Acting

Norman MacOwan

Born January 2, 1877 · St. Andrews, Scotland, UK

Died December 31, 1961 · aged 84

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), K…

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Around the World in 80 Days

Around the World in 80 Days · 1956

Around the World in 80 Days

MovieAdventureComedy

Based on the famous book by Jules Verne the movie follows Phileas Fogg on his journey around the world. Which has to be completed within 80 days, a very short period for those days.

The City of the Dead

The City of the Dead · 1960

The City of the Dead

MovieMysteryHorror

In Whitewood, Massachusetts, a presumed witch places a curse on the town before she is burned at the stake. 300 years later, a college student arrives and checks into the mysterious Raven's Inn to research the town's history with witchcraft.

Whisky Galore!

Whisky Galore! · 1949

MovieComedyCrime

Scottish islanders try to plunder 50,000 cases of whisky from a stranded ship.

Footsteps in the Fog

Footsteps in the Fog · 1955

Footsteps in the Fog

MovieThrillerDrama

A Victorian-era murder mystery about a parlour maid who discovers that her employer may have killed his first wife.

Action of the Tiger

Action of the Tiger · 1957

Action of the Tiger

MovieActionDrama

A woman hires soldier-of-fortune Carson to smuggle her into Albania by way of Greece. Their trouble is just beginning when they get there.

Valley of the Eagles

Valley of the Eagles · 1951

Valley of the Eagles

MovieAdventureDrama

A Norwegian scientist builds a device that can convert sound waves into electrical energy. However, the machine is stolen by the scientist's wife and assistant, who head across the frozen tundra towards Russia. A police inspector and a local girl team up with the scientist to help recover the device.

Tread Softly Stranger

Tread Softly Stranger · 1958

Tread Softly Stranger

MovieCrimeDrama

Unable to pay his bookie, a man returns to his hometown where his embezzler brother and girlfriend plot a robbery that ends in tragedy.

The Battle of the Sexes

The Battle of the Sexes · 1960

The Battle of the Sexes

Angela Barrows is a man-eating business woman sent by her American employer to investigate their export opportunities in Edinburgh. En route she meets Robert MacPherson, a businessman who asks for her help to bring his company into the 20th Century. The staff, led by Mr Martin, has other ideas—and a battle between the old and new business methods soon breaks out.

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Around the World in 80 Days

Around the World in 80 Days · 1956

Around the World in 80 Days

MovieAdventureComedy

Based on the famous book by Jules Verne the movie follows Phileas Fogg on his journey around the world. Which has to be completed within 80 days, a very short period for those days.

Reform Club Member (uncredited)

The City of the Dead

The City of the Dead · 1960

The City of the Dead

MovieMysteryHorror

In Whitewood, Massachusetts, a presumed witch places a curse on the town before she is burned at the stake. 300 years later, a college student arrives and checks into the mysterious Raven's Inn to research the town's history with witchcraft.

Rev. Russell

Whisky Galore!

Whisky Galore! · 1949

MovieComedyCrime

Scottish islanders try to plunder 50,000 cases of whisky from a stranded ship.

Captain MacPhee

Footsteps in the Fog

Footsteps in the Fog · 1955

Footsteps in the Fog

MovieThrillerDrama

A Victorian-era murder mystery about a parlour maid who discovers that her employer may have killed his first wife.

Grimes (as Norman Macowan)

Action of the Tiger

Action of the Tiger · 1957

Action of the Tiger

MovieActionDrama

A woman hires soldier-of-fortune Carson to smuggle her into Albania by way of Greece. Their trouble is just beginning when they get there.

Trifon's Father

Valley of the Eagles

Valley of the Eagles · 1951

Valley of the Eagles

MovieAdventureDrama

A Norwegian scientist builds a device that can convert sound waves into electrical energy. However, the machine is stolen by the scientist's wife and assistant, who head across the frozen tundra towards Russia. A police inspector and a local girl team up with the scientist to help recover the device.

McTavis, ferry pilot

Tread Softly Stranger

Tread Softly Stranger · 1958

Tread Softly Stranger

MovieCrimeDrama

Unable to pay his bookie, a man returns to his hometown where his embezzler brother and girlfriend plot a robbery that ends in tragedy.

Danny

The Battle of the Sexes

The Battle of the Sexes · 1960

The Battle of the Sexes

Angela Barrows is a man-eating business woman sent by her American employer to investigate their export opportunities in Edinburgh. En route she meets Robert MacPherson, a businessman who asks for her help to bring his company into the 20th Century. The staff, led by Mr Martin, has other ideas—and a battle between the old and new business methods soon breaks out.

Jock Munro

Kidnapped

Kidnapped · 1960

MovieActionAdventure

Kidnapped and cheated out of his inheritance, young David Balfour falls in with a Jacobite adventurer, Alan Breck Stewart. Falsely accused of murder, they must flee across the Highlands, evading the redcoats.

Tinker

X: The Unknown

X: The Unknown · 1956

MovieHorrorScience Fiction

Army radiation experiments awaken a subterranean monster from a fissure that feeds on energy and proceeds to terrorise a remote Scottish village. An American research scientist at a nearby nuclear plant joins with a British investigator to discover why the victims were radioactively burned and why, shortly thereafter, a series of radiation-related incidents are occurring in an ever-growing straight line away from the fissure.

Old Tom

Heart of a Child

Heart of a Child · 1958

Heart of a Child

MovieAdventureDrama

A young boy goes to desperate lengths to save the family dog when his father agrees sell it to the local butcher.

Heiss

The Boy and the Bridge

The Boy and the Bridge · 1959

The Boy and the Bridge

A little boy named Tommy watches as his father is arrested after a brawl. Tommy believes his father must have killed someone and rather than return home, he heads to Tower Bridge to set up home there.

Tugboat Engineer

Where There's a Will

Where There's a Will · 1955

Where There's a Will

A Cockney family inherit a ramshackle Devon farm. The rest of the family don't want to leave London but the father insists and off they go, to face the unknown.

Cagey

Castle in the Air

Castle in the Air · 1952

Castle in the Air

The owner of a Scottish castle discovers that it is haunted by the spirit of a beautiful woman. He decides to use the ghost as a tourist attraction for his castle

Pettigrew

The Adventures of Robin Hood

The Adventures of Robin Hood · 1955

The Adventures of Robin Hood

SeriesAction & AdventureFamily

The legendary character Robin Hood and his band of merry men in Sherwood Forest and the surrounding vicinity. While some episodes dramatised the traditional Robin Hood tales, most episodes were original dramas created by the show's writers and producers.

The Gatekeeper

The Adventures of William Tell

The Adventures of William Tell · 1958

The Adventures of William Tell

SeriesAction & Adventure

The Adventures of William Tell is a British swashbuckler adventure series, first broadcast on the ITV network in 1958, and produced by ITC Entertainment.

Andreas