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Alun Owen(1925-1994)

  • Writer
  • Actor
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Male of the Species (1969– )
Alun Owen was born on 24 November 1925 in Menai Bridge, Wales, UK. He was a writer and actor, known for A Hard Day's Night (1964), Armchair Theatre (1956) and The Concrete Jungle (1960). He died on 6 December 1994 in London, England, UK.
BornNovember 24, 1925
DiedDecember 6, 1994(69)
BornNovember 24, 1925
DiedDecember 6, 1994(69)
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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 A Hard Day's Night (1964)
A Hard Day's Night
7.5
  • Writer
  • 1964
Armchair Theatre (1956)
Armchair Theatre
7.7
TV Series
  • Writer
The Concrete Jungle (1960)
The Concrete Jungle
6.8
  • Writer
  • 1960
Ronnie Barker in Hark at Barker (1969)
Hark at Barker
7.5
TV Series
  • Writer(creator)

Credits

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Writer

  • Come Home Charlie and Face Them (1990)
    Come Home Charlie and Face Them
    6.8
    TV Mini Series
    • screenplay
    • 1990
  • The Play on One (1988)
    The Play on One
    5.5
    TV Series
    • screenplay
    • 1989
  • Lovers of the Lake
    TV Movie
    • adapted for television by
    • 1983
  • Ian Richardson and Anthony Bate in Kisch Kisch (1983)
    Kisch Kisch
    TV Movie
    • Writer
    • 1983
  • Joe Lynch in Thursday Play Date (1964)
    Thursday Play Date
    TV Series
    • Writer
    • 1979
  • Ian Holm and Mel Martin in Do You Remember? (1978)
    Do You Remember?
    TV Series
    • Writer
    • 1978
  • Park People
    TV Movie
    • play
    • 1978
  • The Look
    TV Movie
    • writer
    • 1978
  • Ralph Bates in Forget Me Not (1976)
    Forget Me Not
    TV Series
    • script
    • 1976
  • ITV Sunday Night Drama (1959)
    ITV Sunday Night Drama
    6.1
    TV Series
    • writer
    • 1976
  • Reginald Barratt, Richard Beckinsale, Freddie Fletcher, Bernard Hepton, Arthur Lowe, Brian Miller, Ron Moody, Jack Rosenthal, Liz Smith, and Paula Wilcox in ITV Playhouse (1967)
    ITV Playhouse
    7.2
    TV Series
    • writer
    • 1971–1974
  • Once Upon a Time
    TV Series
    • writer
    • 1973
  • Sean Connery, Michael Caine, Paul Scofield, and Anna Calder-Marshall in ITV Saturday Night Theatre (1969)
    ITV Saturday Night Theatre
    5.8
    TV Series
    • writer
    • script
    • 1969–1972
  • Joy
    TV Movie
    • Writer
    • 1972
  • Lone Hertz in Joan (1972)
    Joan
    TV Movie
    • play
    • 1972

Actor

  • Patrick Stewart in Maybury (1981)
    Maybury
    7.1
    TV Series
    • Jimmy Jordan
    • 1983
  • Hawkmoor (1978)
    Hawkmoor
    6.8
    TV Series
    • Ianto
    • 1978
  • For Amusement Only
    TV Series
    • Mulcathy
    • 1968
  • Ronnie Barker and Richard O'Sullivan in The Ronnie Barker Playhouse (1968)
    The Ronnie Barker Playhouse
    TV Series
    • The Minister
    • 1968
  • The Servant (1963)
    The Servant
    7.7
    • Person in Restaurant - Curate
    • 1963
  • Jet Storm (1959)
    Jet Storm
    6.5
    • Green
    • 1959
  • I'm All Right Jack (1959)
    I'm All Right Jack
    7.1
    • T.V. Producer
    • 1959
  • In the Wake of a Stranger (1959)
    In the Wake of a Stranger
    5.3
    • Ferris
    • 1959
  • A Quiet Man
    TV Movie
    • Glyn
    • 1959
  • Murder Bag (1957)
    Murder Bag
    5.4
    TV Series
    • 1958
  • BBC Sunday-Night Theatre (1950)
    BBC Sunday-Night Theatre
    7.0
    TV Series
    • Policeman
    • George Hudson, Junior
    • Tom Handwell
    • 1952–1958
  • She Too Was Young
    TV Movie
    • Dr. Evan Jones
    • 1958
  • Wishing Well
    TV Movie
    • John
    • 1957
  • Arthur Askey and Sabrina in Before Your Very Eyes (1952)
    Before Your Very Eyes
    4.4
    TV Series
    • 1957
  • Italian Love Story
    TV Movie
    • Private Williams
    • 1957

Soundtrack

  • The Concrete Jungle (1960)
    The Concrete Jungle
    6.8
    • lyrics: "Prison Ballad (Thieving Boy)", "Kelly's Back" (uncredited)
    • 1960

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Male of the Species
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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.
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    • 1 Interview

Did you know

  • 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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