Maurice Cowan (1891-1974) was a British writer and producer. He produced the first films of

Norman Wisdom Sir Norman Joseph Wisdom, (4 February 1915 – 4 October 2010) was an English actor, comedian, musician and singer best known for a series of comedy films produced between 1953 and 1966 featuring a hapless onscreen character often called Norman ...

. He disliked working with Wisdom so much on '' One Good Turn'' he vowed never to work with the comedian again. He was editor of '' The Picture Goer'' when he came up with an idea for what became the film ''

I Live in Grosvenor Square ''I Live in Grosvenor Square'' is a British comedy-drama romance war film directed and produced by Herbert Wilcox. It was the first of Wilcox's "London films" collaboration with his wife, actress Anna Neagle. Her co-stars were Dean Jagger an ...

''. He sent it to

Herbert Wilcox Herbert Sydney Wilcox CBE (19 April 1890 – 15 May 1977) was a British film producer and director. He was one of the most successful British filmmakers from the 1920s to the 1950s. He is best known for the films he made with his third wife ...

would bought it.

Select credits

*'' A Yank in London'' (1945) aka ''I Live in Grosvenor Square'' - story *'' A Voice in the Night'' (1946) aka ''Wanted for Murder'' - add dialogue *'' Springtime'' (1946) aka ''Spring Song'' - story *''

Meet Me at Dawn Meet may refer to: People with the name * Janek Meet (born 1974), Estonian footballer * Meet Mukhi (born 2005), Indian child actor Arts, entertainment, and media * ''Meet'' (TV series), an early Australian television series which aired on ABC ...

'' (1947) - dialogue *''

Murder on Monday Murder is the unlawful killing of another human without justification or valid excuse, especially the unlawful killing of another human with malice aforethought. ("The killing of another person without justification or excuse, especially the cr ...

'' (1952) aka ''Home at Seven'' - producer *'' Derby Day'' (1952) - producer *''

Turn the Key Softly ''Turn the Key Softly'' is a 1953 British drama film directed by Jack Lee and starring Yvonne Mitchell, Joan Collins, Kathleen Harrison, and Terence Morgan. Lee and producer Maurice Cowan also wrote the screenplay, based on the 1951 novel o ...

'' (1953) - producer, writer *''

Trouble in Store ''Trouble in Store'' is a 1953 British comedy film directed by John Paddy Carstairs and starring Norman Wisdom as a department store clerk in his cinema debut. The film also featured Moira Lister, Margaret Rutherford, Jerry Desmonde and Lana M ...

'' (1953) - producer, writer *'' One Good Turn'' (1955) - producer, writer *'' Man of the Moment'' (1955) - story *''Babes in the Wood on Ice'' (1956) - book *''

The Gypsy and the Gentleman ''The Gypsy and the Gentleman'' is a 1958 British costume drama film directed by Joseph Losey. It stars Melina Mercouri and Keith Michell. Plot The beautiful and fiery gypsy Belle (Melina Mercouri) marries Regency playboy Sir Paul Deverill (Keit ...

'' (1958) - producer *''

Operation Amsterdam ''Operation Amsterdam'' is a 1959 black and white British action film, directed by Michael McCarthy, and featuring Peter Finch, Eva Bartok and Tony Britton. It is based on a true story as described in the book ''Adventure in Diamonds'', by Dav ...

'' (1959) - producer *''

The Men from Room 13 ''The'' () is a grammatical article in English, denoting persons or things that are already or about to be mentioned, under discussion, implied or otherwise presumed familiar to listeners, readers, or speakers. It is the definite article in E ...

'' (1959–61) - research *'' Watch It, Sailor!'' (1961) - producer *'' The Six Wives of Henry VIII'' (1970) - series ideas

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* * British film producers 1891 births 1974 deaths {{UK-film-producer-stub