Norman MacOwan
Date of birth: 1877-01-02
Place of birth: St. Andrews, Scotland, UK
Known for: Acting
Also known as: Norman Macowan
Biography
Norman MacOwan was a British actor and writer. He started his career in the theater in 1903, and both wrote and performed a number of plays in the 1920s and 1930s. Plays Norman MacOwan wrote included: The Blue Lagoon (1921), The Infinite Shoeblack (1930), and Glorious Morning (1938). MacOwan appeared in a number of movies including: BBC Sunday-Night Theatre (1950), Tread Softly Stranger (1958), Kidnapped (1960), and The City of the Dead (1960). He was married to Violet [Ellen] Stephenson (actress). He died on December 31, 1961 in Hastings, East Sussex, England.
Movie Credits
Tread Softly Stranger
1958-08-15
Unable to pay his bookie, a man returns to his hometown where his embezzler brother and girlfriend p
Kidnapped
1960-02-24
Kidnapped and cheated out of his inheritance, young David Balfour falls in with a Jacobite adventure
Valley of the Eagles
1951-09-26
A Norwegian scientist builds a device that can convert sound waves into electrical energy. However,
The Dark Light
1951-04-23
The crew of a lighthouse rescues people they believe to be survivors of a shipwreck, only to find ou
Action of the Tiger
1957-08-22
A woman hires soldier-of-fortune Carson to smuggle her into Albania by way of Greece. Their trouble
Help Yourself
1950-02-15
Joe the Burglar explains how he goes about his job for the benefit of the audience, providing a less
Castle in the Air
1952-06-01
The owner of a Scottish castle discovers that it is haunted by the spirit of a beautiful woman. He d
Around the World in 80 Days
1956-10-17
Based on the famous book by Jules Verne the movie follows Phileas Fogg on his journey around the wor
X: The Unknown
1956-09-21
Army radiation experiments awaken a subterranean monster from a fissure that feeds on energy and pro
Whisky Galore!
1949-06-16
Based on a true story. The name of the real ship, that sunk Feb 5 1941 - during WWII - was S/S Polit
Where There's a Will
1955-03-01
A Cockney family inherit a ramshackle Devon farm. The rest of the family don't want to leave London
Footsteps in the Fog
1955-09-14
A Victorian-era murder mystery about a parlour maid who discovers that her employer may have killed
Heart of a Child
1958-04-30
A young boy goes to desperate lengths to save the family dog when his father agrees sell it to the l
The City of the Dead
1960-09-09
In Whitewood, Massachusetts, a presumed witch places a curse on the town before she is burned at the
Laxdale Hall
1953-04-01
A starchy parliamentary delegation is sent to a remote Scottish Highlands community, where the resid
The Battle of the Sexes
1960-02-25
Angela Barrows is a man-eating business woman sent by her American employer to investigate their exp
The Boy and the Bridge
1959-07-28
A very slight tale based on an original American story by Leon Ware centered on the Golden Gate Brid