Glyn Owen
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| Born | 6 March 1928 Bolton, Lancashire, England |
| Died | September 10, 2004 (aged 76) |
| Occupation | Television actor |
Glyn (Griffith) Owen (6 March 1928 – 10 September 2004) was a British stage and television actor.
Born in Bolton, Lancashire, the son of a Welsh railway guard, he left school aged 14 and worked in a telegraph office. He completed his compulsory military service in 1946-1948 during which time he acted in the War Office's amateur dramatic company. For the next five years he was a police officer in London's Paddington district, while continuing in amateur dramatics and receiving acting training at the Actor's Studio in St John's Wood.
By 1955 he was performing with the George Mitchell Singers in Blackpool, with the impresario Lew Grade as his agent. His television debut was in 1956 in The Trollenburg Terror. His other television roles included Emergency Ward 10, Coronation Street, The Brothers, Doomwatch, The Adventures of William Tell, The Rat Catchers, Oil Strike North, Survivors, Doctor Who (The Power of Kroll, 1978), All Creatures Great and Small, Blake's 7, Ennal's Point, Nekromanteia. He also appeared in a memorable 1978 epsiode of The Professionals (TV series) called 'Rogue' in which he played a corrupt CI5 agent, Barry Martin.
However, his best known role was that of gruff boatyard owner 'Jack Rolfe' in the BBC's soap-drama Howards' Way.
His two children, Lloyd Owen and Cathy Owen, are also actors.
[edit] External links
- Glyn Owen at the Internet Movie Database
