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Ivan Owen
Creator
August 19, 1927
Died October 17, 2000 (73 years old)
South London, England
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Acting Credits
Biography
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, ...
