Owen Holder obituary

My father, Owen Holder, who has died aged 95, was a playwright, actor, theatre director and television scriptwriter. He appeared on stage in the West End and toured all over the US.

His father, Harry, died when Owen was eight, which made him determined to better himself. His life became one of many associations and connections over the decades, including one with Paul McCartney and the Beatles, for whom he wrote an unmade film script that conceived of the band members as four aspects of one person’s imagination.