BILL OWEN
ACTING
British born actor known for playing working class characters on film and TV.
Born William Rowbotham, the son of a tram driver and laundress, he started playing drums in London nightclubs and toured music halls with his own cabaret act to pay for acting classes.
- Carry On Nurse 1959
- Carry On Sergeant 1958
- Carry On Regardless 1961
- The Story of Robin Hood and His Merrie Men 1952
- The Secret of Blood Island 1964
- Georgy Girl 1966
- Carve Her Name with Pride 1958
- The Way to the Stars 1945
- Hotel Sahara 1951
- Daybreak 1948
- The Shakedown 1960
- Carry On Cabby 1963
- The Rainbow Jacket 1954
- My Brother's Keeper 1948
- Dancing with Crime 1947
- The Square Ring 1953
- Diamond City 1949
- The Ship That Died of Shame 1955
- Laughterhouse 1984
- Once a Jolly Swagman 1949
- The Comeback 1978
- In Celebration 1975
- On the Fiddle 1961
- A Day to Remember 1953
- Getting Sam Home 1983
- There Was a Young Lady 1953
- O Lucky Man! 1973
- The Weaker Sex 1948
- The Fighting Prince of Donegal 1966
- Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads? 1973
- Tales of the Unexpected 1979
- Last of the Summer Wine 1973
- Brideshead Revisited 1981
- The Buccaneers 1956
- Catweazle 1970
- Noel's House Party 1991