---
name: "Bob Bowes"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/bob-bowes"
fi1m_id: "bob-bowes"
imdb_id: "nm0101122"
tmdb_id: 1017231
wikidata_id: "Q4931890"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "19 November 1922"
died: "1 December 1979"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-17T19:05:14.293286+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."
---

# Bob Bowes

## Identity

Bob Bowes

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/bob-bowes
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** bob-bowes
- **IMDb ID:** nm0101122
- **TMDB ID:** 1017231
- **Wikidata ID:** Q4931890
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Bowes, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4931890, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0101122/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1017231

Actor. Born 19 November 1922 in Durham, England. Died 1 December 1979.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 19 November 1922, Durham, England
- **Died:** 1 December 1979
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Bowes, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4931890, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0101122/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1017231

## Streaming the US now

- **Apple TV:** [*Kes*](https://film.one/film/kes.md) (88)

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

## Biography

Bob Bowes (19 November 1922 – 1 December 1979) was a British actor and teacher. His only film role was as headmaster Mr Gryce in Ken Loach's *Kes* (1969), an adaptation of Barry Hines' novel *A Kestrel for a Knave*.

Bowes was headmaster of Ashton Road Secondary Modern School in Castleford during the mid to late 1960s. His appearance in the film aligned with Loach's approach of casting non-professional actors whose real-life experience suited the roles.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Kes* (1970), Fi1m 88, as Mr. Gryce — [page](https://film.one/film/kes.md)

## Complete filmography (1)

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

- *Kes* (1970), as Mr. Gryce — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/film/kes.md)

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© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL. Canonical: https://film.one/person/bob-bowes