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Owen Moore
Owen Moore
	Moore in 1914
Born	12 December 1886; Fordstown Crossroads, County Meath, Ireland
Died	9 June 1939 (aged 52); Beverly Hills, California, U.S.
Resting place	Calvary Cemetery, East Los Angeles
Years active	1908-1937
Spouses	; Mary Pickford (m. 1911; div. 1920) ; Katherine Perry (m. 1921)
Relatives	Brothers: Tom, Matt and Joe Moore

Owen Moore (12 December 1886^[1] – 9 June 1939) was an Irish-born American actor, appearing in more than 279 movies spanning from 1908 to 1937.^[2]

Early life and career

Moore was born in Fordstown Crossroads, County Meath, Ireland. Along with his parents, John and Rose Anna Moore, brothers Tom, Matt, and Joe, and sister Mary, he emigrated to the United States as a steerage passenger on board the S.S. Anchoria. The Moore family were inspected on Ellis Island in May 1896 and settled in the Toledo, Ohio area. Moore and his siblings went on to successful careers in motion pictures in Hollywood, California.

While working at D. W. Griffith's Biograph Studios, Moore met a young Canadian actress named Gladys Smith, whom he married on January 7, 1911. Their marriage was kept secret at first because of the strong opposition of her mother. However, Smith soon overshadowed her husband under her stage name, Mary Pickford. In 1912, he signed on with Victor Studios, co-starring in a number of their films with studio owner/actress Florence Lawrence.

Pickford left Biograph Studios to join the Independent Moving Pictures (IMP) to replace their star, Florence Lawrence. Carl Laemmle, the owner of IMP (IMP later merged into Universal Studios), agreed to sign Moore as part of the deal. This humiliation, together with his wife's meteoric rise to fame, drastically affected Moore, and alcohol became a problem that led to violent behavior and his physically abusing Pickford. In 1916, Pickford met actor Douglas Fairbanks. In 1920, Pickford filed for divorce from Moore when she agreed to his demand of $100,000 settlement.^[3] Pickford and Fairbanks married days later.

Moore appeared in many successful films for Lewis J. Selznick (father of producer David O. Selznick and agent Myron Selznick), in the late teens and early 1920s. He was a popular star at Selznick Pictures along with Olive Thomas, Elaine Hammerstein, Eugene O'Brien and Conway Tearle. He also appeared in films for his own production company as well as Goldwyn and Triangle.

Moore married a second time to silent film actress, Katherine Perry, in 1921. With the advent of sound film, Moore's career declined, and he became a supporting actor for newer stars. He competed, as the third lead, with Cary Grant and Noah Beery, Sr. for the attentions of Mae West in She Done Him Wrong, Paramount's most lucrative film of 1933. His last film appearance was as a movie director in the 1937 drama A Star Is Born, starring Janet Gaynor and Fredric March – ironically a movie about a former film star who turned to alcohol, much like himself at that time.

Death

After years of fighting alcoholism, Moore was found dead on June 9, 1939, in his apartment in Beverly Hills, California. An Associated Press news report said that he "apparently had been dead two days". An autopsy was scheduled for the next day.^[4]

For his contribution to the motion picture industry, Moore has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6727 Hollywood Boulevard.^[2]

Selected filmography

The Guerrilla (1908, Short)
The Valet's Wife (1908, Short)
The Honor of Thieves (1909, Short) as Ned Grattan
The Sacrifice (1909, Short)
A Rural Elopement (1909, Short) as In Crowd
The Criminal Hypnotist (1909, Short) as The Man
The Welcome Burglar (1909, Short) as In Office / In Bar
The Brahma Diamond (1909, Short)
The Golden Louis (1909, Short) as The Good Samaritan
Trying to Get Arrested (1909, Short) as Passerby
The Prussian Spy (1909, Short) as The Spy
His Wife's Mother (1909, Short) as Restaurant Patron
A Fool's Revenge (1909, Short) as The Duke
The Roue's Heart (1909, Short) as Nobleman
The Deception (1909, Short) as The Rich Patron
A Burglar's Mistake (1909, Short) as At Folsom's
Lady Helen's Escapade (1909, Short) as The Boyfriend
Resurrection (1909, Short) as At Court / At Prison
Two Memories (1909, Short) as Party Guest
A Sound Sleeper (1909), Short) as Police Officer
Jones and the Lady Book Agent (1909, Short) as Office Employee
The Lonely Villa (1909, Short) as A Burglar
The Little Darling (1909, Short) as In Boarding House
The Hessian Renegades (1909, Short) as Colonial Army Messenger
Leather Stocking (1909, Short) as Leather Stocking
Pippa Passes (1909, Short) as Sibald
Nursing a Viper (1909, Short) as Fleeing Aristocrat
The Red Man's View (1909, Short) as Indian (uncredited)
In Little Italy (1909, Short) as At the Ball
To Save Her Soul (1909, Short) as At Party
The Rocky Road (1910, Short)
The Time-Lock Safe (1910, Short) as The Friend
What the Daisy Said (1910, Short) (uncredited)
In the Border States (1910, Short)
Love in Quarantine (1910, Short)
Their First Misunderstanding (1911, Short)
Behind the Times (1911, Short) as Billy Thompson
The Lesser Evil (1912, Short)
The Angel of the Studio (1912, Short)
So Runs the Way (1913, Short)
Caprice (1913) as Jack Henderson
The Battle of the Sexes (1914) as Cleo's lover
Home, Sweet Home (1914) as The Tempter
The Escape (1914) as Dr. von Eiden
Aftermath (1914) as Allan Buchannan
Cinderella (1914) as Prince Charming
Mistress Nell (1915) as King Charles II
Pretty Mrs. Smith (1915) as Mr. Smith No. 3, Frank
Help Wanted (1915) as Jack Scott
Betty in Search of a Thrill (1915) as Jim Denning
Mabel Lost and Won (1915, Short) as Mabel's Sweetheart
The Little Teacher (1915, Short) as Teacher's Fiancé
Nearly a Lady (1915) as Jack Rawlins
'Twas Ever Thus (1915) as Long Biceps / Frank Warren / Jack Rogers
Jordan Is a Hard Road (1915) as Mark Sheldon
Betty of Greystone (1916) as David Chandler
Little Meena's Romance (1916) as The Count
Susan Rocks the Boat (1916) as Larry O'Neil
Under Cover (1916) as Steven Denby
Rolling Stones (1916) as Dave Fulton
Intolerance (1916) as Extra (uncredited)
The Kiss (1916) as Jean-Marie
A Coney Island Princess (1916) as Pete Milholland
A Girl Like That (1917) as Jim Brooks
The Little Boy Scout (1917) as Thomas Morton
The Crimson Gardenia (1919) as Roland Van Dam
Piccadilly Jim (1919) as James Braithwaite Crocker / Piccadilly Jim
Sooner or Later (1920) as Patrick Murphy
The Desperate Hero (1920) as Henry Baird
The Poor Simp (1920) as Melville G. Carruthers
The Chicken in the Case (1921) as Steve Perkins
A Divorce of Convenience (1921) as Jim Blake
Oh, Mabel Behave (1922) as Randolph Roanoke
Reported Missing (1922) as Richard Boyd
Love Is an Awful Thing (1922) as Anthony Churchill
Modern Matrimony (1923) as Chester Waddington
Hollywood (1923) as himself
The Silent Partner (1923) as George Coburn
Thundergate (1923) as Robert Wells / Kong Sur
Her Temporary Husband (1923) as Thomas Burton
Torment (1924) as Hansen
East of Broadway (1924) as Peter Mullaney
The Parasite (1925) as Arthur Randall
Code of the West (1925) as Cal Thurman
Go Straight (1925) as John Rhodes
Camille of the Barbary Coast (1925) as Robert Morton
False Pride (1925) as James Mason Ardsley
The Blackbird (1926) as Bertram P. Glayde aka West End Bertie
The Skyrocket (1926) as Mickey Reid
Married ? (1926) as Dennis Shawn
Money Talks (1926) as Sam Starling
The Road to Mandalay (1926) as The Admiral
The Red Mill (1927) as Dennis
The Taxi Dancer (1927) as Lee Rogers
Women Love Diamonds (1927) as Patrick Michael Regan
Tea for Three (1927) as Philip Collamore
Becky (1927) as Dan Scarlett
Husbands for Rent (1927) as Herbert Willis
The Actress (1928) as Tom Wrench
Stolen Love (1928) as Curtis Barstow
High Voltage (1929)^[5] as Det. Dan Egan
Side Street (1929) as Dennis O'Farrell
What a Widow! (1930) as Gerry Morgan
Outside the Law (1930) as Harry 'Fingers' O'Dell
Extravagance (1930) as Jim Hamilton
Stout Hearts and Willing Hands (1931, Short) as Lookalike Bartender 1
Hush Money (1931) as Steve Pelton
As You Desire Me (1932) as Tony Boffie
She Done Him Wrong (1933) as Chick Clark
A Man of Sentiment (1933) as Stanley Colton
A Star Is Born (1937) as Casey Burke - Director (final film role)

References

^ U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007
^ ^a ^b "Hollywood Star Walk". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 12 December 2019.
^ Peggy Dymond Leavey, Mary Pickford: Canada's Silent Siren, America's Sweetheart. Dundurn Press (2011), p. 110
^ "Owen Moore found dead in California". The New York Times. Associated Press. 10 June 1939. p. 36. Retrieved 22 May 2022.
^ Hans J. Wollstein. "High Voltage". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. Archived from the original on 10 August 2013.