Alun Owen

Born: 1925-11-24

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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The Servant

as People in Restaurant: Curate
Released: 1963-11-14

Hugo Barrett is a servant in the Chelsea home of indolent aristocrat Tony. All seems to go well...

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I'm All Right Jack

as TV Producer
Released: 1959-08-18

Naive Stanley Windrush returns from the war, his mind set on a successful career in business....

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Things They Said Today

as Self (archive footage)
Released: 2002-09-30

A documentary on the making of the Beatles' 1964 film "A Hard Day's Night," featuring director...

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Every Day Except Christmas

as Narrator (voice)
Released: 1957-05-25

Every Day Except Christmas is a 37-minute documentary film filmed in 1957 at the Covent Garden...

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Valley of Song

as Pritchard
Released: 1953-06-08

A little Welsh village is sundered by rival factions when a coveted contralto role in the...

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In the Wake of a Stranger

as Ferris
Released: 1959-06-30

An unfortunate sailor gets implicated in a murder he never committed. After a bookie is...

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The Adventures of the Scarlet Pimpernel

as First Guard (uncredited)
First aired: 1955-09-28

The second collection of short stories written by Baroness Orczy about the gallant English hero,...

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