Known For
Writing
Gender
Male
Birthday
November 24, 1925
Died
November 6, 1994
Age
68
Place of Birth
Menai Bridge, Wales
Popularity
0.8
Alun Owen
Writing
Biography
Alun Owen was a Welsh playwright, screenwriter and actor, predominantly in television. However, he is best remembered by a wider audience for writing the screenplay of The Beatles' debut feature film A Hard Day's Night (1964), which earned him a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay.
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Known For
6.6
Play for Today
1970 · TV
7.0
ITV Saturday Night Theatre
1969 · TV
4.3
Thirty-Minute Theatre
1965 · TV
5.2
The Wednesday Play
1964 · TV
5.3
BBC Play of the Month
1965 · TV
7.0
ITV Playhouse
1967 · TV
7.2
Theatre 625
1964 · TV
6.0
The Play on One
1988 · TV
7.5
Half Hour Story
1967 · TV
7.3
A Hard Day's Night
1964 · Movie
8.0
The Adventures of the Scarlet Pimpernel
1955 · TV
7.6
The Servant
1963 · Movie
Filmography
2025
The Beatles
Movie · Self (archive footage)
8.0
2002
Things They Said Today
Movie · Self (archive footage)
7.0
1978
Hawkmoor
TV · Ianto
9.0
1968
The Ronnie Barker Playhouse
TV · The Minister
8.0
1963
The Servant
Movie · People in Restaurant: Curate
7.6
1959
I'm All Right Jack
Movie · TV Producer
6.6
1959
In the Wake of a Stranger
Movie · Ferris
10.0
1957
Every Day Except Christmas
Movie · Narrator (voice)
6.6
1955
The Adventures of the Scarlet Pimpernel
TV · First Guard (uncredited)
8.0
1953
Valley of Song
Movie · Pritchard
8.0
1952
Before Your Very Eyes
TV
0.0