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Owen Moore (December 12, 1886 - June 9, 1939) was
born in Fordstown Crossroads, County Meath,
Ireland. Along with his brothers Thomas J.
Moore|Tom and Matthew Moore|Matt, he emigrated to
United States|America and they all went on to
successful careers in motion pictures in
Hollywood, California.


While working at D.W. Griffith|D.W. Griffith's
Biograph Studios, Owen 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, Gladys Moore would soon
overshadow 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.

So much in demand, Mary Pickford left Biograph
Studios to join the IMP Co. who had lost their
major star, Pickford’s Canadian friend, Florence
Lawrence. Carl Laemmle, the owner of IMP Co., 
agreed to sign her husband as part of the deal.
This humiliation and his wife's meteoric rise to
fame, drastically affected Owen Moore and
alcoholism|alcohol became a problem that led to
violernt behaviour and his physical
abuse|physically abusing Pickford. Before long,
the marriage ended and Mary Pickford left him for
actor Douglas Fairbanks (1883-1939)|Douglas
Fairbanks. 

Owen Moore married a second time to another silent
film actress, Katherine Perry. Although Moore was
a good actor, his talent for singing and music
went to waste during the silent film era. By the
time "musical talkies" came along, it was too late
for Moore to take much advantage of his gifts.

Owen Moore died in Beverly Hills, California and
was interred in the Calvary Cemetery in East Los
Angeles, California.

He has Star #6743 on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at
6727 Hollywood Blvd.

Some of his films:
* The Lonely Villa - (1909)
* Home Sweet Home - (1914) 
* Little Meena's Romance - (1916)
* The Blackbird - (1926)
* The Red Mill - (1927)
* The Taxi Dancer - (1927)
* High Voltage (film)|High Voltage - (1929) 
* Side Street - (1929)
* As You Desire Me - (1932) 
* She Done Him Wrong - (1933) 
* A Man of Sentiment - (1933) 
* A Star Is Born (1937)