Alun Owen(1925-1994)

Writer
Actor
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Alun Owen was born on 24 November 1925 in Menai Bridge, Wales, UK. He was a writer and actor, known for Quatre Garçons dans le vent (1964), Armchair Theatre (1956) and Les criminels (1960). He died on 6 December 1994 in London, England, UK.

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Nominated for 1 Oscar
- 1 win & 1 nomination total

Known for

Paul McCartney, John Lennon, George Harrison, Ringo Starr, and The Beatles in Quatre Garçons dans le vent (1964)

Quatre Garçons dans le vent

7.5

Writer

1964

Armchair Theatre (1956)

Armchair Theatre

7.5

TV Series

Writer

Les criminels (1960)

6.8

Writer

1960

Ronnie Barker in Hark at Barker (1969)

7.5

TV Series

Writer

Credits

Writer

Come Home Charlie and Face Them
7.3
TV Mini Series
- screenplay
- 1990
The Play on One
5.9
TV Series
- screenplay
- 1989
Lovers of the Lake
TV Movie
- adapted for television by
- 1983
Kisch Kisch
TV Movie
- Writer
- 1983
Thursday Play Date
TV Series
- Writer
- 1979
Do You Remember?
TV Series
- Writer
- 1978
The Look
TV Movie
- writer
- 1978
Forget Me Not
TV Series
- script
- 1976
ITV Sunday Night Drama
7.6
TV Series
- writer
- 1976
ITV Playhouse
7.1
TV Series
- writer
- 1971–1974
Once Upon a Time
TV Series
- writer
- 1973
ITV Saturday Night Theatre
6.0
TV Series
- writer
- script
- 1969–1972
Joy
7.6
TV Movie
- Writer
- 1972
Joan
TV Movie
- play
- 1972
Play for Today
7.8
TV Series
- writer
- 1971

Actor

Maybury
7.5
TV Series
- Jimmy Jordan
- 1983
Hawkmoor
8.0
TV Series
- Ianto
- 1978
For Amusement Only
TV Series
- Mulcathy
- 1968
The Ronnie Barker Playhouse
TV Series
- The minister
- 1968
The Servant
7.8
- People in restaurant: Curate
- 1963
Jet Storm
6.5
- Green
- 1959
Après moi le déluge
7.1
- T.V. Producer
- 1959
In the Wake of a Stranger
5.1
- Ferris
- 1959
A Quiet Man
TV Movie
- Glyn
- 1959
Murder Bag
5.8
TV Series
- 1958
BBC Sunday-Night Theatre
7.2
TV Series
- Tom Handwell
- George Hudson, Junior
- Policeman
- 1952–1958
She Too Was Young
TV Movie
- Dr. Evan Jones
- 1958
Wishing Well
TV Movie
- John
- 1957
Before Your Very Eyes
TV Series
- 1957
Italian Love Story
TV Movie
- Private Williams
- 1957

Soundtrack

Videos1

Male of the Species

Male of the Species

Personal details

Alternative name
- Alan Owens
Born
- November 24, 1925
- Menai Bridge, Wales, UK
Died
- December 6, 1994
- London, England, UK
Other works
Stage: His play, "The Rough and Ready Lot" was performed at the Lyric Theatre in Hammersmith, London, England, with Jack MacGowran, Patrick Allen, Ronald Harwood, June Brown, Alan Dobie and Rupert Davies in the cast. Casper Wrede was director.
Publicity listings
- 1 Interview

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Trivia
Related to Scot Williams who portrayed Pete Best in both Backbeat & In His Life: The John Lennon Story. Only after starring as Pete Best in the Beatles Biog movie Backbeat, did Scot discover that he was related to Alun Owen, the 1965 Oscar- Nominated writer of A Hard Day's Night. They were able to contact one another for the first time just weeks before Alun's death in 1994.

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