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Known For
Acting
Birthday
May 26, 1925
Died
February 6, 2017
Place of Birth
Tunbridge Wells, Kent, England, UK
Also Known As
- Alexander Duncan McCowen
Alec McCowen
0.4 Popularity
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
7.3
Reverend Raleigh
Gangs of New York
2002
6.2
Jorkins
David Copperfield
2001
7.0
Sir Frank Dyson
Longitude
2000
7.5
Sir Christian Aubrey
Midsomer Murders
1997
3.3
Supt. Fish
Cruel Train
1995
7.0
Sillerton Jackson
The Age of Innocence
1993
1.0
Father Eugene McCarthy
Maria's Child
1993
0.0
Narrator
Macbeth
1992
6.3
Narrator (voice)
Shakespeare: The Animated Tales
1992
1.0
Thucydides
The War That Never Ends
1991
Credits
Gangs of New York
as Reverend Raleigh
2002
7.3
David Copperfield
as Jorkins
2001
6.2
Longitude
as Sir Frank Dyson
2000
7.0
Midsomer Murders
as Sir Christian Aubrey
1997
7.5
Cruel Train
as Supt. Fish
1995
3.3
The Age of Innocence
as Sillerton Jackson
1993
7.0
Maria's Child
as Father Eugene McCarthy
1993
1.0
Macbeth
as Narrator
1992
0.0
Shakespeare: The Animated Tales
as Narrator (voice)
1992
6.3
The War That Never Ends
as Thucydides
1991
1.0
St Mark's Gospel
1990
0.0
Henry V
as Bishop of Ely
1989
7.2
🎬
Dialogue in the Dark
as David Hume
1989
0.0
Max Miller: I Like The Girls Who Do
as Self
1989
0.0
The Importance of Being Earnest
as Dr. Chasuble
1988
4.7
Cry Freedom
as Acting High Comissioner
1987
7.0
Personal Services
as Wing Commander Morten
1987
6.0
🎬
Theatre Night
as Dr. Chasuble
1985
0.0
The Assam Garden
as Mr. Philpott
1985
6.5
Squaring the Circle
as Rakowski
1984
5.0
Mr. Palfrey of Westminster
as Mr. Palfrey
1984
5.0
Agatha Christie's Partners in Crime
1983
6.3
The Secret Adversary
as Sir James Peel Edgerton
1983
6.8
Never Say Never Again
as Q 'Algy' Algernon
1983
6.1
Forever Young
as Father Vincent
1983
0.0
A Dedicated Man
as Silcox
1982
0.0
Bergerac
as Trenchard
1981
6.7
Twelfth Night
as Malvolio
1980
6.7
Henry V
as Chorus
1979
6.0
Hanover Street
as Maj. Trumbo
1979
5.5
Stevie
as Freddy
1978
6.9
When the Actors Come
as The Count
1978
0.0
BBC2 Play of the Week
as The Count
1977
7.0
Private Lives
as Elyot Chase
1976
6.5
A Man of Morality
as Finn
1976
0.0
Orson Welles' Great Mysteries
as James Addishaw
1973
6.7
Travels with My Aunt
as Henry Pulling
1972
5.9
Triple Exposure
as Percy
1972
0.0
Frenzy
as DCI Tim Oxford
1972
7.1
Play for Today
as Percy
1970
6.3
The Hawaiians
as Micah Hale
1970
5.4
Omnibus
as Narrator (voice)
1967
7.2
The Witches
as Alan Bax
1966
6.0
BBC Play of the Month
as Martin Luther
1965
5.0
BBC Play of the Month
as Philip
1965
5.0
The Agony and the Ecstasy
as Cardinal
1965
7.1
The Wednesday Play
as Private Secretary
1964
4.5
Theatre 625
as Harry
1964
7.2
🎬
Festival
as Antipholus of Syracuse
1963
8.0
In the Cool of the Day
as Dickie Bayliss
1963
5.4
The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner
as Brown, House Master
1962
7.2
🎬
Studio 4
as Tom O'Neill
1962
6.0
The Doctor's Dilemma
as Redpenny
1959
6.1
A Night to Remember
as Wireless Operator Harold Thomas Cottam
1958
7.7
The Silent Enemy
as Able Seaman Morgan
1958
5.7
The One That Got Away
as Duty Officer, Hucknall
1957
6.8
🎬
Rope
as Brandon
1957
0.0
The Good Companions
as Albert Oakroyd
1957
0.0
Time Without Pity
as Alec Graham
1957
6.5
Town on Trial
as Peter Crowley (as Alec Mc Cowen)
1957
6.5
Armchair Theatre
as Maurice Bouillet
1956
5.8
The Long Arm
as House Surgeon
1956
6.9
The Deep Blue Sea
as Ken Thompson
1955
4.7
The Divided Heart
as Reporter
1954
6.7
🎬
The Matchmaker
as Barnaby Tucker
1954
0.0
The Cruel Sea
as Tonbridge
1953
6.9
Sunday Night Theatre
as Quillary
1950
3.5