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name: "Trevor Bowen"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/t-r-bowen"
roles: ["Writer"]
born: "1 January 1942"
died: "2 November 2025"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 0
updated: "2026-09-20T04:24:42.251289+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."
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# Trevor Bowen

Writer. Born 1 January 1942 in Rangoon, Burma. Died 2 November 2025.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 1 January 1942, Rangoon, Burma
- **Died:** 2 November 2025
- **Active:** 1965–1986
- **Also known as:** T.R. Bowen, Тревор Боуэн, TR Bowen , T.R. 보웬
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1960s 70 (1), 1980s 88 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trevor_Bowen, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2383387, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0100928/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/133038

## Streaming the US now

- **The Roku Channel:** [*Darling*](https://film.one/film/darling.md) (70)

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## Biography

Trevor R. Bowen (also credited as T.R. Bowen) was a British actor and screenwriter. He appeared in the film *Darling* (1965) as Tony Bridges and contributed scripts to the television series *Lovejoy* (1986).

Born in Rangoon, Burma, Bowen was educated at Dulwich College, Winchester Art School and Queens' College, Cambridge, where he was president of the Marlowe Society. He toured with the Royal Shakespeare Company and appeared in repertory theatre before establishing a career in British television drama from the mid-1960s.

As a screenwriter from the 1970s, he specialised in adaptations, contributing to *Agatha Christie's Miss Marple* (1984–1992), *Sherlock Holmes* (1984), *Hornblower: Mutiny* (2001) and other series. He also wrote several novels. Bowen died on 2 November 2025.

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

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Edge of Darkness* (1985), Fi1m 88, as Childs — [page](https://film.one/tv/edge-of-darkness.md)
- *Darling* (1965), Fi1m 70, as Tony Bridges (as Trevor Bowen) — [page](https://film.one/film/darling.md)

## Complete filmography (59)

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

- *Rosamunde Pilcher's Four Seasons* (2008), series, Writer
- *Run Fatboy Run* (2007), as Doctor
- *Helen West* (2002), series, Writer
- *Judge John Deed* (2001), series, as Sir Michael Nivan, Sir Michael Niven
- *Greenfingers* (2001), as Royal Horticultural Society President (as Trevor Bowen)
- *Hornblower: Mutiny* (2001), Writer
- *The Secret* (2000), series, Writer
- *Trial by Fire* (1999), Teleplay
- *The Cater Street Hangman* (1998), Writer
- *Ultraviolet* (1998), series, as Gideon
- *The Round Tower* (1998), series, Creator
- *The Rag Nymph* (1997), series, Screenplay
- *The Beggar Bride* (1997), as Jerry
- *The Man Who Made Husbands Jealous* (1997), series, as David Hawkley
- *The Gambling Man* (1995), series, Writer
- *Milner* (1994), Writer
- *Pie in the Sky* (1994), series, as Marcus Benson
- *The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes* (1994), series, as Charles Damant · Adaptation, Writer
- *Not Even God Is Wise Enough* (1993), as Magistrate
- *The Eligible Bachelor* (1993), Screenplay
- *Miss Marple: The Mirror Crack'd from Side to Side* (1992), as Raymond West · Screenplay
- *Miss Marple: They Do It with Mirrors* (1991), Writer
- *Thatcher: The Final Days* (1991), as Kenneth Baker
- *I Hired a Contract Killer* (1990), as Departmen Head
- *Miss Marple: A Caribbean Mystery* (1989), as Raymond West · Screenplay
- *Agatha Christie's Poirot* (1989), series, Screenplay
- *The Most Dangerous Man in the World* (1988), Writer
- *The Hound of the Baskervilles* (1988), Screenplay
- *Miss Marple: 4.50 from Paddington* (1987), Screenplay
- *Miss Marple: Nemesis* (1987), series, Writer, Creator
- *Miss Marple: The Murder at the Vicarage* (1986), Writer
- *First Among Equals* (1986), series, as Henry Lindsay
- *The Return of Sherlock Holmes* (1986), series, Writer
- *Frankie and Johnnie* (1986), as Richard Jayston, M.P.
- *Lovejoy* (1986), series, Writer
- *Mr. and Mrs. Edgehill* (1985), Writer
- *Edge of Darkness* (1985), series, as Childs — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/tv/edge-of-darkness.md)
- *Drummonds* (1985), series, Writer
- *Miss Marple: A Pocketful of Rye* (1985), series, Screenplay
- *Knockback: 1* (1985), as Sylvia's Lover
- *Screen Two* (1985), series, as Sylvia's Lover
- *Miss Marple: The Body in the Library* (1984), series, Writer, Screenplay, Creator
- *Miss Marple* (1984), series, Writer
- *Sherlock Holmes* (1984), series, as Charles Damant, Dramaturgy · Screenplay, Adaptation
- *Young Shoulders* (1984), as Mr. Fawkes
- *Love and Marriage* (1984), series, Writer
- *The Agatha Christie Hour* (1982), series, Writer
- *Rumpole's Return* (1980), as Lord Freith
- *Murphy's Stroke* (1980), as Collins
- *A Question of Guilt* (1980), series, as George Matthews
- *Edward and Mrs Simpson* (1978), series, as Duff Cooper (as Trevor Bowen)
- *Edward & Mrs. Simpson* (1978), as Duff Cooper
- *The Sunday Drama* (1977), series, Writer
- *Dickens of London* (1976), series, as John Forster
- *The Hanged Man* (1975), series, as Michael Preston
- *Crown Court* (1972), series, as Jack Lowery, Jeremy Parsons QC
- *Way Off Beat* (1966), as Piers
- *I Was Happy Here* (1966), Actor
- *Darling* (1965), as Tony Bridges (as Trevor Bowen) — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/film/darling.md)

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