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name: "Tudor Owen"
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born: "20 January 1898"
died: "13 March 1979"
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updated: "2026-09-17T06:11:17.743596+00:00"
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# Tudor Owen

Actor. Born 20 January 1898 in Penarth, Vale of Glamorgan, Wales, UK. Died 13 March 1979.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 20 January 1898, Penarth, Vale of Glamorgan, Wales, UK
- **Died:** 13 March 1979
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q18627269, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0654286/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/106101

## Streaming the US now

- **Disney+:** [*One Hundred and One Dalmatians*](https://film.one/film/one-hundred-and-one-dalmatians.md) (82)

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## Biography

Tudor Owen was a Welsh character actor born Roy Tudor Owen on 20 January 1898 in Penarth, Glamorgan. He trained at RADA in London before moving to Hollywood and began his screen career in the 1926 silent film *Bride of the Storm*.

Owen worked extensively in radio during the 1940s and 1950s, including several programmes with Jack Webb. He appeared in numerous films and television series, often in supporting roles. He is best known for voicing Towser in the Disney animated film *One Hundred and One Dalmatians* (1961); his final screen role was an uncredited voice part in *The Sword in the Stone* (1963). He died in Los Angeles on 13 March 1979.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *One Hundred and One Dalmatians* (1961), Fi1m 82, as Towser (voice) — [page](https://film.one/film/one-hundred-and-one-dalmatians.md)

## Also known for

- *The Sword in the Stone* (1963), Knight in Crowd (voice) (uncredited)
- *How to Marry a Millionaire* (1953), Mr. Otis (uncredited)
- *How the West Was Won* (1962), Parson Alec Harvey (uncredited)
- *Brigadoon* (1954), Archie Beaton
- *Perry Mason* (1957), MacLean, Capt. Horatio Jones
- *Against All Flags* (1952), Gunsmith Williams
- *The Notorious Landlady* (1962), Farmer (uncredited)
- *Jack the Giant Killer* (1962), Chancellor

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