Born in Bolton, Lancashire, the son of a Welsh railway guard, he left school aged 14 and worked in a telegraph office. He completed his compulsory military service in 1946-1948 during which time he acted in the War Office's amateur dramatic company. For the next five years he was a policeman in London's Paddington district, while continuing in amateur dramatics and receiving acting training at the Actor's Studio in St John's Wood.
By 1955 he was performing with the George Mitchell Singers in Blackpool, with the impresario Lew Grade as his agent. His television debut was in 1956 in The Trollenburg Terror. His other television roles included Emergency Ward 10, Coronation Street, The Brothers, The Rat Catchers, Oil Strike North, Ennal's Point, and Howard's Way.
GlynOwen, who died on September 10 aged 76, was a versatile theatre and television actor for nearly 50 years; and although he appeared on the stage throughout his career, it was his starring role in the television series Howards' Way in the 1980s that made his face familiar to millions.
Glyn Griffeth Owen was born in Bolton on March 6 1928.
GlynOwen married first, in 1965, Patricia Mort; the marriage was dissolved, and he married, secondly, Carrie Clifton.
GlynOwen, who has died aged 76, was already a television veteran and a well-known face when he featured in BBC1's 1980s drama series Howards' Way as Jack ("I'll have a drink") Rolfe.
Owen, a young working class socialist, was well qualified to fit in.
Locally educated, Owen left school at 14 and worked as a telegraph boy in wartime.
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