[1] John M. Clum, Still Acting Gay: Male Homosexuality in Modern Drama (2000), "Alex McCowen announced that his appearance in a dramatization of Christopher Isherwood's A Single Man was his coming out, since the play, about a middle aged gay man's dealing with the loss of his lover, mirrored McCowen's own loss of a lover to AIDS."
Father: Duncan McCowen
Mother: Mary
Boyfriend: Geoffrey Burridge (actor, d. 1987 AIDS complications)
High School: Skinners' School, Tunbridge Wells, Kent
Conservatory: Royal Academy of Dramatic Art
TELEVISION
Mr. Palfrey of Westminster Mr. Palfrey (1984-85)
FILMOGRAPHY AS ACTOR
Gangs of New York (9-Dec-2002) · Rev. Raleigh
Victoria & Albert (26-Aug-2001)
David Copperfield (10-Dec-2000)
Longitude (2-Jan-2000)
The Age of Innocence (17-Sep-1993) · Sillerton Jackson
Henry V (8-Nov-1989) · Ely
Cry Freedom (5-Nov-1987)
Personal Services (12-Feb-1987)
The Assam Garden (Jun-1985)
Never Say Never Again (7-Oct-1983) · "Q" Algy
Hanover Street (18-May-1979)
Stevie (Sep-1978) · Freddy
Travels with My Aunt (17-Dec-1972) · Henry
Frenzy (21-Jun-1972) · Chief Inspector Oxford
The Hawaiians (17-Jun-1970) · Micah Hale
The Witches (9-Dec-1966) · Alan Bax
In the Cool of the Day (Mar-1963) · Dickie Bayliss
The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner (8-Oct-1962) · Brown
The Doctor's Dilemma (17-Dec-1958) · Redpenny
A Night to Remember (3-Jul-1958) · Wireless Operator Cottam
Silent Enemy (4-Mar-1958)
The One That Got Away (2-Dec-1957) · Duty Officer, Hucknall
The Good Companions (22-Apr-1957)
Time Without Pity (Mar-1957)
Town on Trial (22-Jan-1957)
The Third Key (Jun-1956)
The Deep Blue Sea (13-Oct-1955)
The Divided Heart (9-Nov-1954)
The Cruel Sea (24-Mar-1953) · Tonbridge
AKA Alexander Duncan McCowen