Actor, songwriter. Born London. Wrote that Cliff Richard hit 'Marianne'. Played Compo in 'Last of the Summer Wine'. Died Westminster.
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Bill Owen, MBE
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BBC Television Centre - Bill Owen
Bill Owen MBE, 1914 - 1999. BBC and the Heritage Foundation
Other Subjects
1 memorial
George Leybourne
Music hall entertainer. Born Gateshead. His first stage name was Joe Saunders. 1866 he had a big success with the song 'Champagne Charlie' and took on the name and life-style for ever after. Engage...
1 memorial
John Le Mesurier
Actor. Born John Elton Halliley in Bedford. Adopting his mother's surname, he was a supporting actor in many films of the 1950s and 1960s, but was projected to national fame as Sergeant Wilson in t...
2 memorials
Wilfrid Brambell
Actor Born Dublin. Â Played the 'dirty old man' in the TV series 'Steptoe and Son' with Harry H. Corbett and Paul McCartney's granddad in 'A hard day's night'. Â Died in Westminster.
1 memorial
Stephen John Fry
Actor, broadcaster, comedian, director, narrator and writer with professional name Stephen Fry. Born on 24 August 1957, the second of the three children of Alan John Fry (1930-2019) and Marianne Ev...
Person, Cinema, Humour, Literature, Seriously Famous, TV & Radio
3 memorials
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