Owen Davis Jr.
Actor · 1907 – 1949 · New York City, New York, USA
Owen Gould Davis Jr. (October 6, 1907 – May 21, 1949) was an American actor known primarily for his work in film. He also performed in the theatre, making his Broadway debut in the play Carry On (1928), which his father, Owen Davis, had written.
Movies16
Movie7.8DramaWarWhen a group of idealistic young men join the German Army during the Great War, they are assigned to the Western Front, where their patriotism is destroyed by the harsh realities of combat.
All Quiet on the Western Front
1930 · 970 votes
Movie7.5DramaComedyPrep football star Jimmy Howal gets a reception far different from what he expected when he enters West Point.
Touchdown, Army
1938 · 2 votes
Movie6.2DramaThe story of legendary Notre Dame football player and coach Knute Rockne.
Knute Rockne All American
1940 · 26 votes
Movie5.4ComedyMysteryWhen the body of Violet Feverel is discovered on the Central Park bridle path, Inspector Oscar Piper presumes her death was accidental, until his friend, amateur detective Hildegarde Withers, locates Violet’s horse and discovers it is streaked with blood.
Murder on a Bridle Path
1936 · 11 votes
Movie6.3MysteryComedyA priceless Cellini silver cup is stolen from a local museum with both Hildegarde and Oscar on the case.
The Plot Thickens
1936 · 10 votes
Movie3.0DramaA politically charged story about a man who dabbles in crime, with disastrous results, to gain the capital he needs to purchase a school where immigrants are prepared for American citizenship. The school's European teacher dreams of a fascist America. Based on a story by Nathanael West and Samuel Ornitz, who was one of the Hollywood Ten blacklisted during the McCarthy Era.
It Could Happen to You
1937 · 3 votes
Movie5.9ComedyDramaA drunken college student invites a dance hostess to the big college dance and then forgets he asked her. When she shows up at school, he tries to get rid of her, but she won't leave. Instead, she stays and shows up both him and his classmates' snooty dates.
These Glamour Girls
1939 · 11 votes
Movie8.0RomanceCrimeRev. Chris Saunders becomes entangled in a moral and legal crisis when he hears a confession that could exonerate a young man wrongly convicted of murder.
Thou Shalt Not Kill
1939 · 1 votes
Movie9.0DramaCrimeWhen love came the way of this gentleman crook he turned to the right---only to be caught in the swirling eddy of his criminal past! (original ad)
Good Intentions
1930 · 1 votes
Movie5.3WesternAdventureWhen the miners of Roaring Camp become Godfathers to a motherless baby, they name the boy Luck and promise to set aside money for him from their diggings. But when they strike it rich the money is gambled away instead.
The Luck of Roaring Camp
1937 · 4 votes
Movie6.4ComedyOklahoma mechanic Pike Peters finds himself part owner of an oil field. His wife Idy, hitherto content, decides the family must go to Paris to get "culture" and meet "the right kind of people." Pike and his grown son and daughter soon have flirtatious French admirers; Idy rents a chateau from an impoverished aristocrat; while Pike responds to each new development with homespun wit. In the inevitable clash, will pretentiousness and sophistication or common sense triumph?
They Had to See Paris
1929 · 8 votes
Movie7.0DramaIn World War I France, a pilot falls in love with the wife of his friend and superior officer.
The Woman I Love
1937 · 1 votes
Movie5.3RomanceComedyA shy office worker becomes a hero when a fortune teller calls him another Napoleon.
Bunker Bean
1936 · 8 votes
Movie7.5DramaWhen a grand jury acquits a gangster accused of murder, a retired elderly citizen decides it's up to him to see that the criminal is proven guilty and put behind bars.
Grand Jury
1936 · 2 votes
Movie5.4CrimeDramaA lawyer changes from defending public enemies to bringing them to justice after his brother is killed.
Special Investigator
1936 · 7 votes
Movie6.2DramaWesternA New Yorker moves West when he inherits an Arizona ranch.
Henry Goes Arizona
1939 · 4 votes