  • Piccadilly Jim

    James Braithwaite Crocker / Piccadilly Jim

    actor

    actors
    1919
  • The Crimson Gardenia

    Roland Van Dam

    actor

    actors
    1919
  • The Little Boy Scout

    Thomas Morton

    actor

    actors
    1917
  • A Girl Like That

    Jim Brooks

    actor

    actors
    1917
  • A Coney Island Princess

    Pete Milholland

    actor

    actors
    1916
  • Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages

    Extra (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1916
  • Rolling Stones

    Dave Fulton

    actor

    actors
    1916
  • Under Cover

    Steven Denby

    actor

    actors
    1916
  • Susan Rocks the Boat

    Larry O'Neil

    actor

    actors
    1916
  • Little Meena's Romance

    The Count

    actor

    actors
    1916
  • Betty of Greystone

    David Chandler

    actor

    actors
    1916
  • Jordan Is a Hard Road

    Mark Sheldon

    actor

    actors
    1915
  • Nearly a Lady

    Jack Rawlins

    actor

    actors
    1915
  • The Little Teacher

    Teacher's Fiancé

    actor

    actors
    1915
  • Mabel Lost and Won

    Mabel's Sweetheart

    actor

    actors
    1915
  • Betty in Search of a Thrill

    Jim Denning

    actor

    actors
    1915
  • Pretty Mrs. Smith

    Mr. Smith No. 3, Frank

    actor

    actors
    1915
  • Mistress Nell

    King Charles II

    actor

    actors
    1915
  • Cinderella

    Prince Charming

    actor

    actors
    1914
  • Home, Sweet Home

    The Tempter

    actor

    actors
    1914
  • The Battle of the Sexes

    Cleo's lover

    actor

    actors
    1914
  • Caprice

    Jack Henderson

    actor

    actors
    1913
  • So Runs the Way

    actor

    actors
    1913
  • The Closed Door

    George Neill

    actor

    actors
    1913
  • The Lady Leone

    Jack Wilde - a Poor Knight

    actor

    actors
    1912
  • Sisters

    Annie's Husband - the Fireman

    actor

    actors
    1912
  • The Redemption of Riverton

    Rev. John Gibson - a Minister

    actor

    actors
    1912
  • The Angel of the Studio

    The Artist

    actor

    actors
    1912
  • Betty’s Nightmare

    John - the Hired Hand

    actor

    actors
    1912
  • Tangled Relations

    Tom the Gardener

    actor

    actors
    1912
  • The Advent of Jane

    Joe Buford

    actor

    actors
    1912
  • Flo's Discipline

    Jack Doyle - Assistant Principal

    actor

    actors
    1912
  • All for Love

    Roland

    actor

    actors
    1912
  • After All

    Rob

    actor

    actors
    1912
  • The Winning Punch

    Tom Owen

    actor

    actors
    1912
  • Her Cousin Fred

    George Moore

    actor

    actors
    1912
  • The Chance Shot

    Owen

    actor

    actors
    1912
  • The Mill Buyers

    Owen Poor - Flo's Suitor

    actor

    actors
    1912
  • Taking a Chance

    Lt. Fuller

    actor

    actors
    1912
  • The Players

    Owen

    actor

    actors
    1912
  • In Swift Waters

    Jack Moore

    actor

    actors
    1912
  • Not Like Other Girls

    Owen Strong

    actor

    actors
    1912
  • The Lesser Evil

    actor

    actors
    1912
  • Honor Thy Father

    John Hollister

    actor

    actors
    1912
  • The Caddy's Dream

    Mr. Browntop

    actor

    actors
    1911
  • The Portrait

    Reginald Spencer - the Artist

    actor

    actors
    1911
  • Little Red Riding Hood

    actor

    actors
    1911
  • Love Heeds Not Showers

    Jack

    actor

    actors
    1911
  • The Courting of Mary

    Owen

    actor

    actors
    1911
  • The Better Way

    actor

    actors
    1911
  • Behind the Times

    Reverend Charles Montgomery

    actor

    actors
    1911
  • A Gasoline Engagement

    Arthur Lennox

    actor

    actors
    1911
  • For the Queen's Honor

    Prince Albert

    actor

    actors
    1911
  • In the Sultan's Garden

    actor

    actors
    1911
  • Back to the Soil

    George Dupont

    actor

    actors
    1911
  • For Her Brother's Sake

    Owen Spotwood

    actor

    actors
    1911
  • The Fair Dentist

    Dental Patient

    actor

    actors
    1911
  • Second Sight

    Owen Jackson

    actor

    actors
    1911
  • The Stampede

    The Rancher's Son

    actor

    actors
    1911
  • Sweet Memories

    Ashton Orcutt - Duelist

    actor

    actors
    1911
  • In Old Madrid

    actor

    actors
    1911
  • The Fisher-Maid

    Ambrose Fenton

    actor

    actors
    1911
  • The Message in the Bottle

    Lietenant

    actor

    actors
    1911
  • A Manly Man

    Norman Duncan

    actor

    actors
    1911
  • Artful Kate

    Lt. Hamilton

    actor

    actors
    1911
  • Maid or Man

    Jimmy Keene

    actor

    actors
    1911
  • The Dream

    Will Herbert

    actor

    actors
    1911
  • Their First Misunderstanding

    Tom Owen

    actor

    actors
    1911
  • The Count of Montebello

    Gerald

    actor

    actors
    1910
  • All the World’s a Stage

    actor

    actors
    1910
  • The Right Girl

    actor

    actors
    1910
  • The Irony of Fate

    actor

    actors
    1910
  • What the Daisy Said

    (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1910
  • The Time-Lock Safe

    The Friend

    actor

    actors
    1910
  • A Game for Two

    Mr. Henderson

    actor

    actors
    1910
  • In the Border States

    actor

    actors
    1910
  • The Duke’s Plan

    Raoul

    actor

    actors
    1910
  • The Last Deal

    The Husband

    actor

    actors
    1910
  • Her Terrible Ordeal

    Jack

    actor

    actors
    1910
  • The Rocky Road

    actor

    actors
    1910
  • To Save Her Soul

    At Party

    actor

    actors
    1909
  • A Corner in Wheat

    actor

    actors
    1909
  • The Redman's View

    Silver Eagle

    actor

    actors
    1909
  • Through the Breakers

    At the Club

    actor

    actors
    1909
  • The Mountaineer's Honor

    The Mountain Girl's Suitor

    actor

    actors
    1909
  • The Light That Came

    Carl Wagner

    actor

    actors
    1909
  • The Restoration

    Jack

    actor

    actors
    1909
  • Nursing a Viper

    Fleeing Aristocrat

    actor

    actors
    1909
  • Lines of White on a Sullen Sea

    Fisherman in Second Port

    actor

    actors
    1909
  • The Expiation

    John Waterbury

    actor

    actors
    1909
  • His Lost Love

    James

    actor

    actors
    1909
  • A Change of Heart

    Howard Norris

    actor

    actors
    1909
  • Pippa Passes

    Sibald

    actor

    actors
    1909
  • The Awakening

    The Major's Friend

    actor

    actors
    1909
  • Leather Stocking

    Leather Stocking

    actor

    actors
    1909
  • In Old Kentucky

    The Union son

    actor

    actors
    1909
  • The Broken Locket

    At Bar Table / Outside Company Office

    actor

    actors
    1909
  • 1776, or The Hessian Renegades

    Colonial Army Messenger

    actor

    actors
    1909
  • The Sealed Room

    Nobleman at Court

    actor

    actors
    1909
  • The Little Darling

    In Boarding House

    actor

    actors
    1909
  • The Indian Runner's Romance

    Blue Cloud

    actor

    actors
    1909
  • His Wife's Visitor

    At Club

    actor

    actors
    1909
  • They Would Elope

    actor

    actors
    1909
  • Mr. Jones’ Burglar

    At Club

    actor

    actors
    1909
  • The Mended Lute

    Little Bear

    actor

    actors
    1909
  • A Strange Meeting

    At Party

    actor

    actors
    1909
  • Tender Hearts

    actor

    actors
    1909
  • The Cardinal's Conspiracy

    A Member of the Court

    actor

    actors
    1909
  • The Necklace

    In Jewelry Store / Party Guest

    actor

    actors
    1909
  • The Way of Man

    Wedding Guest

    actor

    actors
    1909
  • The Peachbasket Hat

    On Street/In Store

    actor

    actors
    1909
  • Her First Biscuits

    Biscuit Victim

    actor

    actors
    1909
  • The Faded Lilies

    At Party

    actor

    actors
    1909
  • The Son's Return

    On Stairs / In Bank

    actor

    actors
    1909
  • The Lonely Villa

    actor

    actors
    1909
  • The Violin Maker of Cremona

    Sandro

    actor

    actors
    1909
  • What Drink Did

    Workman

    actor

    actors
    1909
  • His Duty

    Bob Allen

    actor

    actors
    1909
  • Eradicating Aunty

    Tom Norton

    actor

    actors
    1909
  • The Cricket on the Hearth

    Edward Plummer

    actor

    actors
    1909
  • Two Memories

    Party Guest

    actor

    actors
    1909
  • Resurrection

    At Court / At Prison

    actor

    actors
    1909
  • The Jilt

    Frank Allison

    actor

    actors
    1909
  • A Baby's Shoe

    The Son

    actor

    actors
    1909
  • The Suicide Club

    Member of Suicide Club

    actor

    actors
    1909
  • Lucky Jim

    Wedding Guest

    actor

    actors
    1909
  • Twin Brothers

    actor

    actors
    1909
  • Lady Helen's Escapade

    The Boyfriend

    actor

    actors
    1909
  • Confidence

    Dinner Guest / In Bar / In Hospital

    actor

    actors
    1909
  • The Winning Coat

    Courtier

    actor

    actors
    1909
  • Schneider’s Anti-Noise Crusade

    First Thief

    actor

    actors
    1909
  • Trying to Get Arrested

    The Passerby / In Fight

    actor

    actors
    1909
  • A Drunkard's Reformation

    Man in the Play

    actor

    actors
    1909
  • The Deception

    The Rich Patron

    actor

    actors
    1909
  • The Voice of the Violin

    Servant

    actor

    actors
    1909
  • The Lure of the Gown

    Rich Man

    actor

    actors
    1909
  • The Salvation Army Lass

    Salvation Army / Outside Factory

    actor

    actors
    1909
  • A Fool's Revenge

    The Duke

    actor

    actors
    1909
  • The Prussian Spy

    The Spy

    actor

    actors
    1909
  • The Golden Louis

    The Good Samaritan

    actor

    actors
    1909
  • The Joneses Have Amateur Theatricals

    Theatre Man

    actor

    actors
    1909
  • His Ward's Love

    General Winthrop

    actor

    actors
    1909
  • The Welcome Burglar

    In Office / In Bar

    actor

    actors
    1909
  • The Criminal Hypnotist

    The Man

    actor

    actors
    1909
  • The Sacrifice

    actor

    actors
    1909
  • A Rural Elopement

    In Crowd

    actor

    actors
    1909
  • The Honor of Thieves

    Ned Grattan

    actor

    actors
    1909

• writing (2 credits)

  • Beware of Widows

    writer

    writing
    1927
  • Reported Missing

    story

    writing
    1922

• production (1 credits)

  • Love Is an Awful Thing

    producer

    production
    1922

• directing (1 credits)

  • Love Heeds Not Showers

    director

    directing
    1911