Owen Nares

From Wikipedia Owen Ramsay Nares 11 August 1888 in Maiden Erlegh Berkshire England 30 July 1943 in Brecon Brecknockshire Wales had a long stage and film career Besides his acting career he was the author of Myself and Some Others 1925 In 1914 Nares appeared in Dandy Donovan the first of the 25 silent films in which he appeared The early 1920s was his golden period and he was the male lead opposite such actresses as Gladys Cooper Fay Compton Madge Titheradge and Daisy Burrell His stage career also continued to flourish With the advent of talkies his considerable stage experience meant that in the early days he was still much in demand and starred in four films He was however too mature to be the handsome star he had been a decade earlier In the last six films he made he played supporting roles In 1942 he appeared in a revival of Robert E Sherwoods The Petrified Forrest and afterwards he went on tour with the play to Northern England and Wales During a tour through Wales Nares had a heart attack and died shortly afterwards He was 54