Norman MacOwan
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 | Acting |
|---|---|
| Most Rating | 0.1042 |
| Birthday | 1877-01-02 |
| Place of Birth | St. Andrews, Scotland, UK |
| Also Known As | Norman Macowan, |
1958
Tread Softly Stranger
7.4/15
Unable to pay his bookie, a man returns to his hometown where his embezzler brother and girlfriend plot a robbery that ends in tragedy.
Watch Now
Tread Softly Stranger
1960
Kidnapped
6.603/29
Kidnapped and cheated out of his inheritance, young David Balfour falls in with a Jacobite adventurer, Alan Breck Stewart. Falsely accused of murder,...
Watch Now
Kidnapped
1951
Valley of the Eagles
6.167/6
A Norwegian scientist builds a device that can convert sound waves into electrical energy. However, the machine is stolen by the scientist's wife and...
Watch Now
Valley of the Eagles
1951
The Dark Light
5.5/3
The crew of a lighthouse rescues people they believe to be survivors of a shipwreck, only to find out that they are a gang of bank robbers on the run...
Watch Now
The Dark Light
1957
Action of the Tiger
4.786/14
A woman hires soldier-of-fortune Carson to smuggle her into Albania by way of Greece. Their trouble is just beginning when they get there.
Watch Now
Action of the Tiger
1950
Help Yourself
0/1
Joe the Burglar explains how he goes about his job for the benefit of the audience, providing a lesson in how to avoid being broken into.
Watch Now
Help Yourself
1952
Castle in the Air
7/5
The owner of a Scottish castle discovers that it is haunted by the spirit of a beautiful woman. He decides to use the ghost as a tourist attraction fo...
Watch Now
Castle in the Air
1956
Around the World in 80 Days
6.656/572
Based on the famous book by Jules Verne the movie follows Phileas Fogg on his journey around the world. Which has to be completed within 80 days, a ve...
Watch Now
Around the World in 80 Days
1956
X: The Unknown
6.108/74
Army radiation experiments awaken a subterranean monster from a fissure that feeds on energy and proceeds to terrorise a remote Scottish village. An A...
Watch Now
X: The Unknown
1949
Whisky Galore!
6.813/150
Based on a true story. The name of the real ship, that sunk Feb 5 1941 - during WWII - was S/S Politician. Having left Liverpool two days earlier, hea...
Watch Now
Whisky Galore!
1955
Where There's a Will
6.929/7
A Cockney family inherit a ramshackle Devon farm. The rest of the family don't want to leave London but the father insists and off they go, to face th...
Watch Now
Where There's a Will
1955
Footsteps in the Fog
7/47
A Victorian-era murder mystery about a parlour maid who discovers that her employer may have killed his first wife.
Watch Now
Footsteps in the Fog
1958
Heart of a Child
6.667/3
A young boy goes to desperate lengths to save the family dog when his father agrees sell it to the local butcher.
Watch Now
Heart of a Child
1960
The City of the Dead
6.464/173
In Whitewood, Massachusetts, a presumed witch places a curse on the town before she is burned at the stake. 300 years later, a college student arrives...
Watch Now
The City of the Dead
1953
Laxdale Hall
7/3
A starchy parliamentary delegation is sent to a remote Scottish Highlands community, where the residents are protesting the poor condition of their ro...
Watch Now
Laxdale Hall
1960
The Battle of the Sexes
6.516/31
Angela Barrows is a man-eating business woman sent by her American employer to investigate their export opportunities in Edinburgh. En route she meets...
Watch Now
The Battle of the Sexes
1959
The Boy and the Bridge
6/2
A very slight tale based on an original American story by Leon Ware centered on the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco. This adaptation is set on the...
Watch Now