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William John Owen Rowbotham (14 March 1914 – 12 July 1999) was an English actor and songwriter. He is best known for portraying Compo Simmonite in the Yorkshire -based BBC comedy series Last of the Summer Wine for over a quarter of a century.
Bill Owen died of pancreatic cancer in 1999. According to Truly and Clegg, Compo died from a heart attack after catching the sight of Nora Batty in chorus girl clothes. However, he died with a smile on his face (as claimed by Truly, Clegg and Nora). He was buried alongside his signature wellington boots.
Bill Owen was born in Grand Forks, North Dakota, on February 1, 1931. His father Owen T. Owen (born in Milbank, South Dakota on September 15, 1890) was an outstanding track star at the University of North Dakota where he graduated from law school. He held many public offices including state tax commissioner and chairman of the state's Workman's ...
He continued a family tradition by playing the on-screen son of his father, fellow actor Bill Owen. Skip to main content. Sign in. Mail. 24/7 Help. For premium support please call: ...
Bill Owen may refer to: Bill Owen (actor) (1914–1999), English actor and songwriter; Bill Owen (American football) (1903–1975), American football player; Bill Owen (writer and announcer) (born 1931), hosted the ABC television documentary series, Discovery, 1966–1971; Bill Owen, a fictional character in The Old Man in the Corner stories by ...
Pope John Paul II was the subject of three premature obituaries.. A prematurely reported obituary is an obituary of someone who was still alive at the time of publication. . Examples include that of inventor and philanthropist Alfred Nobel, whose premature obituary condemning him as a "merchant of death" for creating military explosives may have prompted him to create the Nobel Prize; [1 ...
Thomas William Stevenson Rowbotham (8 April 1949 – 7 November 2022), [1] known professionally as Tom Owen, was a British actor best known for playing Tom Simmonite in the BBC sitcom Last of the Summer Wine. He was the son of Bill Owen, who played William "Compo" Simmonite (the father of Tom Simmonite) in the show.
Bill Owen, actor, lived in Sussex Square in the 1950s; Tom Owen (born 1949), actor, son of Bill Owen, was born in Brighton; Adrian Oxaal, guitarist, formerly with James; Ocean Wisdom, rapper, grew up in Brighton