Owen Davis, Jr.

Owen Gould Davis, Jr.
Born	October 6, 1907 New York, New York
Died	May 21, 1949(1949-05-21) (aged 41) Long Island Sound, New York
Occupation	actor
Spouse	Laina Muroni

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.

Filmography

• Knute Rockne All American (1940)
• Thou Shalt Not Kill (1939)
• Henry Goes Arizona (1939)
• These Glamour Girls (1939)
• Touchdown, Army (1938)
• The Luck of Roaring Camp (1937)
• It Could Happen to You! (1937)
• The Woman I Love (1937)
• The Plot Thickens (1936)
• Grand Jury (1936)
• Bunker Bean (1936)
• Special Investigator (1936)
• Murder on a Bridle Path (1936)
• Good Intentions (1930)
• All Quiet on the Western Front (1930)
• They Had to See Paris (1929)

External links

• Owen Davis, Jr. at the Internet Movie Database
• Owen Davis, Jr. at the Internet Broadway Database

Persondata
Name	Davis, Owen, Jr.
Alternative names
Short description	actor
Date of birth	October 6, 1907
Place of birth	New York, New York
Date of death	May 21, 1949
Place of death	Long Island Sound, New York