Cliff Owen
Cliff Owen (22 April 1919 – November 1993) was a British film and TV director best known for his comedy The Wrong Arm of the Law which starred Peter Sellers. He also directed two of the three films, made in the mid-1960s, featuring the double act Morecambe and Wise, and the big-screen version of the BBC sitcom, Steptoe and Son.[1]
Owen was born in London. He died in Oxfordshire in November 1993 aged 74. [2]
Selected filmography
- Brighton Rock (1947) - 3rd assistant director
- Noose (1947) - 2nd assistant director
- Under Capricorn (1949) - 2nd assistant director
- The Hasty Heart (1949) - 3rd assistant director
- Landfall (1949) - 2nd assistant director
- The Magic Box (1951) - assistant director
- Young Wives' Tale (1951) - 2nd assistant director
- Castle in the Air (1952) - assistant director
- Father's Doing Fine (1952) - assistant director
- The Yellow Balloon (1953) - assistant director
- Valley of Song (1953) - assistant director
- London Playhouse (1955) (TV series) - director
- The Seventh Dungeon (1955) (TV movie) - director
- Boyd Q.C. (1956) (TV series) - director
- The New Adventures of Martin Kane (1957) (TV series) - director
- Shadow Squad (1957-59) (TV series) - producer
- ITV Play of the Week (1958-61) (TV series) - director
- The Third Man (1959) (TV series) - director
- Knight Errant Limited (1959) (TV series) - director
- On Trial (1960) (TV series) - director
- Offbeat (1961) - director
- On Trial: The Dilke Case (1961) - director
- Drama 61-67 (1962) (TV series) - producer, director
- A Prize of Arms (1962) - director
- The Wrong Arm of the Law (1963) - director
- The Victorians (1963) (TV series) - director
- A Little Big Business (1964) (TV series) - director
- The Sullavan Brothers (1964) (TV series) - director
- Melina Mercouri's Greece (1965) (documentary) - director
- That Riviera Touch (1966) - director
- A Man Could Get Killed aka Welcome, Mr. Beddoes (1966) - co-director
- The Magnificent Two (1967) - director
- The Vengeance of She (1968) - director[3]
- The Avengers (1968) (TV series) - director
- Rogues' Gallery (1968-69) (TV series) - director
- ITV Playhouse (1969) (TV series) - director
- Confession (1970) (TV series) - director
- The Adventures of Don Quick (1970) (TV series) - director
- Steptoe and Son (1972) - director
- Ooh... You Are Awful (1972) - director[4]
- No Sex Please, We're British (1973) - director
- Closed Up-Tight (1975) - director
- The Bawdy Adventures of Tom Jones (1976) - director[5]
References
- Dewhurst, Keith. Directing the electronic flow. The Guardian. London (UK). 1 Apr 1970: 8.
- Forshaw, Barry (2012). British Crime Film: Subverting the Social Order. Springer. p. 191-192. ISBN 9781137005038.
- Anouk in 'Lake Lugano' Martin, Betty. Los Angeles Times 27 June 1967: d7.
- OOH... YOU ARE AWFUL Monthly Film Bulletin; London Vol. 40, Iss. 468, (Jan 1, 1973): 13.
- The Bawdy Adventures of Tom Jones Director: Cliff Owen. Stars: Nicky Henson, Geraldine McEwan, Georgia Brown, Arthur Lowe, Trevor Howard 'X' Empire The Sunshine Boys Director: Herbert Ross Stars: Walter Matthau, George Burns 'A' ABC, Shaftesbury Avenue (Book Review) Robinson, Kenneth. The Spectator; London Vol. 236, Iss. 7700, (Jan 24, 1976): 27.
External links
- Cliff Owen at IMDb
- Cliff Owen at BFI
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