Cliff Owen (22 April 1919 – November 1993) was a British
film
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and
TV director
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best known for his comedy ''
The Wrong Arm of the Law
''The Wrong Arm of the Law'' is a 1963 British comedy film directed by Cliff Owen and starring Peter Sellers, Bernard Cribbins, Lionel Jeffries, John Le Mesurier and Bill Kerr. It was partly written by Ray Galton and Alan Simpson and made by Ro ...
'' which starred
Peter Sellers
Peter Sellers (born Richard Henry Sellers; 8 September 1925 – 24 July 1980) was an English actor and comedian. He first came to prominence performing in the BBC Radio comedy series ''The Goon Show'', featured on a number of hit comic songs ...
. He also directed two of the three films, made in the mid-1960s, featuring the double act Morecambe and Wise, and the big-screen version of the BBC sitcom, ''Steptoe and Son (film), Steptoe and Son''.
Owen was born in London. He died in Oxfordshire in November 1993 aged 74.
Selected filmography
*''Brighton Rock (1947 film), Brighton Rock'' (1947) - 3rd assistant director
*''Noose (1948 film), Noose'' (1947) - 2nd assistant director
*''Under Capricorn (film), Under Capricorn'' (1949) - 2nd assistant director
*''The Hasty Heart (film), The Hasty Heart'' (1949) - 3rd assistant director
*''Landfall (1949 film), Landfall'' (1949) - 2nd assistant director
*''The Magic Box'' (1951) - assistant director
*''Young Wives' Tale'' (1951) - 2nd assistant director
*''Castle in the Air (film), Castle in the Air'' (1952) - assistant director
*''Father's Doing Fine'' (1952) - assistant director
*''The Yellow Balloon (film), The Yellow Balloon'' (1953) - assistant director
*''Valley of Song'' (1953) - assistant director
*''London Playhouse '' (1955) (TV series) - director
*''The Seventh Dungeon'' (1955) (TV movie) - director
*''Boyd Q.C.'' (1956) (TV series) - director
*''The New Adventures of Martin Kane'' (1957) (TV series) - director
*''Shadow Squad'' (1957-59) (TV series) - producer
*''ITV Play of the Week'' (1958-61) (TV series) - director
*''The Third Man (TV series), The Third Man'' (1959) (TV series) - director
*''Knight Errant Limited'' (1959) (TV series) - director
*''On Trial'' (1960) (TV series) - director
* ''Offbeat (film), Offbeat'' (1961) - director
*''On Trial: The Dilke Case'' (1961) - director
*''Drama 61-67'' (1962) (TV series) - producer, director
* ''A Prize of Arms'' (1962) - director
* ''
The Wrong Arm of the Law
''The Wrong Arm of the Law'' is a 1963 British comedy film directed by Cliff Owen and starring Peter Sellers, Bernard Cribbins, Lionel Jeffries, John Le Mesurier and Bill Kerr. It was partly written by Ray Galton and Alan Simpson and made by Ro ...
'' (1963) - director
*''The Victorians'' (1963) (TV series) - director
*''A Little Big Business'' (1964) (TV series) - director
*''The Sullavan Brothers'' (1964) (TV series) - director
*''Melina Mercouri's Greece'' (1965) (documentary) - director
* ''That Riviera Touch'' (1966) - director
* ''A Man Could Get Killed, Welcome, Mr. Beddoes'' aka ''A Man Could Get Killed'' (1966) - co-director
* ''The Magnificent Two'' (1967) - director
*''The Vengeance of She'' (1968) - director
*''The Avengers (TV series), The Avengers'' (1968) (TV series) - director
*''Rogues' Gallery (TV series), Rogues' Gallery '' (1968-69) (TV series) - director
*''ITV Playhouse'' (1969) (TV series) - director
*''Confession'' (1970) (TV series) - director
*''The Adventures of Don Quick'' (1970) (TV series) - director
* ''Steptoe and Son (film), Steptoe and Son'' (1972) - director
* ''Ooh... You Are Awful'' (1972) - director
* ''No Sex Please, We're British (film), No Sex Please, We're British'' (1973) - director
*''Closed Up-Tight'' (1975) - director
* ''The Bawdy Adventures of Tom Jones'' (1976) - director
[The Bawdy Adventures of Tom Jones Director: Cliff Owen. Stars: Nicky Henson, Geraldine McEwan, Georgia Brown, Arthur Lowe, Trevor Howard 'X' Empire The Sunshine Boys Director: Herbert Ross Stars: Walter Matthau, George Burns 'A' ABC, Shaftesbury Avenue (Book Review)
Robinson, Kenneth. The Spectator; London Vol. 236, Iss. 7700, (Jan 24, 1976): 27. ]
References
External links
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Cliff Owenat BFI
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1919 births
1993 deaths
British film directors