# Douglas Bowie

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Canadian playwright and screenwriter

**Douglas Bowie** (born 1944) is a [Canadian](/source/Canada) playwright and screenwriter from [Kingston](/source/Kingston%2C_Ontario), [Ontario](/source/Ontario).[1]

Born and raised in [Ottawa](/source/Ottawa), he attended [Queen's University](/source/Queen's_University_(Kingston)) and [Carleton University](/source/Carleton_University), and worked in advertising copywriting in his early career.[2] He won second prize in a television writing contest sponsored by the [Canadian Broadcasting Corporation](/source/Canadian_Broadcasting_Corporation) in 1967 for *Who Was the Lone Ranger?*,[3] which was filmed and broadcast by the network later that year as an episode of the dramatic anthology series *Teleplay*.[4]

He wrote further screenplays for that series, as well as standalone television films, miniseries and radio dramas in the 1970s and 1980s, before moving into playwriting with *The Noble Pursuit* in 1991.[5] He concentrated mainly on playwriting thereafter, including a stint as playwright in residence at the [Thousand Islands Playhouse](/source/Thousand_Islands_Playhouse).[6]

## Works

### Television

- *Who Was the Lone Ranger?* - 1967

- *Amnesty* - 1968

- *Gunfighter* - 1969

- *The Contest Eaters* - 1970

- *The Krokonol Hustlers* - 1970

- *Moving Day* - 1971

- *Gunplay* - 1971

- *You and Me* - 1971

- *Bargain Basement* - 1974

- *A Gun, a Grand, a Girl* - 1975

- *No Way of Telling* - 1976

- *Breakdown* - 1977

- *The Man Who Wanted to Be Happy* - 1977

- *Shantymen of Cache Lake* - 1977

- *The War Is Over* - 1978

- *[Scoop](/source/For_the_Record_(Canadian_TV_series))* - 1978

- *[The Newcomers](/source/The_Newcomers_(miniseries))* - 1979, one episode

- *[Empire, Inc.](/source/Empire%2C_Inc.)* - 1983

- *[Love and Larceny](/source/Love_and_Larceny_(1985_film))* - 1985

- *[Chasing Rainbows](/source/Chasing_Rainbows_(TV_series))* - 1988

- *Grand Larceny* - 1991

- *[Nothing Too Good for a Cowboy](/source/Nothing_Too_Good_for_a_Cowboy)* - 1999, one episode

- *[Must Be Santa](/source/Must_Be_Santa_(film))* - 1999

### Radio

- *Prop Man* - 1968

- *Dream House* - 1974

- *That Summer in Paris* - 1978

### Film

- *[U-Turn](/source/U-Turn_(1973_film))* - 1973

- *[The Boy in Blue](/source/The_Boy_in_Blue_(1986_film))* - 1986

- *[Obsessed](/source/Obsessed_(1987_film))* - 1987

### Plays

- *Amnesty* - 1971

- *The Noble Pursuit* - 1991

- *! Sgodsdogs !* - 1997

- *Goodbye, Piccadilly* - 2002

- *Love & Larceny* - 2004

- *Rope's End* - 2006

- *Till It Hurts* - 2010

- *Somewhere Beyond the Sea* - 2012

## Awards

Award Date Category Recipient Result Ref. ACTRA Awards 1984 Best Writing in a Television Drama Empire, Inc. Won [7] 1986 Love and Larceny Nominated [8] Genie Awards 1989 Best Adapted Screenplay Obsessed with Robin Spry Nominated [9] Gemini Awards 1993 Best Writing in a Dramatic Program or Mini-Series Grand Larceny Nominated 1998 Margaret Collier Award Won [10]

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** Tom Shoebridge, "Douglas Bowie: Screenwriter at the crossroads". *[Cinema Canada](/source/Cinema_Canada)*, September 1988. pp. 21-23.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** Patrick Langston, "Douglas Bowie talks stagecraft". *[Ottawa Citizen](/source/Ottawa_Citizen)*, April 4, 2015.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** ["Ottawa Man Wins Second Prize For Play"](https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-ottawa-journal/168288549/). *[Ottawa Journal](/source/Ottawa_Journal)*, February 3, 1967.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** Frank Penn, ["CBC programs trimmed"](https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-ottawa-citizen/168288899/). *[Ottawa Citizen](/source/Ottawa_Citizen)*, September 19, 1967.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** "False start: Play doesn't live up to its beginning". *[Ottawa Citizen](/source/Ottawa_Citizen)*, September 3, 1991.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-6)** Greg Burliuk, "Thousand Islands Playhouse opens season of Canadian playwrights". *[Kingston Whig-Standard](/source/Kingston_Whig-Standard)*, April 11, 2002.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-7)** ["Three ACTRA winners have local connections"](https://www.newspapers.com/clip/105743995/). *[Kingston Whig-Standard](/source/Kingston_Whig-Standard)*, April 4, 1984.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-8)** "ACTRA nominations for 15th annual Nellie Awards on April 2". *[Montreal Gazette](/source/Montreal_Gazette)*, March 18, 1986.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-9)** "Genie Award Nominees 1989". *[Cinema Canada](/source/Cinema_Canada)*. February–March 1989. pp. 27–35.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-10)** Mike Boone, "Newsroom, Arrow scoop Geminis: Satiric sitcom about TV and a controversial series about doomed fighter pick up five apiece". *[Montreal Gazette](/source/Montreal_Gazette)*, March 2, 1998.

## External links

- [Douglas Bowie](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0101147/) at [IMDb](/source/IMDb_(identifier))

- [Official website](http://www.douglasbowie.ca/)

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