Acting
Alec McCowen
- Titles
- 47movies19TV shows
- Career
Active from 1954 to 1995, with up to 3 main titles a year.
- Leading roles
- 18top three billing
- Average score
65/100
- Highest rated
The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner73/100
What stands out
Compared with the average well-known movie, over 26 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.
- Historical6.8average 2.6
- Crime5.6average 3.7
- Politics4.3average 2.6
- Mystery5.4average 4.1
- Nostalgia4.9average 3.6
- Class & Capitalism4.3average 3.3
- Wit & Wordplay4.4average 3.7
- Social Commentary5.5average 4.9
Rarely in their work
- Contemporary Realism2.7, average 5.2
- Absurdist Humor1.2, average 2.0
- Situational Comedy1.8, average 2.7
- Pop Culture1.4, average 2.2
Main genres
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Recurring tags
- Suspenseful 4
- Intrigue 4
- Historical Drama 4
- Social Commentary 3
- Murder Mystery 2
- Melancholy 2
- British Cinema 2
- Slow Burn 2
Works often with
People in at least two of their main titles.
Duncan LamontActorThe Witches, When the Actors Come
Brian CoxActorMacbeth, Macbeth- VVal LorraineActorMacbeth, Macbeth
Patrick BrennanActorMacbeth, Macbeth- MMary WimbushActorMacbeth, Macbeth
Clive MerrisonActorMacbeth, Macbeth
Emma GregoryActorMacbeth, Macbeth
Laurence PayneActorMacbeth, Macbeth
Michael RedgraveActorThe Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner, Time Without Pity
Zoë WanamakerActorMacbeth, Macbeth- HHugh WhitemoreWriterA Dedicated Man, Stevie
Nikolay SerebryakovDirectorMacbeth, Macbeth
Movies and TV shows
65Upcoming
1 title
as Narrator
2000s
3 titles · average score 74
74
as Reverend Raleigh
74
TV show · as Sir Frank Dyson
TV show · as Jorkins
1990s
7 titles · average score 73
77
TV show · as Sir Christian Aubrey
as Supt. Fish
70
as Sillerton Jackson
as Father Eugene McCarthy
as Narrator (voice)
71
TV show · as Narrator (voice)
as Thucydides
1980s
18 titles · average score 68
73
as Bishop of Ely
62
as Wing Commander Morten
72
as Acting High Comissioner
65
as Mr. Philpott
as Rakowski
69
as Q 'Algy' Algernon
69
as Sir James Peel Edgerton
as Father Vincent
TV show · as Trenchard
as Malvolio
1970s
15 titles · average score 65
58
as Maj. Trumbo
as Chorus
68
as Freddy
TV show · as Malvolio / Chorus
TV show · as The Count
TV show · as Lampard
as Elyot Chase
72
TV show · as James Addishaw
61
as Henry Pulling
72
as DCI Tim Oxford
58
as Micah Hale
70
TV show · as Percy
1960s
7 titles · average score 64
72
TV show · as Narrator (voice)
59
as Alan Bax
60
TV show · as Philip / Martin Luther
71
as Cardinal
TV show · as Private Secretary
52
as Dickie Bayliss
73
as Brown, House Master
1950s
14 titles · average score 66
as Redpenny
61
as Able Seaman Morgan
77
as Wireless Operator Harold Thomas Cottam
66
as Alec Graham
65
as Peter Crowley (as Alec Mc Cowen)
69
as Duty Officer, Hucknall
as Albert Oakroyd
69
as House Surgeon
as Ken Thompson
68
as Reporter
71
as Tonbridge
53
TV show · as Quillary