Tudor Owen

This distinctive-looking, bushy-browed, heavy-set Welsh character actor played dozens of rustics, sea captains, sheriffs, priests and police officers during a forty-year long career, starting in 1926. His was the perfect face for period drama. At the peak of his popularity, Owen co-starred as a first mate in _Captain David Grief (1957)_ (qv), a South Seas adventure based on stories by 'Jack London' (qv). During the 1940's and 50's, he was prolific on radio, lending his voice to crime dramas like "Pursuit" (CBS, 1949-52) and "Pete Kelly's Blues". His best-known role was that of alcoholic 'wharf-bum' Jocko Madigan, drunk ex-doctor friend and sidekick of star 'Jack Webb' (qv), in "Pat Novak for Hire". He also voiced Towser in _One Hundred and One Dalmatians (1961)_ (qv)).::I.S.Mowis