Cliff Owen

Cliff Owen (22 April 1919 – November 1993) was a British film and TV director. He directed The Wrong Arm of the Law (1963), two of the three mid-1960s Morecambe and Wise films, and the 1972 film version of the BBC sitcom Steptoe and Son.^[1]

Owen was born in London. He died in Oxfordshire in November 1993, aged 74. ^[2]

Filmography (as assistant director)

• 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

Filmography (as director)

• Offbeat a.k.a. The Devil Inside (1961)
• A Prize of Arms (1962)
• The Wrong Arm of the Law (1963)
• That Riviera Touch (1966)
• A Man Could Get Killed a.k.a Welcome, Mr. Beddoes (1966) – co-director
• The Magnificent Two (1967)
• The Vengeance of She (1968)^[3]
• Steptoe and Son (1972)
• Ooh... You Are Awful a.k.a. Get Charlie Tully (1972)^[4]
• No Sex Please, We're British (1973)
• Closed Up-Tight (1975)
• The Bawdy Adventures of Tom Jones (1976)^[5]

Television (as director)

• London Playhouse, "Fighting Chance" (1955)
• Hand In Glove (1955) (TV movie)
• As Others See Us (1955)
• The Seventh Dungeon (1955) (TV movie)
• Boyd Q.C., 4 episodes (1956)
• ITV Television Playhouse, 12 episodes (1956–1961)
• The New Adventures of Martin Kane, "The Letter Story" and "The Heiress Story" (1957)
• Shadow Squad, "The Missing Cheese" (1957–59) – producer
• ITV Play of the Week, 9 episodes (1958–61)
• The Third Man, 3 episodes (1959)
• Knight Errant Limited, "Mediterranean Cruise" (1959)
• Drama 61-67, "Drama '62: No Decision" (1962) – also producer
• On Trial, "The Dilke Case" and "Sir Roger Casement" (1960)
• The Victorians, "Still Waters Run Deep" (1963)
• A Little Big Business, Episode 1.1 (1964)
• The Sullavan Brothers, "The Man from New York" (1964)
• Melina Mercouri's Greece (1965) (documentary)
• The Avengers, "Killer" (1968)
• Rogues' Gallery(1968–69)
• ITV Playhouse, "Murder: When Robin Was a Boy" (1969)
• Confession, "Just as the Sun Was Rising" (1970)
• The Adventures of Don Quick, "The Higher the Fewer" (1970)

References

External links

• Cliff Owen at IMDb
• Cliff Owen at BFI