Norman MacOwan

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1877-01-02 (84 years old)

Deathday

1961-12-31

Place of Birth

St. Andrews, Scotland, UK

Norman MacOwan

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.

Acting

1960

Kidnapped

as Tinker

1951

Valley of the Eagles

as McTavis, ferry pilot

1951

1957

Action of the Tiger

as Trifon's Father

1950

Help Yourself

as Elderly Husband

1952

Castle in the Air

as Pettigrew

1956

Around the World in Eighty Days

as Reform Club Member (uncredited)

1956

X: The Unknown

as Old Tom

1949

Whisky Galore!

as Captain MacPhee

1955

Footsteps in the Fog

as Grimes (as Norman Macowan)

1958

1960

The City of the Dead

as Rev. Russell

1953

Laxdale Hall

as Old Villager

1960

1959

The Boy and the Bridge

as Tugboat Engineer

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