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William John Owen Rowbotham (14 March 1914 – 12 July 1999) was an English actor and songwriter. 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. He died on 12 July 1999, his last appearance on-screen being shown in April 2000.
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 ...
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.
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: ...
The late Rep. Bill Pascrell Jr.’s family has announced funeral arrangements for the late congressman from Paterson, who died Wednesday after battling fever symptoms for more than three weeks ...
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 ...
His right-wing political views contrasted to Compo's left wing views. (In real life Bill Owen's and Michael Bates's political views were similar to their onscreen characters and, in turn, both conflicted.) Despite this, Compo and Cyril were still close and Compo was very miserable about his departure.
Thomas William Stevenson Rowbotham (8 April 1949 – 7 November 2022), [1] known professionally as Tom Owen, was a British actor best known for playing Tom Simmonite in the BBC sitcom Last of the Summer Wine. He was the son of Bill Owen, who played William "Compo" Simmonite (the father of Tom Simmonite) in the show.