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.

Known For

Danny

Tread Softly Stranger

Tinker

Kidnapped

McTavis, ferry pilot

Valley of the Eagles

Rigby

The Dark Light

Trifon's Father

Action of the Tiger

Elderly Husband

Help Yourself

Pettigrew

Castle in the Air

Reform Club Member (uncredited)

Around the World in Eighty Days

Old Tom

X: The Unknown

Captain MacPhee

Whisky Galore!

Cagey

Where There's a Will

Grimes (as Norman Macowan)

Footsteps in the Fog

Heiss

Heart of a Child

Rev. Russell

The City of the Dead

Old Villager

Laxdale Hall

Jock Munro

The Battle of the Sexes

Tugboat Engineer

The Boy and the Bridge