Person
Norman MacOwan
Acting · 1877–1961 · St. Andrews, Scotland, UK
Biography
Norman MacOwan was a British actor and writer. He started his career in the theater in 1903, and both wrote and performed a number of plays in the 1920s and 1930s. Plays Norman MacOwan wrote included: The Blue Lagoon (1921), The Infinite Shoeblack (1930), and Glorious Morning (1938). MacOwan appeared in a number of movies including: BBC Sunday-Night Theatre (1950), Tread Softly Stranger (1958), Kidnapped (1960), and The City of the Dead (1960). He was married to Violet [Ellen] Stephenson (actress). He died on December 31, 1961 in Hastings, East Sussex, England.
Known for
The Adventures of William Tell
Andreas
Around the World in 80 Days
Reform Club Member (uncredited)
Action of the Tiger
Trifon's Father
The City of the Dead
Rev. Russell
X: The Unknown
Old Tom
The Battle of the Sexes
Jock Munro
Heart of a Child
Heiss
Where There's a Will
Cagey
Whisky Galore!
Captain MacPhee
Footsteps in the Fog
Grimes (as Norman Macowan)
Filmography
- 1960The City of the DeadRev. Russell
- 1960The Battle of the SexesJock Munro
- 1960KidnappedTinker
- 1959The Boy and the BridgeTugboat Engineer
- 1958The Adventures of William TellAndreas
- 1958Tread Softly StrangerDanny
- 1958Heart of a ChildHeiss
- 1957Action of the TigerTrifon's Father
- 1956Around the World in 80 DaysReform Club Member (uncredited)
- 1956X: The UnknownOld Tom
- 1955Footsteps in the FogGrimes (as Norman Macowan)
- 1955Where There's a WillCagey
- 1953Laxdale HallOld Villager
- 1952Castle in the AirPettigrew
- 1951Valley of the EaglesMcTavis, ferry pilot
- 1951The Dark LightRigby
- 1950Help YourselfElderly Husband
- 1949Whisky Galore!Captain MacPhee
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