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Alun Owen

Writing · 1925–1994 · Menai Bridge, Wales

Biography

Alun Owen was a Welsh playwright, screenwriter and actor, predominantly in television. However, he is best remembered by a wider audience for writing the screenplay of The Beatles' debut feature film A Hard Day's Night (1964), which earned him a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay.

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Filmography

2025The BeatlesSelf (archive footage)
2002Things They Said TodaySelf (archive footage)
1989Unexplained LaughterWriter
1988The Play on OneWriter
1978HawkmoorIanto
1978Do You Remember?Writer
1976Forget Me NotWriter
1974NormaWriter
1974LuckyWriter
1971PalWriter
1971FunnyWriter
1971The Ten CommandmentsWriter
1970Play for TodayWriter
1970No Trams to Lime StreetWriter
1969The Ladies: DoreenWriter
1969The Ladies: JoanWriter
1969Plays of TodayWriter
1969Hark at BarkerCreator
1969Male of the SpeciesWriter
1969ITV Saturday Night TheatreScreenplay
1969Male of the SpeciesWriter
1968GarethWriter
1968The Company of FiveWriter
1968CharlieWriter
1968For Amusement OnlyWriter
1968ThiefWriter
1968StellaWriter
1968The Ronnie Barker PlayhouseThe Minister
1967George's RoomWriter
1967ITV PlayhouseWriter
1967ShelterWriter
1967Half Hour StoryWriter
1965BBC Play of the MonthWriter
1965Thirty-Minute TheatreWriter
1964The Wednesday PlayWriter
1964A Hard Day's NightScreenplay
1964Theatre 625Writer
1963The ServantPeople in Restaurant: Curate
1962The Hard KnockWriter
1961The Rose AffairWriter
1960Lena, O My LenaWriter
1960The CriminalScreenplay
1960After the FuneralWriter
1959I'm All Right JackTV Producer
1959In the Wake of a StrangerFerris
1957Every Day Except ChristmasNarrator (voice)
1956Armchair TheatreWriter
1955The Adventures of the Scarlet PimpernelFirst Guard (uncredited)
1953Valley of SongPritchard
1952Before Your Very Eyes

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