- Birthday
- 1927-08-19
- Deathday
- 2000-10-17
- Place of Birth
- South London, England
Ivan Owen
CreatorBiography
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 ...
