Lech Owron (6 July 1893 – 9 June 1965) was a

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stage and film actor whose career began in the 1920s during the

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era.

Early life

Born in

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, Lech Owron graduated from the Edward Rontaler Gymnasium in

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, he then studied mining engineering in

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. During the outbreak of

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, he was in Russia and returned to Poland in 1919 where he became the director of the newly formed Quid Pro Quo Theater in Warsaw. He also worked as bank clerk in the early 1920s.

Acting career

Owron began his career in film with the role of the villainous Baron Kamiłow in the

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directed 1925

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''. The film was a financial and critical success in Poland. However, Owron soon found himself typecast within the film industry and for a number of years many of his film roles were that of villains and scoundrels. He worked steadily through the late 1920s and early 1930s in film, but soon found himself discouraged by the roles he was receiving. One of his more successful roles of the era was the 1926 Biegański directed comedy drama ''Orlę'' (English release title: ''

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''), in which he played the role of the brigand

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; a

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-like character of the Tatra Mountains. Following a small role in the 1933

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directed drama ''Szpieg w masce'' (English release title: ''Spy''), he temporarily retired from film and began to concentrate on roles on the stage. He returned to the screen in two films in 1937 before once again retiring. Following the end of World War II, Owron returned to the stage sporadically with various theater engagements. He made one final film in 1960, ''Krzyżacy'' (''Knights of the Teutonic Order''), directed by

Aleksander Ford Aleksander Ford (born Mosze Lifszyc; 24 November 1908 in Kiev, Russian Empire – 4 April 1980 in Naples, Florida, United States, U.S.) was a Polish film director and head of the Polish People's Army of Poland, People's Army Film Crew in the Sov ...

before permanently retiring from acting altogether. He died in Katowice in 1965.Charles Ford, Robert Hammond: ''Polish Film: A Twentieth Century History''. McFarland, 2005. p. 39.

Filmography

References

External links

* 1893 births 1965 deaths Actors from Radom People from Radom Governorate Polish male film actors Polish male silent film actors Polish male stage actors 20th-century Polish male actors {{Poland-actor-stub