Trevor Bowen

For rugby union and rugby league footballer who played in the 1930s and 1940s, see Trevor Bowen (rugby).

Trevor Bowen (sometimes T. R. Bowen, born 1941) is a British actor and screenwriter who has appeared frequently in British television dramas since the mid-1960s.

Trevor Bowen
Born	1941 (age 82–83) Rangoon, Burma
Nationality	British
Occupation(s)	Actor, screenwriter
Years active	1965–present

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 .

Career

Acting

Bowen's 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), The Man Who Made Husbands Jealous (1997), 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.

Writing

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), the BBC series Agatha Christie's Miss Marple (1984–1992) (including 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

• Punctuations, London 1971
• The Emperor's Falcon, London 1980 (ISBN 0-41688330-3)
• The Death of Amy Parris, London 1998 (ISBN 0-14027130-9)
• The Black Camel, London 2002 (ISBN 0-14028512-1)

Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1965	Darling	Tony Bridges
1990	I Hired a Contract Killer	Department Head
1995	The Gambling Man	Mr Arden
2000	Greenfingers	Royal Horticultural Society President
2007	Run Fatboy Run	Doctor	(final film role)

External links

• T.R.Bowen at IMDb