Owen (Woodbury)

This article is about the TV Series character. For other pages with the same name, see: Owen

Owen
Actor	Owen Ridings
Gender	Male
Hair Color	Brown
Eye Color	Brown
Age	11-12
Occupation	Pre-Apocalypse Elementary School Student
Family	(Unnamed) - Mother †
Ethnicity	Caucasian-American
Status	Dead
Episode Count	4
First Appearance	"Hounded"
Last Appearance	"Infected"
Fate
Death Episode	"Infected"

Owen is a survivor of the outbreak in AMC's The Walking Dead. He is a former resident of Woodbury, alongside his mother. Following the Governor's massacre, he moved to the Prison.

Pre-Apocalypse

Location Unknown

Nothing is known about Owen's life prior to or as the outbreak began, except that he had a mother.

Post-Apocalypse

Season 3

"Hounded"

As Andrea and the Governor talk about jobs in town, Owen can be seen playing with a younger boy in the streets.

"Welcome to the Tombs"

Owen congregates near the main gate with several other children and adults staying behind in Woodbury as the militia prepares to raid the prison. Later that day, he resides in a building with his sister, Ms. McLeod, Mrs. Richards, and several others as they sit around and chat. The next morning, Owen is among the remaining Woodburians to be evacuated to the prison and invited to join the community.

Season 4

"30 Days Without An Accident"

Owen listens to Carol during storytime as he sits with the other children in the library at the prison.

"Infected"

Owen was sleeping in Cell Block D when one of the zombified residents infected and killed him. He was later put down and could be seen covered with a blanket as his mother cried over his corpse. While Rick informs Carl, Michonne, and Maggie of what happened, his mother walks past them, weeping and carrying the bloodied blanket that covered him.

Death

Killed By

• Patrick (Caused, Infected)

One night in the prison, Patrick died from the flu, reanimated, and began to wreak havoc in Cell Block D.

• Zombies

Owen is among those attacked and killed by the reanimated prison residents in the morning.

• Daryl Dixon (Before Reanimation or Zombified)

Using an arrow from his crossbow, Daryl put Owen's body to rest in front of Owen's sobbing mother.

Relationships

Allies Woodbury Ms. McLeod † Mrs. Richards † Eryn † The Prison Rick Grimes - Former Leader Carol Peletier - Former Self-Defense Instructor Patrick † Lizzie Samuels † Mika Samuels † Molly † Luke †

Enemies Philip Blake † - Former Leader

Appearances

• List
• Table

TV Series

Season 3

• "Hounded" ^{(No Lines)}
• "Welcome to the Tombs" ^{(No Lines)}

Season 4

• "30 Days Without An Accident" ^{(No Lines)}
• "Infected" ^{(No Lines)}

Episodes	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24
Season 1
Season 2
Season 3						👁										👁
Season 4	👁	👁
Season 5
Season 6
Season 7
Season 8
Season 9
Season 10
Season 11

✔	Appears	✔	Voice is heard
👁	Appears with no lines	✔	Appears in a flashback
✔	Appears as a walker	🖼	Appears in a photograph/video
✔	Appears as a corpse	✔	Appears in a hallucination/dream

Gallery

Season 3

Season 4

Trivia

• Owen is named after the actor who portrays him, Owen Ridings.
  • The actor has a sister, Eryn Ridings, who also played a prison child named Eryn.
• In the Making Of video for "Infected" on the AMC website, Owen Ridings can be seen running down the stairs as he escapes the cell block, but this scene was changed as he played the role of the dead child.
• While his death was never clearly seen on-screen, his death was confirmed by the actor.
• Owen was supposed to appear outside working in a garden with his mother, but the scene was cut.