Owen Moore

Owen Moore was born in Fordstown Crossroads, County Meath, Ireland. Along with his brothers Tom, Matt, & Joe, he emigrated to America and they all went on to successful careers in motion pictures in Hollywood, California. Moore made 279 movies spanning from 1908 to 1937, possibly more than any other actor.

While working at 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.