Garry Owen (February 18, 1902 – June 1, 1951) was an American actor, best known for his role as the taxi driver in Arsenic and Old Lace. He appeared in more than 185 films between 1933 and 1952.
Owen was born in Brookhaven, Mississippi, on February 18, 1902. He died in Hollywood, California, on June 1, 1951.
Filmography Year Title Role Notes 1933 Child of Manhattan Buddy (as Gary Owen) 1933 Hold Your Man Slim 1933 Flying Devils Carnival Ticket Seller Uncredited 1933 Knee Deep in Music Short 1933 Stage Mother Jerry - Stagehand Uncredited 1933 Saturday's Millions Football Announcer Uncredited 1933 The Prizefighter and the Lady Jake - Fight Promoter Uncredited 1933 Havana Widows Sphinx Club Croupier Uncredited 1933 Son of a Sailor Sailor Johnson Uncredited 1934 Bombay Mail Cuthbert Neal 1934 Good Dame Taxi Driver Uncredited 1934 The Thin Man Detective Uncredited 1934 Little Miss Marker Grinder (as Gary Owen) 1934 The Girl from Missouri Sailor Cupick - Kitty's Date Uncredited 1934 Contented Calves Breezy - Photographer Short (as Gary Owen) 1934 Death on the Diamond In-Studio Radio Announcer Uncredited 1934 No Ransom Archie DeWitt 1934 Evelyn Prentice Reporter #2 Uncredited 1934 The Gay Bride Reporter Uncredited 1935 Times Square Lady Newspaper Reporter Uncredited 1935 Hold 'Em Yale Laverty Uncredited 1935 Let 'Em Have It Ike Uncredited 1935 People Will Talk Second Reporter Uncredited 1935 Red Salute Gas Station Attendant Uncredited 1935 Special Agent Carston's Henchman Uncredited 1935 O'Shaughnessy's Boy (scenes deleted) 1935I Live My Life Elevator Operator Uncredited 1935 Top Flat Garry, Patsy's friend Short (as Gary Owen) 1936 Ceiling Zero Mike Owens 1936 Boulder Dam Dam Worker Uncredited 1936 The Country Doctor Jerry Uncredited 1936 Florida Special Joe 1936 Bullets or Ballots The Spotter Uncredited 1936 The Return of Sophie Lang 'Nosey' Schwartz 1936 Rose Bowl Announcer Uncredited 1936 The Case of the Black Cat Paul Drake 1936 King of Hockey Jitters McCarthy, the Referee 1937 Devil's Playground Radio Man Uncredited 1937 Don't Tell the Wife Motorcycle Policeman Uncredited 1937 Racketeers in Exile Sy 1937 King of Gamblers Fred Uncredited 1937 San Quentin Dopey 1937 Bad Guy Ned Burns - Gambler Uncredited 1937 Double or Nothing Process Server Uncredited 1937 My Dear Miss Aldrich Policeman Uncredited 1937 This Way Please Reporter Uncredited 1937 You're Only Young Once Guide Uncredited 1937 True Confession Tony Krauch 1938 Start Cheering Gas Station Attendant Uncredited 1938 Dangerous to Know Mike Tookey - Chauffeur Uncredited 1938 Test Pilot Pilot Uncredited 1938 Wide Open Faces Pineapple 1938 Call of the Yukon Conner 1938 Men with Wings Reporter Uncredited 1938 The Crowd Roars Cain's Henchman Uncredited 1938 Heart of the North Tom 'Tommy' Ryan 1939 Idiot's Delight Newsstand Vendor Uncredited 1939 Made for Each Other Denver Radio Operator Uncredited 1939 Within the Law Jenks' Associate Uncredited 1939 You Can't Get Away with Murder 'Lock' Man - Inventor Uncredited 1939 Lucky Night Willie Smith - the Bandit Uncredited 1939 Naughty but Nice Bartender Uncredited 1939 The Angels Wash Their Faces Driver Whose Car Hit Sleepy Uncredited 1939 Dust Be My Destiny Milkman Uncredited 1939 A Child Is Born First Drugstore Clerk Uncredited 1940 Women Without Names Reporter Uncredited 1940 Grandpa Goes to Town Muggsy 1940 City for Conquest Reporter Uncredited 1941 High Sierra Joe - Velma's Guest Uncredited 1941 Footsteps in the Dark Horatio Jackson Uncredited 1941 Meet John Doe Sign Painter Uncredited 1941 The Devil and Miss Jones Drug Store Clerk Uncredited 1941 The Wagons Roll at Night Gus 1941 Affectionately Yours Taxi Driver Uncredited 1941 Blondie in Society The Carpenter Uncredited 1941 Here Comes the Cavalry Sergeant Hooker Short 1941 You'll Never Get Rich Robert's Guard Uncredited 1941 Sailors on Leave Thompson 1941 Appointment for Love Reporter Uncredited 1942 Yankee Doodle Dandy Army Clerk Uncredited 1942 Lady in a Jam Man Uncredited 1942 The Pride of the Yankees Scorecard Vendor Uncredited 1942 The Gay Sisters Elevator Repairman Voice, uncredited 1942 A Night to Remember Mailman Uncredited 1943 Slightly Dangerous Detective Uncredited 1943 Watch on the Rhine Taxi Driver Uncredited 1943 Whistling in Brooklyn Taxi Driver #2 Uncredited 1943 The Woman of the Town Alhambra Dealer Uncredited 1944 Timber Queen Taxi Cab Driver Uncredited 1944 Andy Hardy's Blonde Trouble Taxi Driver #3 Uncredited 1944 Once Upon a Time Man Spouting Poetry Uncredited 1944 Song of the Open Road Assistant Director Uncredited 1944 Arsenic and Old Lace Taxi Driver 1944 Something for the Boys Corporal O'Neill Uncredited 1944 The Thin Man Goes Home Pool Player Uncredited 1944 Nothing But Trouble Clerk Uncredited 1944 Music for Millions Soldier Waiter Uncredited 1945 Roughly Speaking Barber Uncredited 1945 Without Love Soldier Uncredited 1945 The Clock Bus Fare Collector Uncredited 1945The Last Installment Jake Short, Uncredited 1945 The Phantom Speaks Louis Fabian 1945 Honeymoon Ahead Announcer Uncredited 1945 Captain Eddie Reporter Uncredited 1945 Anchors Aweigh 2nd Soldier at USO Uncredited 1945 Incendiary Blonde Garry - Dance Director Uncredited 1945 Ziegfeld Follies 1st Subway Policeman ('Limehouse Blues'), Uncredited 1945 Mildred Pierce Policeman on Pier Uncredited 1945 Week-End at the Waldorf Taxi Driver Uncredited 1945 Abbott and Costello in Hollywood Director's Assistant Uncredited 1945 Fallen Angel Waiter Uncredited 1945 The Tiger Woman Bartender 1945 Adventure Jabbo Unconfirmed 1946Up Goes Maisie Elevator Operator Uncredited 1946 A Letter for Evie Fireman Uncredited 1946 Idea Girl Howard Uncredited 1946 Crime of the Century Taxi Driver 1946 The Hoodlum Saint Cop Arresting Snarp at Poolroom Uncredited 1946 The Postman Always Rings Twice Truck Driver Uncredited 1946 Our Hearts Were Growing Up Bellboy Uncredited 1946 Night and Day Joer Uncredited 1946 Courage of Lassie Cook Swenson - Sailor helping Smitty Uncredited 1946 Notorious Motorcycle Policeman Uncredited 1946 The Missing Lady Johnson (scenes deleted) 1946 The Killers Joe Smalley Uncredited 1946 Two Years Before the Mast Rough Sailor Uncredited 1946 Three Wise Fools Uncredited 1946 No Leave, No Love Military Policeman at Union Station Uncredited 1946 The Dark Mirror Franklin (as Gary Owen) 1946 Lady Chaser Herman 1946 Gallant Bess 'Doc' the Pharmacist Mate Uncredited 1946 Swell Guy Ernie - the Cab Driver Uncredited 1946 It's a Wonderful Life Bill-Poster Uncredited 1947 Blondie's Big Moment Cab Driver Uncredited 1947 Dead Reckoning Reporter Uncredited 1947My Brother Talks to Horses The Chestnut's Handler Uncredited 1947 My Favorite Brunette Reporter Uncredited 1947 Millie's Daughter Ticket Agent Uncredited 1947 It Happened on 5th Avenue Detective Uncredited 1947 The Long Night Library Lecturer Uncredited 1947 That's My Man Worker Uncredited 1947The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer Tom - Cop at Airport Uncredited 1947 Driftwood Gas Station Attendant Uncredited 1947 Magic Town Cigar Counter Clerk Uncredited 1947 The Flame Detective 1947 It Had to Be You Second Cab Driver Uncredited 1948 I Love Trouble Gus Uncredited 1948 My Girl Tisa Policeman Uncredited 1948 The Bride Goes Wild Joe (scenes deleted) 1948 The Inside Story Jim - Bank Teller Uncredited 1948 Here Comes Trouble Sports Editor Uncredited 1948 The Big Clock Cab Driver Uncredited 1948 State of the Union Brooklynite Uncredited 1948 Money Madness Vance - Reporter Uncredited 1948 On an Island with You Reporter Uncredited 1948 The Fuller Brush Man Creamy Uncredited 1948 The Checkered Coat Prince 1948 A Southern Yankee Confederate Soldier Uncredited 1948 Sorry, Wrong Number Bingo Caller Uncredited 1948 Good Sam Taxi Driver Uncredited 1948 The Return of October Charlie Uncredited 1948 Let's Live a Little Elevator-Starter Uncredited 1949 Criss Cross Johnny Uncredited 1949 Act of Violence Auto Rental Co. Attendant Uncredited 1949 Knock on Any Door Larry - Barber Uncredited 1949 I Cheated the Law Jerry 1949 The Life of Riley Bill Collector Uncredited 1949 The Stratton Story Cab Driver Uncredited 1949 The Crooked Way Man from Green Acres Mortuary 1949 Flamingo Road Mailman Uncredited 1949 Manhandled Police Photographer Uncredited 1949Too Late for Tears Police Officer at Switchboard Uncredited 1949 Mighty Joe Young Second Bartender Uncredited 1949 The Doctor and the Girl Patient Uncredited 1949 Bride for Sale Al Uncredited 1949 A Kiss for Corliss Cop at Archers Uncredited 1950 The Flying Saucer Bartender at Ernie's 1950 The File on Thelma Jordon Bailiff Uncredited 1950 The Good Humor Man Elevator Starter Uncredited 1950 The Yellow Cab Man Demolition Engineer Uncredited 1950 Ma and Pa Kettle Go to Town Bubble-ola Delivery Man Uncredited 1950 Riding High Harry Uncredited 1950 The Admiral Was a Lady Watson Jones (private detective) 1950 The Milkman Irving 1951 Two Tickets to Broadway Bus Passenger Behind Sailor Uncredited 1952 Scandal Sheet Bum in Heeney's Bar Uncredited, (final film role)
References
External links