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Alec McCowen

AKA Alexander Duncan McCowen

Born: 26-May-1925
Birthplace: Tunbridge Wells, Kent, England

Gender: Male
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Gay [1]
Occupation: Actor

Nationality: England
Executive summary: English Shakespearean actor


[1] John M. Clum, Still Acting Gay: Male Homosexuality in Modern Drama (2000), "Alex McCowen announced that his appearance in a dramatization of Christopher Isherwood's A Single Man was his coming out, since the play, about a middle aged gay man's dealing with the loss of his lover, mirrored McCowen's own loss of a lover to AIDS."

Father: Duncan McCowen
Mother: Mary
Boyfriend: Geoffrey Burridge (actor, d. 1987)

    High School: Skinners' School, Tunbridge Wells, Kent
    University:
Royal Academy of Dramatic Art

    FILMOGRAPHY AS ACTOR
    Gangs of New York (9-Dec-2002)
    Victoria & Albert (26-Aug-2001)
    David Copperfield (10-Dec-2000)
    Longitude (2-Jan-2000)
    The Age of Innocence (17-Sep-1993)
    Henry V (8-Nov-1989)
    Cry Freedom (5-Nov-1987)
    Personal Services (12-Feb-1987)
    Never Say Never Again (7-Oct-1983)
    Hanover Street (18-May-1979)
    Travels with My Aunt (17-Dec-1972)
    Frenzy (21-Jun-1972)
    The Hawaiians (17-Jun-1970)
    The Witches (9-Dec-1966)
    The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner (8-Oct-1962)
    A Night to Remember (03-Jul-1958)
    The One That Got Away (2-Dec-1957)
    The Deep Blue Sea (13-Oct-1955)
    The Cruel Sea (Mar-1953)



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