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Born at Acton Green, London to a working-class family (his father a staunchly left-wing tram driver), [1] [2] Owen made his first film appearance in 1945, but did not achieve lasting fame until 1973, when he took the co-starring role of William "Compo" Simmonite in the long-running British sitcom Last of the Summer Wine.
This was Bill Owen's last episode as Compo (Owen died around 9 months before this episode was aired). Audience of 7.96m - 32nd most watched programme of the week. Elegy for Fallen Wellies 23 April Nora, in "sexy" costume for a church pageant, takes a dare from Ivy to call Compo's bluff and present herself on his doorstep.
Bill Owen: Compo Simmonite: Last of the Summer Wine: 186 1999-07-12 Pancreatic cancer: 21 Character killed off with a heart attack and addressed in a season 22 episode. Bill Owen's son Tom Owen plays character's on screen son Tom Simmonite in following episodes. Mary Kay Bergman: Liane Cartman, Sheila Broflovski, et al. South Park: 44 1999-11 ...
He continued a family tradition by playing the on-screen son of his father, fellow actor Bill Owen. Skip to main content. Sign in. Mail. 24/7 Help. For premium support please call: ...
Bill Owen may refer to: Bill Owen (actor) (1914–1999), English actor and songwriter; Bill Owen (American football) (1903–1975), American football player; Bill Owen (writer and announcer) (born 1931), hosted the ABC television documentary series, Discovery, 1966–1971; Bill Owen, a fictional character in The Old Man in the Corner stories by ...
The program was hosted by actor/announcer Frank Buxton and actress/vocalist Virginia Gibson. The show's original studio announcer was ABC staff announcer Bill Owen, who replaced Buxton as host in 1966, continuing through 1971. The episodes hosted by Buxton were mostly studio productions, video taped in black-and-white with occasional out of ...
Bill Cobbs -- a veteran actor best known for his roles in The Bodyguard, Air Bud and Night at the Museum -- has died. He was 90."We are saddened to share the passing of Bill Cobbs. On Tuesday ...
Gilbert had seen film actor Bill Owen playing northern characters in the Royal Court Theatre and proposed to cast him as Compo. Clarke, who initially saw Owen as an archetypal cockney who could not play as solid a northern character as Compo was meant to be, recognised Owen's potential only after going to London for a read-through with him. [16 ...