---
name: "Alun Owen"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/alun-owen"
fi1m_id: "alun-owen"
imdb_id: "nm0654079"
tmdb_id: 10587
wikidata_id: "Q447951"
roles: ["Writer"]
born: "24 November 1925"
died: "6 November 1994"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-26T15:38:17.021059+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Alun Owen

## Identity

Alun Owen

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/alun-owen
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** alun-owen
- **IMDb ID:** nm0654079
- **TMDB ID:** 10587
- **Wikidata ID:** Q447951
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alun_Owen, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q447951, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0654079/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/10587

Writer. Born 24 November 1925 in Menai Bridge, Wales. Died 6 November 1994.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 24 November 1925, Menai Bridge, Wales
- **Died:** 6 November 1994
- **Active:** 1963–1970
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 2: 1 acting, 1 writing
- **Academy Awards:** 1 Oscar nomination
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alun_Owen, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q447951, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0654079/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/10587

## Streaming the US now

- **HBO Max:** [*A Hard Day's Night*](https://film.one/film/a-hard-days-night.md) (86)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Alun Owen was a Welsh screenwriter, playwright and actor. Born in Menai Bridge, Wales, on 24 November 1925, he began his career in repertory theatre as an assistant stage manager in 1942 before becoming an actor. He started writing for radio and television in 1957.

Owen wrote more than fifty television plays and contributed screenplays to the feature films *The Criminal* (1960) and *A Hard Day's Night* (1964). The latter earned him an Academy Award nomination for Best Original Screenplay. He continued writing for television into the 1980s, including work associated with strands such as *Play for Today*.

Owen died in London on 6 December 1994.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, britannica.com, imdb.com, screenonline.org.uk.*

## On Fi1m (2)

### Performed in (1)

- *The Servant* (1963), Fi1m 89, as People in Restaurant: Curate — [page](https://film.one/film/the-servant.md)

### Wrote (1) — the average rests on these

- *A Hard Day's Night* (1964), Fi1m 86, Screenplay — [page](https://film.one/film/a-hard-days-night.md)

## Complete filmography (49)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Come Home Charlie and Face Them* (1990), series, Screenplay
- *Unexplained Laughter* (1989), Writer
- *The Play on One* (1988), series, Writer
- *Hawkmoor* (1978), series, as Ianto
- *Do You Remember?* (1978), series, Writer
- *Forget Me Not* (1976), series, Writer
- *Norma* (1974), Writer
- *Lucky* (1974), Writer
- *Pal* (1971), Writer
- *Funny* (1971), Writer
- *The Ten Commandments* (1971), series, Writer
- *Play for Today* (1970), series, Writer
- *No Trams to Lime Street* (1970), Writer
- *The Ladies: Doreen* (1969), Writer
- *The Ladies: Joan* (1969), Writer
- *Plays of Today* (1969), series, Writer
- *Hark at Barker* (1969), series, Creator
- *Male of the Species* (1969), series, Writer
- *ITV Saturday Night Theatre* (1969), series, Screenplay, Writer
- *Male of the Species* (1969), Writer
- *Gareth* (1968), Writer
- *The Company of Five* (1968), series, Writer
- *Charlie* (1968), Writer
- *For Amusement Only* (1968), series, Writer
- *Thief* (1968), Writer
- *Stella* (1968), Writer
- *The Ronnie Barker Playhouse* (1968), series, as The Minister · Writer
- *George's Room* (1967), Writer
- *ITV Playhouse* (1967), series, Writer
- *Shelter* (1967), Writer
- *Half Hour Story* (1967), series, Writer
- *BBC Play of the Month* (1965), series, Writer
- *Thirty-Minute Theatre* (1965), series, Writer
- *The Wednesday Play* (1964), series, Writer
- *A Hard Day's Night* (1964), Screenplay — Fi1m 86, [page](https://film.one/film/a-hard-days-night.md)
- *Theatre 625* (1964), series, Writer
- *The Servant* (1963), as People in Restaurant: Curate — Fi1m 89, [page](https://film.one/film/the-servant.md)
- *The Hard Knock* (1962), Writer
- *The Rose Affair* (1961), Writer
- *Lena, O My Lena* (1960), Writer
- *The Criminal* (1960), Screenplay
- *After the Funeral* (1960), Writer
- *I'm All Right Jack* (1959), as TV Producer
- *In the Wake of a Stranger* (1959), as Ferris
- *Every Day Except Christmas* (1957), as Narrator (voice)
- *Armchair Theatre* (1956), series, Writer
- *The Adventures of the Scarlet Pimpernel* (1955), series, as First Guard (uncredited)
- *Valley of Song* (1953), as Pritchard
- *Before Your Very Eyes* (1952), series, Actor

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 0 won, 1 nominated

- 1965: Best Writing, Original Screenplay (nominated), for *A Hard Day's Night*

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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