Cliff Owen

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

[1] Directing the electronic flow Dewhurst, Keith. The Guardian (1959-2003); London (UK) [London (UK)]01 Apr 1970: 8.

[2] Forshaw, Barry (2012). British Crime Film: Subverting the Social Order. Springer. p. 191-192. ISBN 9781137005038.

[3] Anouk in 'Lake Lugano' Martin, Betty. Los Angeles Times 27 June 1967: d7.

[4] OOH... YOU ARE AWFUL Monthly Film Bulletin; London Vol. 40, Iss. 468, (Jan 1, 1973): 13.

[5] 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.

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