Occupation Actor, Screenwriter Parents Major General W.O.Bowen Role Actor | Name Trevor Bowen Years active 1965- Shows The Gambling Man | |
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Books Black Camel, Countryhouse Gothic Nominations Edgar Awards for Best Television Feature/Mini-Series Teleplay Movies I Hired a Contract Killer, Run Fatboy Run, I Was Happy Here, The Cater Street Hangman, Trial by Fire Similar People Keith Drinkel, Coral Atkins, Colin Campbell, Timo Salminen, Simon Chandler | ||
Trevor Bowen (sometimes T. R. Bowen, born 1941 in Rangoon, Burma), is an English actor and screenwriter who has appeared frequently in British television dramas since the mid-1960s.
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Early life
He is the son of Major General W. O. Bowen and was educated at Dulwich College, Winchester Art School and Queens College, Cambridge where he was president of the Marlowe Society and appeared in student productions. He then toured with the Royal Shakespeare Company and appeared in repertory theatres .
Actor
His notable television appearances include; A Family at War (1970–1972), Dickens of London (1976), Edward & Mrs. Simpson (1978) as Duff Cooper, First Among Equals (1986) Judge John Deed (2001–2007) and Thatcher: The Final Days (1991) as Kenneth Baker. He also appeared in the film Darling (1965) as Julie Christie's first husband.
Writer
Bowen has been active as a television screenwriter since the 1970s, writing many episodes for television films and series, most notably Sherlock Holmes (1984) and The Inspector Alleyn Mysteries, but also including contributions to Bognor (1981–1982), Nanny (1983), Miss Marple (1984–1992), the television movie version of The Body in the Library (1984), Lovejoy (1991–1993), Hornblower Mutiny (2001) and Helen West (2002). He has also written several novels.
Publications
Filmography
Actor
2007
Run Fatboy Run as
Doctor (as Trevor Bowen)
2007
Party Animals (TV Series) as
Lord Blakely
- Episode #1.5 (2007) - Lord Blakely (as Trevor Bowen)
2001
Judge John Deed (TV Series) as
Sir Michael Nivan / Mr. Justice Niven / Sir Michael Niven / ...
- Evidence of Harm: Part 2 (2007) - Mr. Justice Niven (as Trevor Bowen)
- Evidence of Harm: Part 1 (2007) - Mr. Justice Niven (as Trevor Bowen)
- My Daughter, Right or Wrong (2006) - Sir Michael Nivan (as Trevor Bowen)
- Separation of Powers (2005) - Sir Michael Niven (as Trevor Bowen)
- Defence of the Realm (2005) - Sir Michael Nivan (as Trevor Bowen)
- Lost and Found (2005) - Sir Michael Nivan (as Trevor Bowen)
- Judicial Review (2003) - Sir Michael Nivan (as Trevor Bowen)
- Nobody's Fool (2002) - Sir Micheal Nivan
- Abuse of Power (2002) - Sir Michael Nivan (as Trevor Bowen)
- Political Expediency (2002) - Sir Michael Nivan (as Trevor Bowen)
- Hidden Agenda (2001) - Sir Michael Nivan (as Trevor Bowen)
- Appropriate Response (2001) - Sir Michael Nivan (as Trevor Bowen)
- Duty of Care (2001) - Sir Michael Nivan (as Trevor Bowen)
- Rough Justice (2001) - Sir Michael Nivan (as Trevor Bowen)
- Exacting Justice (2001) - Mr. Justice Michael Nivan (as Trevor Bowen)
2002
Life for Daniel (TV Movie) as
Charles (as Trevor Bowen)
2000
Greenfingers as
Royal Horticultural Society President (as Trevor Bowen)
1998
Ruth Rendell Mysteries (TV Series) as
Jefrey Godwin
- Road Rage: Part Two (1998) - Jefrey Godwin (as Trevor Bowen)
1998
Ultraviolet (TV Mini Series) as
Gideon
- In Nomine Patris (1998) - Gideon (as Trevor Bowen)
1997
The Beggar Bride (TV Mini Series) as
Jerry
- Episode #1.2 (1997) - Jerry (as Trevor Bowen)
- Episode #1.1 (1997) - Jerry (as Trevor Bowen)
1997
Pie in the Sky (TV Series) as
Marcus Benson
- Ugly Customers (1997) - Marcus Benson (as Trevor Bowen)
1997
The Man Who Made Husbands Jealous (TV Mini Series) as
David Hawkley
- Episode #1.3 (1997) - David Hawkley (as Trevor Bowen)
- Episode #1.2 (1997) - David Hawkley (as Trevor Bowen)
- Episode #1.1 (1997) - David Hawkley (as Trevor Bowen)
1996
Frontiers (TV Series)
- Overseas Politicians (1996) - (as Trevor Bowen)
1996
Doctor Finlay (TV Series) as
James Erskine
- A Simple Operation (1996) - James Erskine (as Trevor Bowen)
1995
The Gambling Man (TV Mini Series) as
Mr. Arden
- Episode #1.3 (1995) - Mr. Arden (as Trevor Bowen)
1994
Alleyn Mysteries (TV Series) as
Brigadier
- Dead Water (1994) - Brigadier (as Trevor Bowen)
1994
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes (TV Mini Series) as
Charles Damant
- The Dying Detective (1994) - Charles Damant (as Trevor Bowen)
1993
Screenplay (TV Series) as
Magistrate
- Not Even God Is Wise Enough (1993) - Magistrate (as Trevor Bowen)
1992
Miss Marple: The Mirror Crack'd from Side to Side (TV Movie) as
Raymond West (as Trevor Bowen)
1991
Thatcher: The Final Days (TV Movie) as
Kenneth Baker
1991
Shrinks (TV Series) as
Simon Attwell
- Episode #1.3 (1991) - Simon Attwell (as Trevor Bowen)
1990
I Hired a Contract Killer as
Department Head (as Trevor Bowen)
1989
Miss Marple: A Caribbean Mystery (TV Movie) as
Raymond West (as Trevor Bowen)
1989
The Bill (TV Series) as
Mr. Stern
- Silver Lining (1989) - Mr. Stern (as Trevor Bowen)
1988
Hannay (TV Series) as
Foreign Secretary
- The Hazard of the Die (1988) - Foreign Secretary (as Trevor Bowen)
- Voyage into Fear (1988) - Foreign Secretary (as Trevor Bowen)
1987
The Bretts (TV Series) as
Bowman
- The Actress and the Bishop (1987) - Bowman (as Trevor Bowen)
1987
Bulman (TV Series) as
Bernard Harman
- W.C. Fields Was Right (1987) - Bernard Harman (as Trevor Bowen)
1986
First Among Equals (TV Mini Series) as
Henry Lindsay
- Episode #1.6 (1986) - Henry Lindsay (as Trevor Bowen)
- Episode #1.5 (1986) - Henry Lindsay (as Trevor Bowen)
- Episode #1.4 (1986) - Henry Lindsay (as Trevor Bowen)
- Episode #1.3 (1986) - Henry Lindsay (as Trevor Bowen)
- Episode #1.2 (1986) - Henry Lindsay (as Trevor Bowen)
- Episode #1.1 (1986) - Henry Lindsay (as Trevor Bowen)
1985
Screen Two (TV Series) as
Richard Jayston, M.P. / Sylvia's lover
- Frankie and Johnnie (1986) - Richard Jayston, M.P. (as Trevor Bowen)
- Knockback: Part 1 (1985) - Sylvia's lover (as Trevor Bowen)
1985
Edge of Darkness (TV Mini Series) as
Childs
- Northmoor (1985) - Childs (as Trevor Bowen)
- Breakthrough (1985) - Childs (as Trevor Bowen)
- Burden of Proof (1985) - Childs (as Trevor Bowen)
1984
Big Deal (TV Series) as
Forsyth
- Fighting Chance (1984) - Forsyth (as Trevor Bowen)
1984
Play for Today (TV Series) as
Mr. Fawkes
- Young Shoulders (1984) - Mr. Fawkes (as Trevor Bowen)
1983
The Nation's Health (TV Series) as
Doctor Thompson
- Chronic (1983) - Doctor Thompson (as Trevor Bowen)
- Acute (1983) - Doctor Thompson (as Trevor Bowen)
1983
Jemima Shore Investigates (TV Series) as
Tom Amyas M.P.
- A Model Murder (1983) - Tom Amyas M.P. (as Trevor Bowen)
- Dr. Ziegler's Casebook (1983) - Tom Amyas M.P. (as Trevor Bowen)
1983
The Cleopatras (TV Mini Series) as
Rufinius
- 46 BC (1983) - Rufinius (as Trevor Bowen)
1980
Rumpole of the Bailey (TV Series) as
Lord Freith
- Rumpole's Return (1980) - Lord Freith (as Trevor Bowen)
1980
A Question of Guilt (TV Series) as
George Matthews
- Adelaide Bartlett: Part 8 (1980) - George Matthews
- Adelaide Bartlett: Part 7 (1980) - George Matthews (as Trevor Bowen)
- Adelaide Bartlett: Part 6 (1980) - George Matthews
- Adelaide Bartlett: Part 1 (1980) - George Matthews (as Trevor Bowen)
1980
Murphy's Stroke (TV Movie) as
Collins (as Trevor Bowen)
1979
Kids (TV Series) as
Ronnie Rowlands
- Harry (1979) - Ronnie Rowlands (as Trevor Bowen)
- Diana (1979) - Ronnie Rowlands (as Trevor Bowen)
- Melanie (1979) - Ronnie Rowlands (as Trevor Bowen)
1979
After Julius (TV Series) as
Dick Hammond
- Saturday (1979) - Dick Hammond (as Trevor Bowen)
- Friday (1979) - Dick Hammond (as Trevor Bowen)
1975
Crown Court (TV Series) as
Jack Lowery / Miles Candler
- Beyond the Limits: Part 1 (1979) - Jack Lowery (as Trevor Bowen)
- The Extremist: Part 3 (1975) - Jack Lowery (as Trevor Bowen)
- The Extremist: Part 2 (1975) - Jack Lowery (as Trevor Bowen)
- The Extremist: Part 1 (1975) - Jack Lowery (as Trevor Bowen)
- Will the Real Robert Randell Please Stand Up: Part 3 (1975) - Jack Lowery (as Trevor Bowen)
- Will the Real Robert Randell Please Stand Up: Part 2 (1975) - Jack Lowery (as Trevor Bowen)
- Will the Real Robert Randell Please Stand Up: Part 1 (1975) - Jack Lowery (as Trevor Bowen)
- Never on Saturdays, Never on Sundays: Part 3 (1975) - Jack Lowery (as Trevor Bowen)
- Never on Saturdays, Never on Sundays: Part 2 (1975) - Jack Lowery (as Trevor Bowen)
- Never on Saturdays, Never on Sundays: Part 1 (1975) - Jack Lowery (as Trevor Bowen)
- Take Back Your Mink: Part 1 (1975) - Miles Candler (as Trevor Bowen)
1978
Edward & Mrs. Simpson (TV Mini Series) as
Duff Cooper
- The Decision (1978) - Duff Cooper (as Trevor Bowen)
- The New King (1978) - Duff Cooper (as Trevor Bowen)
- Venus at the Prow (1978) - Duff Cooper (as Trevor Bowen)
1974
Whodunnit? (TV Series) as
Colonel Nickerson / Captain Blake
- The Rajah's Ruby (1977) - Colonel Nickerson (as Trevor Bowen)
- Goodbye Sarge (1974) - Captain Blake (as Trevor Bowen)
1976
Dickens of London (TV Mini Series) as
John Forster
- Angel (1976) - John Forster (as Trevor Bowen)
- Magic (1976) - John Forster (as Trevor Bowen)
- Dreams (1976) - John Forster (as Trevor Bowen)
- Money (1976) - John Forster (as Trevor Bowen)
1975
The Hanged Man (TV Mini Series) as
Michael Preston
- Laws of Fortune (1975) - Michael Preston (as Trevor Bowen)
1970
A Family at War (TV Series) as
Tony Briggs
- -Yielding Place to New (1972) - Tony Briggs (as Trevor Bowen)
- The Old Order Changeth- (1972) - Tony Briggs (as Trevor Bowen)
- Coming Home (1972) - Tony Briggs (as Trevor Bowen)
- The Sensible Thing (1972) - Tony Briggs (as Trevor Bowen)
- Thicker Than Water (1971) - Tony Briggs (as Trevor Bowen)
- The Fundamental Things Apply (1971) - Tony Briggs (as Trevor Bowen)
- Spread a Little Happiness (1971) - Tony Briggs (as Trevor Bowen)
- Flesh and Blood (1971) - Tony Briggs (as Trevor Bowen)
- The Lucky Ones (1971) - Tony Briggs (as Trevor Bowen)
- A Separate Peace (1971) - Tony Briggs (as Trevor Bowen)
- Clash by Night (1971) - Tony Briggs (as Trevor Bowen)
- Giving and Taking (1971) - Tony Briggs (as Trevor Bowen)
- A Hero's Welcome (1970) - Tony Briggs (as Trevor Bowen)
- A Time to Be Born (1970) - Tony Briggs (as Trevor Bowen)
- Hope Against Hope (1970) - Tony Briggs (as Trevor Bowen)
- Is Your Journey Really Necessary? (1970) - Tony Briggs (as Trevor Bowen)
- I Can Be Happy, Can't I ? (1970) - Tony Briggs (as Trevor Bowen)
- The Other Side of the Hill (1970) - Tony Briggs (as Trevor Bowen)
- The End of the Beginning (1970) - Tony Briggs (as Trevor Bowen)
- Brothers in War (1970) - Tony Briggs (as Trevor Bowen)
- The Breach in the Dyke (1970) - Tony Briggs (as Trevor Bowen)
- The Gate of the Year (1970) - Tony Briggs (as Trevor Bowen)
- The Summer Before the War (1970) - Tony Briggs (as Trevor Bowen)
- Lines of Battle (1970) - Tony Briggs (as Trevor Bowen)
- The Facts of Life (1970) - Tony Briggs (as Trevor Bowen)
1966
Double Image (TV Mini Series documentary) as
John
- Impossible Odds (1966) - John (as Trevor Bowen)
1966
Time Lost and Time Remembered (as Trevor Bowen)
1966
The Wednesday Play (TV Series) as
Piers
- Way Off Beat (1966) - Piers (as Trevor Bowen)
1966
Redcap (TV Series) as
Lt David
- Rough Justice (1966) - Lt David (as Trevor Bowen)
1965
Darling as
Tony Bridges (as Trevor Bowen)
Writer
2008
Four Seasons (TV Mini Series) (screenplay - 2 episodes)
- Summer (2008) - (screenplay)
- Autumn (2008) - (screenplay)
2002
Helen West (TV Series) (adapted for television by - 1 episode)
- A Clear Conscience (2002) - (adapted for television by)
2001
Hornblower: Mutiny (TV Movie) (screenplay)
2000
The Secret (TV Mini Series) (2 episodes)
- Episode #1.2 (2000)
- Episode #1.1 (2000)
1999
Trial by Fire (TV Movie) (adapted by - as Trevor Bowen)
1998
The Cater Street Hangman (TV Movie)
1998
The Round Tower (TV Mini Series)
1997
Rag Nymph (TV Mini Series) (screenplay - 2 episodes)
- Episode #1.3 (1997) - (screenplay)
- Episode #1.1 (1997) - (screenplay)
1996
Doctor Finlay (TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- A Simple Operation (1996) - (writer)
1995
The Gambling Man (TV Mini Series) (adaptation - 3 episodes)
- Episode #1.3 (1995) - (adaptation)
- Episode #1.2 (1995) - (adaptation)
- Episode #1.1 (1995) - (adaptation)
1994
Milner (TV Movie)
1994
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes (TV Mini Series) (screenplay - 2 episodes)
- The Cardboard Box (1994) - (screenplay)
- The Dying Detective (1994) - (screenplay - as T.R.Bowen)
1990
Alleyn Mysteries (TV Series) (screenplay - 2 episodes)
- Dead Water (1994) - (screenplay)
- Artists in Crime (1990) - (screenplay)
1991
Lovejoy (TV Series) (by - 4 episodes)
- Poetic Licence (1993) - (by)
- Irish Stew (1993) - (by)
- Scotch on the Rocks (1992) - (by - as Trevor Bowen)
- The Italian Venus (1991) - (by - as T. R. Bowen)
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The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes (TV Series) (screenplay - 1 episode, 1993) (dramatised by - 1 episode, 1991)
- The Eligible Bachelor (1993) - (screenplay)
- The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax (1991) - (dramatised by - as T. R. Bowen)
1992
Miss Marple: The Mirror Crack'd from Side to Side (TV Movie) (screenplay)
1991
Miss Marple: They Do It with Mirrors (TV Movie) (screenplay)
1991
Poirot (TV Series) (dramatized by - 1 episode)
- The Mystery of Hunter's Lodge (1991) - (dramatized by - as T R Bowen)
1989
Miss Marple: A Caribbean Mystery (TV Movie) (screenplay)
1988
The Most Dangerous Man in the World (TV Movie) (teleplay by)
1988
The Hound of the Baskervilles (TV Movie) (dramatised by - as Trevor Bowen)
1987
Agatha Christie's Miss Marple: 4:50 from Paddington (TV Movie) (screenplay)
-
London Embassy (TV Mini Series) (writer - 1 episode, 1987) (written by - 1 episode, 1987)
- The Winfield Wallpaper (1987) - (writer)
- The Man on the Clapham Omnibus (1987) - (written by)
1985
Drummonds (TV Series) (writer - 3 episodes)
- Men of Principle (1987) - (writer)
- Braindead and Tinman (1987) - (writer)
- Steiner (1985) - (writer)
1987
Miss Marple: Nemesis (TV Movie) (dramatisation)
1986
Miss Marple: The Murder at the Vicarage (TV Movie) (dramatised by)
1986
The Return of Sherlock Holmes (TV Series) (dramatised by - 2 episodes)
- The Abbey Grange (1986) - (dramatised by - as Trevor Bowen)
- The Priory School (1986) - (dramatised by)
1986
Love and Marriage (TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- Demons (1986) - (writer)
1986
Masterpiece Mystery (TV Series) (dramatisation - 1 episode)
- Agatha Christie's Miss Marple: The Body in the Library 1 (1986) - (dramatisation)
1985
Mr. and Mrs. Edgehill (TV Movie) (screenplay by)
1985
Miss Marple: A Pocketful of Rye (TV Mini Series) (screenplay - 2 episodes)
- Part Two (1985) - (screenplay)
- Part One (1985) - (screenplay)
1984
Miss Marple: The Body in the Library (TV Mini Series) (screenplay - 3 episodes)
- Part 3 (1984) - (screenplay)
- Part 2 (1984) - (screenplay)
- Part 1 (1984) - (screenplay)
1983
Nanny (TV Series) (writer - 4 episodes)
- Let Nothing You Dismay (1983) - (writer)
- Into the Blitz (1983) - (writer)
- The Sault (1983) - (writer)
- The Prodigy (1983) - (writer)
-
The Agatha Christie Hour (TV Mini Series) (adaptation - 1 episode, 1982) (dramatisation - 1 episode, 1982)
- The Mystery of the Blue Jar (1982) - (adaptation)
- The Case of the Discontented Soldier (1982) - (dramatisation)
1981
Bognor (TV Series) (writer - 15 episodes)
- Just Desserts: Part 3 - The Fastest Cork in the West (1982) - (writer)
- Just Desserts: Part 2 - A Health Warning (1982) - (writer)
- Just Desserts: Part 1 - Scoff Not (1982) - (writer)
- Deadline: Part 6 - Hard Cheese on Eric (1981) - (writer)
- Deadline: Part 5 - Good Luck Willy (1981) - (writer)
- Deadline: Part 4 - The Cricketer's Almanac (1981) - (writer)
- Deadline: Part 3 - There Comes No Answer (1981) - (writer)
- Deadline: Part 2 - Who Goes Home? (1981) - (writer)
- Deadline: Part 1 - They Don't Make Them Like That Any More (1981) - (writer)
- Unbecoming Habits: Part 6 - Making a Bog of It (1981) - (writer)
- Unbecoming Habits: Part 5 - Keeping Up with the Jones (1981) - (writer)
- Unbecoming Habits: Part 4 - Lord Dismiss Us (1981) - (writer)
- Unbecoming Habits: Part 3 - The Cross Country Monk (1981) - (writer)
- Unbecoming Habits: Part 2 - Batty Tom (1981) - (writer)
- Unbecoming Habits: Part 1 - Collingdale's Dead (1981) - (writer)
1979
Kids (TV Series) (writer - 2 episodes)
- David (1979) - (writer)
- Harry (1979) - (writer)
1977
The Sunday Drama (TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- The Man Who Liked Elephants (1977) - (writer)
References
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