Alun Owen
- Writing
- November 24, 1925 · Menai Bridge, Wales
- November 6, 1994
Biography
Alun Davies Owen (24 November 1925 – 6 December 1994) 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.
Known for
Filmography
- The Beatles · Self
- Things They Said Today · Self
- Come Home Charlie and Face Them · Screenplay
- Unexplained Laughter · Writer
- The Play on One · Writer
- Hawkmoor · Ianto
- Do You Remember? · Writer
- Forget Me Not · Writer
- Norma · Writer
- Lucky · Writer
- Pal · Writer
- Funny · Writer
- The Ten Commandments · Writer
- Play for Today · Writer
- No Trams to Lime Street · Writer
- The Ladies: Doreen · Writer
- The Ladies: Joan · Writer
- Plays of Today · Writer
- Hark at Barker · Creator
- Male of the Species · Writer
- ITV Saturday Night Theatre · Screenplay, Writer
- Male of the Species · Writer
- The Company of Five · Writer
- Charlie · Writer
- For Amusement Only · Writer
- Thief · Writer
- Stella · Writer
- The Ronnie Barker Playhouse · The Minister, Writer
- George's Room · Writer
- ITV Playhouse · Writer
- Shelter · Writer
- Half Hour Story · Writer
- BBC Play of the Month · Writer
- Thirty-Minute Theatre · Writer
- The Wednesday Play · Writer
- A Hard Day's Night · Screenplay
- Theatre 625 · Writer
- The Servant · People in Restaurant: Curate
- The Hard Knock · Writer
- The Rose Affair · Writer
- Lena, O My Lena · Writer
- The Criminal · Screenplay
- After the Funeral · Writer
- I'm All Right Jack · TV Producer
- In the Wake of a Stranger · Ferris
- Every Day Except Christmas · Narrator (Voice)
- Armchair Theatre · Writer
- The Adventures of the Scarlet Pimpernel · First Guard (uncredited)
- Valley of Song · Pritchard
- Before Your Very Eyes