a female boss (played by Caroline Blakiston). His one-man performance as Rudyard Kipling was broadcast on television in 1984. His later appearances included playing Albert Speer and Rudolf Hess in the BBC docudramas The World Walk in 1984 and 1985, and as astronomer Sir Frank Dyson in Longitude in 2000. He was the subject of This Is Your Life in 1989, when he was surprised by Michael Aspel at the Strand Theatre in London. He was annoyed when no mention was made of his long-term male partner, fellow actor Geoffrey Burridge and threatened to stop the show from being broadcast. The dispute was resolved by the host, Michael Aspel, adding a voiceover over the final credits acknowledging the relationship. Literature McCowen published his first volume of autobiography, Young Gemini in 1979, followed a year later by Double Bill (Elm Tree Books). Personal life His partner, the actor Geoffrey Burridge, died from AIDS complications in 1987. Death McCowen died, aged 91, on 6 February 2017. Filmography The Cruel Sea (1953) – Tonbridge The Divided Heart (1954) – Reporter The Deep Blue Sea (1955) – Ken Thompson Private's Progress (1956) – 2nd Medical Orderly (uncredited) The Long Arm (1956) – House Surgeon Town on Trial (1957) – Peter Crowley Time Without Pity (1957) – Alec Graham The Good Companions (1957) – Albert Oakroyd The One That Got Away (1957) – Duty Officer, Hucknall The Silent Enemy (1958) – Able Seaman Morgan A Night to Remember (1958) – Wireless Operator Harold Thomas Cottam – Carpathia The Doctor's Dilemma (1958) – Redpenny A Midsummer Night's Dream (1959) – Bottom (voice) The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner (1962) – Brown In the Cool of the Day (1963) – Dickie Bayliss The Agony and the Ecstasy (1965) – (uncredited) The Witches (1966) – Alan Bax The Hawaiians (1970) – Micah Hale Frenzy (1972) – Chief Inspector Oxford Travels with My Aunt (1972) – Henry Pulling Stevie (1978) – Freddy Hanover Street (1979) – Major Trumbo Twelfth Night (1980) – Malvolio Forever Young (1983) – Father Vincent Never Say Never Again (1983) – 'Q' Algy The Young Visiters (1984) – J.M. Barrie The Assam Garden (1985) – Mr. Philpott Personal Services (1987) – Wing Commander Morten Cry Freedom (1987) – Acting High Commissioner Henry V (1989) – Bishop of Ely The Age of Innocence (1993) – Sillerton Jackson Gangs of New York (2002) – Reverend Raleigh