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Cast & creator

Alun Owen

1925-11-24 (died at 68) Menai Bridge, WalesIMDb

Best known for Play for Today, The Wednesday Play, BBC Play of the Month

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.

Movies

27

film credits

Series

25

television credits

Career

11

1952–2025 · acting roles

Credit score

7.3

average across scored titles

Signature credits

Known for

Ordered by popularity

Play for Today

Play for Today

Writer · 1970

The Wednesday Play

The Wednesday Play

Writer · 1964

BBC Play of the Month

BBC Play of the Month

Writer · 1965

ITV Playhouse

ITV Playhouse

Writer · 1967

Theatre 625

Theatre 625

Writer · 1964

Across film & television

Filmography (52)

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Play for Today

Play for Today

Writer

The Wednesday Play

The Wednesday Play

Writer

BBC Play of the Month

BBC Play of the Month

Writer

ITV Playhouse

ITV Playhouse

Writer

Theatre 625

Theatre 625

Writer

Thirty-Minute Theatre

Thirty-Minute Theatre

Writer

ITV Saturday Night Theatre

ITV Saturday Night Theatre

Screenplay

ITV Saturday Night Theatre

ITV Saturday Night Theatre

Writer

The Play on One

The Play on One

Writer

The Adventures of the Scarlet Pimpernel

The Adventures of the Scarlet Pimpernel

First Guard (uncredited)

Half Hour Story

Half Hour Story

Writer

A Hard Day's Night

A Hard Day's Night

Screenplay

The Company of Five

The Company of Five

Writer

The Ten Commandments

Writer

Armchair Theatre

Armchair Theatre

Writer

Before Your Very Eyes

The Servant

The Servant

People in Restaurant: Curate

Plays of Today

Writer

Hark at Barker

Hark at Barker

Creator

Male of the Species

Male of the Species

Writer

The Ronnie Barker Playhouse

The Minister

The Ronnie Barker Playhouse

Writer

Unexplained Laughter

Unexplained Laughter

Writer

Do You Remember?

Writer

I'm All Right Jack

I'm All Right Jack

TV Producer

For Amusement Only

Writer

The Criminal

The Criminal

Screenplay

Come Home Charlie and Face Them

Screenplay

Shelter

Writer

Norma

Writer

Hawkmoor

Ianto

Lena, O My Lena

Lena, O My Lena

Writer

Things They Said Today

Things They Said Today

Self (archive footage)

Stella

Writer

Lucky

Lucky

Writer

Charlie

Charlie

Writer

Valley of Song

Valley of Song

Pritchard

Thief

Writer

Male of the Species

Male of the Species

Writer

Forget Me Not

Writer

In the Wake of a Stranger

In the Wake of a Stranger

Ferris

No Trams to Lime Street

No Trams to Lime Street

Writer

The Beatles

The Beatles

Self (archive footage)

Every Day Except Christmas

Every Day Except Christmas

Narrator (voice)

The Rose Affair

Writer

George's Room

George's Room

Writer

The Ladies: Doreen

Writer

The Ladies: Joan

Writer

Pal

Pal

Writer

The Hard Knock

Writer

Funny

Writer

After the Funeral

Writer