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Owen Holder(1921-2016)

  • Writer
  • Actor
  • Script and Continuity Department
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Owen Holder was born on 18 March 1921 in Southgate, London, England, UK. He was a writer and actor, known for Lifeforce (1985), It Happened Like This (1962) and Mystery and Imagination (1966). He was married to Joan Gladys Olley and Joyce Cummings. He died on 26 June 2016 in Hereford, Herefordshire, England, UK.
BornMarch 18, 1921
DiedJune 26, 2016(95)
BornMarch 18, 1921
DiedJune 26, 2016(95)
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Known for

Lifeforce (1985)
Lifeforce
6.1
  • 1st Scientist
  • 1985
It Happened Like This
TV Series
  • Writer
Ian Holm, Denholm Elliott, Robert Eddison, Freddie Jones, and Patrick Mower in Mystery and Imagination (1966)
Mystery and Imagination
7.2
TV Series
  • Writer
BBC Sunday-Night Theatre (1950)
BBC Sunday-Night Theatre
7.2
TV Series
  • Count de Moret
  • Major Kent
  • Mr. Cherry
  • Palmer
  • Paris

Credits

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Writer

  • Gerald Harper in Hadleigh (1969)
    Hadleigh
    7.7
    TV Series
    • writer
    • 1976
  • Derek Jacobi, Ronald Fraser, Charles Gray, Bernard Hepton, John Thaw, and Douglas Wilmer in The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes (1971)
    The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes
    7.2
    TV Series
    • Writer
    • 1973
  • Linda Robson in Anoop and the Elephant (1972)
    Anoop and the Elephant
    5.6
    • script
    • 1972
  • The Doctors (1969)
    The Doctors
    6.8
    TV Series
    • writer
    • 1970–1971
  • Dr. Finlay's Casebook (1962)
    Dr. Finlay's Casebook
    7.6
    TV Series
    • writer
    • 1970
  • The Wednesday Play (1964)
    The Wednesday Play
    7.2
    TV Series
    • writer
    • 1969
  • Out of the Unknown (1965)
    Out of the Unknown
    7.5
    TV Series
    • adaptation
    • 1969
  • ITV Play of the Week (1955)
    ITV Play of the Week
    6.6
    TV Series
    • adaptation
    • adapted for television by
    • 1961–1966
  • Thirty-Minute Theatre (1965)
    Thirty-Minute Theatre
    7.2
    TV Series
    • dramatisation
    • 1966
  • Ian Holm, Denholm Elliott, Robert Eddison, Freddie Jones, and Patrick Mower in Mystery and Imagination (1966)
    Mystery and Imagination
    7.2
    TV Series
    • adaptation
    • 1966
  • Ways with Words
    TV Series
    • adaptation
    • 1965
  • No Hiding Place (1959)
    No Hiding Place
    7.4
    TV Series
    • writer
    • 1965
  • ITV Television Playhouse (1955)
    ITV Television Playhouse
    8.1
    TV Series
    • play
    • 1963
  • It Happened Like This
    TV Series
    • adaptation
    • 1963
  • John Laurie in Tales of Mystery (1961)
    Tales of Mystery
    8.3
    TV Series
    • adapted for television by
    • adaptation for television
    • 1961–1963

Actor

  • Nicol Williamson in Masterpiece Theatre: Lord Mountbatten - The Last Viceroy (1986)
    Masterpiece Theatre: Lord Mountbatten - The Last Viceroy
    7.4
    TV Mini Series
    • King George VI
    • 1986
  • Lifeforce (1985)
    Lifeforce
    6.1
    • 1st Scientist
    • 1985
  • Ian Richardson in Number 10 (1983)
    Number 10
    8.5
    TV Mini Series
    • Dr. Kidd
    • 1983
  • The Cleopatras (1983)
    The Cleopatras
    7.1
    TV Mini Series
    • Counsellor
    • 1983
  • Lewis Collins, Gordon Jackson, and Martin Shaw in The Professionals (1977)
    The Professionals
    8.0
    TV Series
    • Coroner
    • 1982
  • Play for Today (1970)
    Play for Today
    7.8
    TV Series
    • Church of England Priest
    • 1982
  • Codename Icarus (1981)
    Codename Icarus
    6.8
    TV Series
    • Admiral
    • 1981
  • The Greater Good
    TV Special
    • Philip Greene
    • 1970
  • 24-Hour Call
    TV Series
    • Andrew Stockwell
    • 1963
  • John Laurie in Tales of Mystery (1961)
    Tales of Mystery
    8.3
    TV Series
    • Tom Laidlaw
    • 1962
  • Looking About
    TV Series
    • Lord Nelson
    • 1961
  • Michael Denison in Boyd Q.C. (1956)
    Boyd Q.C.
    7.7
    TV Series
    • Mr. Hakin
    • 1961
  • Saturday Playhouse (1958)
    Saturday Playhouse
    TV Series
    • Hudson
    • The Rev. Arthur Platt
    • 1958–1961
  • Kay Callard and John Turner in Knight Errant Limited (1959)
    Knight Errant Limited
    5.8
    TV Series
    • Oliver Gourley
    • 1961
  • Eugene O'Neill: Three Plays of the Sea
    TV Movie
    • Smitty
    • 1960

Script and Continuity Department

  • It Happened Like This
    TV Series
    • script editor
    • 1962–1963

Personal details

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  • Born
    • March 18, 1921
    • Southgate, London, England, UK
  • Died
    • June 26, 2016
    • Hereford, Herefordshire, England, UK(undisclosed)
  • Spouses
      Joan Gladys Olley2004 - 2011 (her death)
  • Other works
    His play, "A Kind of Folly", was performed at the Duchess Theatre in London, England with Flora Robson, Wilfrid Hyde-White, Jean Kent and Sylvia Sims-Linkish in the cast.

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  • Trivia
    On the shortlist for Chester (Harry Lockhart) in Once More With Feeling

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