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          McCowen published his first volume of autobiography, Young Gemini in , followed a year later by Double Bill (Elm Tree Books)....

          Alec McCowen

          English actor (1925–2017)

          Alexander Duncan McCowen, CBE (26 May 1925[1] – 6 February 2017) was an English actor.

          He was known for his work in numerous film and stage productions.

          Early life

          McCowen was born in Tunbridge Wells, Kent, the son of Mary (née Walkden), a dancer, and Duncan McCowen, a shopkeeper.[2] He attended The Skinners' School in Tunbridge Wells - he was known as 'Squeaker' McCowan by his friends - and the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art.

          Career

          Early theatre work

          McCowen first appeared on stage at the Macclesfieldrepertory theatre in August 1942 as Micky in Paddy the Next Best Thing.

          He began a daily routine of memorizing the Gospel's verses, a few every day, for nearly a year and a half, and gave his first public performance.

        1. He began a daily routine of memorizing the Gospel's verses, a few every day, for nearly a year and a half, and gave his first public performance.
        2. Alec McCowen, who has died aged 91, was rarely out of work in more than half a century as an actor.
        3. McCowen published his first volume of autobiography, Young Gemini in , followed a year later by Double Bill (Elm Tree Books).
        4. "Already I was having to brown-in a bald spot and shade away a sagging chin," he recounted in "Double Bill," a book of theatrical memoirs.
        5. Alec McCowen went to New York after the War. He was a young man interested in Theatre, so he went to see a play that had recently opened.

          6. He appeared in repertory in York and Birmingham 1943–45, and toured India and Burma in a production of Kenneth Horne's West End comedy Love in a Mist during 1945 with the Entertainments National Service Association (ENSA).

          He continued in repertory 1946–49, during which time he played a season at St John's, Newfoundland, Canada.

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