Dillwyn Owen

Biography

Dillwyn Owen was a Welsh actor from Wales who is best known for portraying the scruffy character "Jacob Ellis" in the Pobol y Cwm series between 1974 and 1993. But before that, he was a familiar face and voice in television films and the big screen, and on Radio in Wales and beyond since the 1950s. He worked with big names in the world of entertainment such as Stanley Baker, Philip Madoc and Anthony Hopkins, and his voice can be heard on the first recording of the radio drama, Under Milk Wood in 1954. He was also in the films Tiger Bay, The Corn is Green and Grand Slam.

Dillwyn Owen

Biography

Dillwyn Owen was a Welsh actor from Wales who is best known for portraying the scruffy character "Jacob Ellis" in the Pobol y Cwm series between 1974 and 1993. But before that, he was a familiar face and voice in television films and the big screen, and on Radio in Wales and beyond since the 1950s. He worked with big names in the world of entertainment such as Stanley Baker, Philip Madoc and Anthony Hopkins, and his voice can be heard on the first recording of the radio drama, Under Milk Wood in 1954. He was also in the films Tiger Bay, The Corn is Green and Grand Slam.