Alec McCowen
Date of birth: 1925-05-26
Place of birth: Tunbridge Wells, Kent, England, UK
Known for: Acting
Also known as: Alexander Duncan McCowen
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Alexander Duncan McCowen, CBE (26 May 1925 – 6 February 2017) was an English actor. He was known for his work in numerous film and stage productions. Description above from the Wikipedia article Alec McCowen, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Movie Credits
The Long Arm
1956-06-01
Scotland Yard detectives attempt to solve a spate of safe robberies across England beginning with cl
Frenzy
1972-05-25
London is terrorized by a vicious sex killer known as The Necktie Murderer. Following the brutal sla
Henry V
1989-10-05
In 1415, in the midst of the Hundred Years' War, the young King Henry V of England embarks on the co
The Age of Innocence
1993-09-10
In 19th century New York high society, a young lawyer falls in love with a woman separated from her
Travels with My Aunt
1972-12-17
At his mother's funeral, stuffy bank clerk Henry Pulling meets his Aunt Augusta, an elderly eccentri
The Silent Enemy
1958-03-04
The Mediterranean, 1941/42 - Axis forces are using frogmen and manned torpedoes to attack previously
Hanover Street
1979-05-18
Margaret is a nurse in England during WW2, and married to a secret agent. Things get complicated whe
The Witches
1966-11-21
Following a nervous breakdown, Gwen takes up the job of head teacher in the small village of Haddaby
Never Say Never Again
1983-10-07
James Bond returns as the secret agent 007 to battle the evil organization SPECTRE. Bond must defeat
Time Without Pity
1957-03-21
Alec Graham is sentenced to death for the murder of his girlfriend Jennie, with whom he spent a week
The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner
1962-09-20
A rebellious youth, sentenced to a boy’s reformatory for robbing a bakery, rises through the ranks o
The Agony and the Ecstasy
1965-09-16
During the Italian Renaissance, Pope Julius II contracts the influential artist Michelangelo to scul
The Hawaiians
1970-06-17
A wanderer returns home only to find political turmoil, disease and romantic difficulties.
Town on Trial
1957-01-24
When an attractive young girl is murdered, suspicion falls on several members of the local tennis cl
Henry V
1979-12-23
Insulted by the Dauphin, the newly-crowned King Henry V gathers his troops for war. But Henry must c
The Doctor's Dilemma
1959-01-01
Four doctors face a serious dilemma when the beautiful wife of a TB-stricken artist begs one of them
The Assam Garden
1985-06-04
An insecure, aggressive widow of a tea garden manager reluctantly develops an affectionate relations
Maria's Child
1993-03-28
Maria is a dancer who becomes pregnant, unexpectedly, and has to decide whether or not to keep the b
Triple Exposure
1972-11-06
Len climbs Veronica and Percy’s fence intent on burglary, but what really happens next? The three ac
Rope
1957-10-02
British iTV adaptation of Patrick Hamilton's Rope that aired as a part of ITV Play of the Week.
Twelfth Night
1980-01-06
Viola and Sebastian are lookalike twins, separated by a shipwreck. Viola lands in Illyria, where she
Stevie
1978-09-15
For a poet with a gift for crafting words into barbs, Stevie Smith lives a relatively conventional l
The Deep Blue Sea
1955-11-01
A woman is unhappy in her marriage to a boring, stiff judge, so she takes up with a wild-living RAF
The Secret Adversary
1983-10-09
After a chance meeting and an indiscreet conversation, childhood friends Tommy Beresford and Tuppenc
Personal Services
1987-02-12
Fed up with working hard just to scrape by, Christine Painter comes up with a bold plan to become th
The Cruel Sea
1953-02-24
At the start of World War II, Cmdr. Ericson is assigned to convoy escort HMS Compass Rose with inexp
St Mark's Gospel
1990-05-06
Alec McCowen's award-winning solo performance of the St Mark Gospel.
Cruel Train
1995-12-22
In wartime England, railway official Ruben Roberts discovers that his wife was sexually abused as a
Max Miller: I Like The Girls Who Do
1989-02-16
A celebration of Max Miller , comedian and star. Presented by Gerald Scarfe with Max Bygraves Char
Forever Young
1983-01-07
A lonely young boy idolizes his local priest. An old acquaintance of the priest shows up one day, an
The War That Never Ends
1991-03-28
The Peloponnesian Wars (Athens versus Sparta for twenty-seven years) told in the format of news broa
The One That Got Away
1957-11-22
Based on the true story of Oberleutnant Franz von Werra, the only German prisoner of war captured in
Squaring the Circle
1984-05-23
An account of how Lech Walesa and the "Solidarity" trade union confronted the might of Communist dic
Cry Freedom
1987-11-06
A dramatic story, based on actual events, about the friendship between two men struggling against ap
Gangs of New York
2002-12-14
In early 1860s New York, Irish immigrant Amsterdam Vallon is released from prison and returns to the
The Good Companions
1957-04-22
The story revolves around the Dinky Doos, a provincial musical troupe living from hand to mouth.
Private Lives
1976-12-28
Divorced couple Amanda and Elyot have both recently remarried. On their honeymoons, however, they di
A Night to Remember
1958-07-03
The sinking of the Titanic is presented in a highly realistic fashion in this tense British drama. T
A Dedicated Man
1982-03-31
Edith is a hotel waitress, single and in her mid-forties, with a major infatuation on Maurice Silcox
The Importance of Being Earnest
1988-05-29
Two young gentlemen living in 1890s England use the same pseudonym ('Ernest') on the sly, which is f
In the Cool of the Day
1963-05-29
After he mends a marital rift between a vacationing young couple, the bored, fragile wife falls hope
Dialogue in the Dark
1989-06-04
A summer evening in Edinburgh, 1776. The ailing philosopher David Hume has an unexpected visitor.
The Divided Heart
1954-11-09
During World War II, a German woman, Inga, goes missing and is presumed dead. Her infant son is plac
When the Actors Come
1978-05-03
On a cold day in January 1850, a group of travelling actors arrive out of the snow at the remote cou
A Man of Morality
1976-08-13
A moral philosopher at a university finds his own morals under scrutiny.
The Matchmaker
1954-08-29
Can the ever-resilient Mrs. Levi melt the heart of the eternally sour-tempered Mr. Vandergelder?
Macbeth
1992-11-23
Encouraged by a prophecy and his scheming wife, Macbeth sets out to be King of Scotland, but soon re
David Copperfield
2001-12-25
A young man journeys from a difficult childhood to maturity, exploring social injustice, personal de