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Born in London, son of a watch repairer in Mill Lane, NW6, he became a member of the 1950s Soho set alongside John Minton, Francis Bacon and Daniel Farson.
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Norman Bowler
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This marriage ended in 1956. They had two children, Joshua and Caroline, although many years later it transpired that Joshua"s father was actually Colin Tennant, 3rd Baron Glenconner. Bowler played a variety of bit parts and single episode roles throughout the 1960s.
He featured in one episode of The Avengers and starred alongside James Caan in the 1968 war film Submarine X-1, about World World War II British midget submarines.
From 1966-1976, Bowler played Detroit Chief Inspector Harry Hawkins for the entire run of the British Broadcasting Corporation television police drama Softly, Softly (later Softly, Softly: Taskforce).
He also appeared as Titinius in Julius Caesar (1970), as Saturninus in Jesus of Nazareth (1977), as Bill Smugs in The Island of Adventure (1982), and as Moose in the Terence Hill film They Call Maine Renegade (1987). He later played the part of Frank Tate in the Independent Television soap opera Emmerdale from November 1989 - May 1997.
Bowler has been very active in charity work and adult education.
There he engaged in development work with people in the surrounding Tamil villages and often entertained the village children. He also worked with and directed the amateur actors of the township. In August 2012 Bowler released a recorded reading of Samuel Taylor Coleridge"s Rime of the ancient mariner to raise money for The Auroville Trust.
Bowler"s wife Dianne died in May 2012.
He continues to alternate between India and the United Kingdom.
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United Kingdom