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Bill Owen. Actor: Last of the Summer Wine. This English actor was born of humble, working class beginnings and became well-known for playing the same kind of blokes on both film and TV. Born William Rowbotham, he was the son of a tram driver and laundress.
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William John Owen Rowbotham, MBE (14 March 1914 – 12 July 1999) was an English actor and songwriter. He was the father of actor Tom Owen. He is best known for portraying Compo Simmonite in the Yorkshire-based BBC comedy series Last of the Summer Wine for over a quarter of a century.
Bill Owen. Actor: Last of the Summer Wine. This English actor was born of humble, working class beginnings and became well-known for playing the same kind of blokes on both film and TV. Born William Rowbotham, he was the son of a tram driver and laundress.
- March 14, 1914
- July 12, 1999
12 lug 1999 · British born actor known for playing working class characters on film and TV. Born William Rowbotham, the son of a tram driver and laundress, he started playing drums in London nightclubs and toured music halls with his own cabaret act to pay for acting classes.
Owen was a prolific performer on the West End stage in the 1940s and 1950s, before finding his greatest theatrical satisfaction at the Royal Court, in David Storey's plays In Celebration and The...
12 lug 2015 · Remembering Summer Wine's Bill Owen. On the 16th anniversary of the death of actor Bill Owen, some previously unseen footage of Bill with fellow cast members from Last of the Summer Wine at a...
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2 gen 2018 · Bill Owen (left) and Peter Sallis. Rex. Bill, who played Compo, died in 1999 at the age of 85, and it was always his wish to be buried in St John’s Church graveyard in the Yorkshire Dales...
