Alun Owen

Writing

  • Born
  • November 24, 1925
  • Died
  • November 6, 1994
  • Place of birth
  • Menai Bridge, Wales

Biography

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.

As actor 11

On the crew 41

Play for Today poster
Play for Today
1970
BBC Play of the Month poster
BBC Play of the Month
1965
The Wednesday Play poster
The Wednesday Play
1964
ITV Saturday Night Theatre poster
ITV Saturday Night Theatre
1969
ITV Playhouse poster
ITV Playhouse
1967
Thirty-Minute Theatre poster
Thirty-Minute Theatre
1965
Theatre 625 poster
Theatre 625
1964
A Hard Day's Night poster
A Hard Day's Night
1964
The Play on One poster
The Play on One
1988
Half Hour Story poster
Half Hour Story
1967
Shelter
1967
The Ten Commandments
1971
The Company of Five poster
The Company of Five
1968
Hark at Barker poster
Hark at Barker
1969
Charlie poster
Charlie
1968
Male of the Species poster
Male of the Species
1969
Thief
1968
The Ronnie Barker Playhouse
1968
Norma
1974
Do You Remember?
1978
Unexplained Laughter poster
Unexplained Laughter
1989
Armchair Theatre poster
Armchair Theatre
1956
For Amusement Only
1968
Gareth
1968
The Criminal poster
The Criminal
1960
Lucky poster
Lucky
1974
Plays of Today
1969
Stella
1968
Forget Me Not
1976
Lena, O My Lena poster
Lena, O My Lena
1960
Come Home Charlie and Face Them
1990
George's Room poster
George's Room
1967
The Rose Affair
1961
Male of the Species poster
Male of the Species
1969
The Ladies: Joan
1969
The Ladies: Doreen
1969
The Hard Knock
1962
After the Funeral
1960
Pal poster
Pal
1971
No Trams to Lime Street poster
No Trams to Lime Street
1970
Funny
1971