Alun Davies Owen (24 November 1925 – 6 December 1994) was a Welsh playwright, screenwriter and actor, predominantly in television. However, he is best remembered by a wider audience for writing the screenplay of The Beatles' debut feature film A Hard Day's Night (1964), which earned him a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay.
2025The BeatlesMovieas Self (archive footage)
2002Things They Said TodayMovieas Self (archive footage)1989Unexplained LaughterMovieWriter1988The Play on OneTV showWriter · 1 episodes
1974LuckyMovieWriter
1971PalMovieWriter1970Play for TodayTV showWriter · 1 episodes
1970No Trams to Lime StreetMovieWriter1969Hark at BarkerTV showCreator1969Male of the SpeciesTV showWriter · 3 episodes1969ITV Saturday Night TheatreTV showScreenplay · Writer · 5 episodes1969Male of the SpeciesMovieWriter1968The Company of FiveTV showWriter · 1 episodes
1968CharlieMovieWriter1967George's RoomMovieWriter1967ITV PlayhouseTV showWriter · 3 episodes1967Half Hour StoryTV showWriter · 4 episodes1965BBC Play of the MonthTV showWriter · 1 episodes1965Thirty-Minute TheatreTV showWriter · 2 episodes1964The Wednesday PlayTV showWriter · 2 episodes1964A Hard Day's NightMovieScreenplay1964Theatre 625TV showWriter · 6 episodes
1963The ServantMovieas People in Restaurant: Curate
1960Lena, O My LenaMovieWriter1960The CriminalMovieScreenplay
1959I'm All Right JackMovieas TV Producer
1959In the Wake of a StrangerMovieas Ferris
1957Every Day Except ChristmasMovieas Narrator (voice)1956Armchair TheatreTV showWriter · 4 episodes
1955The Adventures of the Scarlet PimpernelTV showas First Guard (uncredited) · 1 episodes
1953Valley of SongMovieas Pritchard