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Ivan Owen

  • Name: Ivan Owen
  • Birthday: 1927-08-19
  • Place of birth: South London, England
  • Popularity: 0.001
Biography: Ivan Owen, children's entertainer, born August 19 1927 was the actor who voiced the contradiction in the British character between love of stuffiness & love of anarchy. He brought to life Basil Brush, the truculent & bouncy children's television & stage fox puppet, for which he donated his best county voice. Part of Basil's magnetism came from the misalliance between his voice - said to have been modelled on the gentlemanly caddish actor Terry Thomas - & his outrageous behaviour. Though Basil, with his "Boom! Boom!" warcry, would never have taken a back seat, Owen always seemed anxious to do so. Describing himself as a "failed actor", he ran a Rolls-Royce & lived a civilised life in a... Read More

Movies:

Title Release date
Basil Brush and the Airbed   as  Basil Brush (voice) 1976-02-01