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 featuring the double act Morecambe and Wise made in the mid-1960s, 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
- Welcome, Mr. Beddoes aka A Man Could Get Killed (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
- ^ Directing the electronic flow Dewhurst, Keith. The Guardian (1959-2003); London (UK) [London (UK)]01 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