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Norman MacOwan
Acting
Born: January 2, 1877
St. Andrews, Scotland, UK
Biography
Norman MacOwan was a British actor and writer. He started his career in the theater in 1903, and both wrote and performed a number of plays in the 1920s and 1930s. Plays Norman MacOwan wrote included: The Blue Lagoon (1921), The Infinite Shoeblack (1930), and Glorious Morning (1938). MacOwan appeared in a number of movies including: BBC Sunday-Night Theatre (1950), Tread Softly Stranger (1958), Kidnapped (1960), and The City of the Dead (1960). He was married to Violet [Ellen] Stephenson (actress). He died on December 31, 1961 in Hastings, East Sussex, England.
Known For

Around the World in Eighty Days
as Reform Club Member (uncredited)

The City of the Dead
as Rev. Russell

Whisky Galore!
as Captain MacPhee

Footsteps in the Fog
as Grimes (as Norman Macowan)

Kidnapped
as Tinker

Action of the Tiger
as Trifon's Father

The Battle of the Sexes
as Jock Munro

Tread Softly Stranger
as Danny

X: The Unknown
as Old Tom

The Boy and the Bridge
as Tugboat Engineer