Actor, Singer. He was best known for playing the character roles of stewards, uncles, customers, prop man, old men, servants, squires, bustlers, doctors, shopkeepers, proprietors, waiters, janitors, and pedestrians, in adventure films, dramatic films, and comedy films. He will be best remembered for playing the role of 'Punchinello' in the action-adventure comedy film, "Scaramouche" (1952). The film which was directed by George Sidney, which was written for the screen by Ronald Millar and George Froeschel, which was based on the novel by Rafael Sabatini, and which also starred Stewart Granger, Janet Leigh, and Eleanor Parker, tells the story which takes place in France during the late 18th Century, a man sets out to avenge the death of his friend at the hands of a master swordsman. He is also best remembered for playing the role of 'Harkness Jones' in the episode entitled, "All Our Yesterdays," of the classic action crime drama television series, "77 Sunset Strip," which originally aired on November 21, 1958, and which also starred Efrem Zimbalist Jr., Roger Smith, and Edd Byrnes. He was born as Owen Joseph McGiveney in Preston, England, to Patrick McGiveney (1849- ), and his wife Mary E. Meagher McGiveney (1852-), on May 4, 1884. He was educated locally in his native England and later began his acting career with a quick-change vaudeville act. During that time he also made the transition to films in England and in the United States and continued on the stage. He made his actual film debut playing the role of ''Uncle' Fouraker' in the film drama, "If Winter Comes" (1947). The film which was directed by Victor Saville, which was written for the screen by Marguerite Roberts and Arthur Wimperis, which was based on the novel by A.S.M. Hutchinson, and which also starred Walter Pidgeon, Deborah Kerr, and Angela Lansbury, begins it's story in the late 1930s in the small community of Penny Green, a commuter suburb of London. Textbook writer Mark Sabre is a compassionate man looking out for those in need. His stern, humorless wife Mabel believes her sole purpose in his life is to manage it to ensure that he and by association progress upward through society. Mabel believes but doesn't care that Mark married her on the rebound when his former girlfriend, Nona, left him to marry someone else in the pursuit of a more exciting life, Nona now world-traveling Mrs. Tony Tyber. While Mark has a group of devoted friends, many, including Mabel, who don't like aspects of his being, Mabel who objects to his over-familiarity with especially their servants, and his boss, Mr. Fortune, who believes his views are too liberal which he inserts into his writings. What Fortune has not told Mark is despite his financial stake in the company, he will not only never promote Mark to partner, which is what Mark is working toward, but would like to terminate him, virtually impossible under the terms of his contract. When Nona and Tony return to Penny Green, Mabel is not overly concerned as she knows Mark's character would not allow him to start up with her even if he did still love her. However, in aiding Fortune, newly minted publishing house partner Mr. Twyning believes that Nona's return and even Mark being overly friendly with her may be grounds for his dismissal under a morals clause in his contract. Indeed, Mark still does love Nona, and Nona, who convinced Tony to return to Penny Green in discovering she really did not want that world-traveling life, still loves Mark, but both realize that they cannot either leave their respective spouse or have a clandestine affair. With the onset of WWII, Mark's compassion in general however may nonetheless be his downfall both at work and at home as he comes to the aid of young Effie Bright, who is disowned by her devout father when she becomes pregnant out of wedlock, with many in town mistakenly believing Mark the father, with the real father, whose identity Mark does not know, an enlisted man, the son of a prominent townsperson who has had it out for Mark. During this time he also appeared on Broadway in New York City, New York, in the stage production of the musical play, "Blackouts Of 1949 (September 06, 1949, to October 15, 1949), but it was not a success. Besides, playing the role of ''Uncle' Fouraker' in the film drama, "If Winter Comes" (1947), and playing the role of 'Punchinello' in the action adventure comedy film, "Scaramouche" (1952), his many other film credits include, "Show Boat" (1951, he played the role of 'Windy McClain' and sang the song, ""Cakewalk," in the film), "Pat And Mike" (1952), "Plymouth Adventure" (1952), "Titanic" (1953), "Scandal At Scourie" (1953), "The Maze" (1953), "The Band Wagon" (1953), "All The Brothers Were Valiant" (1953), "Brigadoon" (1954), "The Scarlet Coat" (1955), "The King's Thief" (1955), "It's A Dog's Life" (1955), "The Fastest Gun Alive" (1956), "The Power And The Prize" (1956), "Slander" (1957), "The True Story Of Jesse James" (1957), "The Seventh Sin" (1957), "House Of Numbers" (1957), "Les Girls" (1957), "Raintree Country" (1957), "In The Money" (1958), "Merry Andrew" (1958), "Handle With Care" (1958), "Hong Kong Confidential" (1958), "Auntie Mame" (1958), "The Mating Game" (1959), "Journey To The Center of The Earth" (1959), "The Gazebo" (1959), "The Adventures Of Huckleberry Finn" (1960), "Bells Are Ringing" (1960), "Key Witness" (1960), "Where The Boys Are" (1960), "Snow White And The Three Stooges" (1961), "My Fair Lady" (1964), "36 Hours" (1964), "and "Fluffy" (1965). Besides, playing the role of 'Harkness Jones' in the episode entitled, "All Our Yesterdays," of the classic action crime drama television series, "77 Sunset Strip," which originally aired on November 21, 1958, and which also starred Efrem Zimbalist Jr., Roger Smith, and Edd Byrnes, his many other television credits include, "Big Town," "Matinee Theatre," "The Ford Television Theatre," "Shirley Temple's Storybook," "The Tab Hunter Show," "Peter Gunn," "Perry Mason," "The Eleventh Hour," "My Three Sons," "The Outer Limits," "Bewitched," and "The Monkees." His last television role was playing 'Charles' in the episode entitled, "Flop Goes The Joker," of the classic action-adventure comedy television series, "Batman," which originally aired on March 23, 1967, and which also starred Adam West, Burt Ward, Alan Napier, Stafford Repp, and Neil Hamilton. On an interesting note, he also appeared on an episode of the television series, "I've Got a Secret", on February 8, 1961. His secret was that he was a quick-change artist and he changed costumes between each of the panelist's questions, a trick he learned from his late father. During his acting career, he also used the name Owen McGivney Jr. and Owen McGivney. He passed away at the Motion Picture County Hospital in Woodland Hills, California, on July 31, 1967, at the age of 83. His funeral service was held through J.T. Oswald Mortuary, Good Shepherd Chapel, a Requiem Mass was held at the St. Francis de Sales Catholic Church in Sherman Oaks, California, and he was buried in San Fernando Mission Cemetery in Mission Hills, California. He was married to Elizabeth L. Hughes McGiveney (1915-2006), in Paddington, London, England, on November 1, 1936, and together the couple had three children together, a daughter named Maura Alish McGiveney (1939-1990), and an actress in her own right, a son named Owen Michael McGiveney who was born on June 16, 1940, a sometime actor and an additional crew member for television shows and specials, and another son name Peter McGiveney, also a sometime actor.