Alec McCowen

Actor May 26 (died age 91) Tunbridge Wells, Kent, England, UK 1950–2002 (52 year career)

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Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Alexander Duncan McCowen, CBE (26 May 1925 – 6 February 2017) was an English actor. He was known for his work in numerous film and stage productions. Description above from the Wikipedia article Alec McCowen, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For

Film

Gangs of New York

Reverend Raleigh

Film

The Age of Innocence

Sillerton Jackson

Film

Frenzy

DCI Tim Oxford

Film

Never Say Never Again

Q 'Algy' Algernon

Film

A Night to Remember

Wireless Operator Harold Thomas Cottam

Film

Henry V

Bishop of Ely

Film

Cry Freedom

Acting High Comissioner

Film

The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner

Brown, House Master

Filmography

Acting (67)

Movies (48)

Gangs of New York

as Reverend Raleigh

David Copperfield

as Jorkins

Cruel Train

as Supt. Fish

The Age of Innocence

as Sillerton Jackson

Maria's Child

as Father Eugene McCarthy

1.0

Macbeth

1992

as Narrator

The War That Never Ends

as Thucydides

St Mark's Gospel

Dialogue in the Dark

as David Hume

Henry V

1989

as Bishop of Ely

7.1

Max Miller: I Like The Girls Who Do

1989

as Self

The Importance of Being Earnest

1988

as Dr. Chasuble

4.7

Cry Freedom

1987

as Acting High Comissioner

7.0

Personal Services

1987

as Wing Commander Morten

The Assam Garden

as Mr. Philpott

Squaring the Circle

as Rakowski

Never Say Never Again

1983

as Q 'Algy' Algernon

6.1

The Secret Adversary

1983

as Sir James Peel Edgerton

6.8

Forever Young

1983

as Father Vincent

A Dedicated Man

1982

as Silcox

Twelfth Night

as Malvolio

Hanover Street

as Maj. Trumbo

Henry V

as Chorus

Stevie

as Freddy

When the Actors Come

as The Count

A Man of Morality

1976

as Finn

Private Lives

as Elyot Chase

Frenzy

as DCI Tim Oxford

Travels with My Aunt

as Henry Pulling

Triple Exposure

as Percy

The Hawaiians

as Micah Hale

The Witches

as Alan Bax

The Agony and the Ecstasy

1965

as Cardinal

7.1

In the Cool of the Day

1963

as Dickie Bayliss

5.4

The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner

1962

as Brown, House Master

The Doctor's Dilemma

as Redpenny

The Silent Enemy

as Able Seaman Morgan

5.7

A Night to Remember

1958

as Wireless Operator Harold Thomas Cottam

7.7

The One That Got Away

1957

as Duty Officer, Hucknall

6.8

Town on Trial

1957

as Peter Crowley (as Alec Mc Cowen)

6.5

The Good Companions

1957

as Albert Oakroyd

Time Without Pity

1957

as Alec Graham

6.5

Rope

1957

as Brandon

The Long Arm

as House Surgeon

The Deep Blue Sea

as Ken Thompson

The Divided Heart

as Reporter

The Matchmaker

as Barnaby Tucker

The Cruel Sea

1953

as Tonbridge

6.9

Television (19)

Longitude

2000

as Sir Frank Dyson

7.0

Midsomer Murders

1997

as Sir Christian Aubrey

7.5

Shakespeare: The Animated Tales

1992

as Narrator (voice)

6.3

Theatre Night

1985

as Dr. Chasuble

Mr. Palfrey of Westminster

1984

as Mr. Palfrey

5.0

Agatha Christie's Partners in Crime

Bergerac

as Trenchard

BBC2 Play of the Week

1977

as The Count

7.0

Orson Welles' Great Mysteries

as James Addishaw

Centre Play

as Finn

Play for Today

as Percy

Omnibus

as Narrator (voice)

BBC Play of the Month

as Martin Luther

The Wednesday Play

as Private Secretary

Theatre 625

as Harry

Festival

as Antipholus of Syracuse

Studio 4

as Tom O'Neill

Armchair Theatre

as Maurice Bouillet

Sunday Night Theatre

as Quillary