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Bill Owen stylish pop art print, available in three sizes & 20 colour options.
Bill Owen pop art by Art & Hue
Stylish pop art print of the actor Bill Owen, star of the charming Ealing Studios film “The Rainbow Jacket“, available in three sizes & 20 colour options.
Known to many as Compo in the long-running BBC comedy series “Last of the Summer Wine”, Bill Owen had a busy career in film beforehand.
Just some of his film credits include “The Way to the Stars’ with Michael Redgrave, Basil Radford & Jean Simmons, “Perfect Strangers” with Glynis Johns & Roger Moore, “School for Secrets” with John Laurie & Richard Attenborough, “Dancing with Crime” with Patricia Dainton, Dirk Bogarde & Diana Dors, “Holiday Camp” with Dennis Price & Jack Warner, “When the Bough Breaks” with Patricia Roc, “Once a Jolly Swagman” with Moira Lister, Cyril Cusack & Sid James, “Trottie True” with Hattie Jacques, Ian Carmichael & Sam Kydd, “Diamond City” with Honor Blackman & Mervyn Johns, “Hotel Sahara” with Sydney Tafler, “The Story of Robin Hood” with Richard Todd & Peter Finch, “The Square Ring” with Joan Collins, Bernadette O’Farrell, Alfie Bass, Ronald Lewis & Eddie Byrne, “There Was a Young Lady” with Michael Denison & Dulcie Gray, “A Day to Remember” with Stanley Holloway, Meredith Edwards & Shirley Eaton, the final Ealing comedy “Davy” with Harry Secombe, George Relph, Joan Sims, Gladys Henson, Liz Fraser & Kenneth Connor, “The Shakedown” with Terence Morgan & Jackie Collins, “On the Fiddle” with Alfred Lynch, Sean Connery, Cecil Parker, John Le Mesurier, Wilfrid Hyde-White & Barbara Windsor, “The Masque of the Red Death” with Vincent Price & Patrick Magee, “Georgy Girl” with Alan Bates & Charlotte Rampling, “The Fighting Prince of Donegal” with Peter McEnery, Susan Hampshire, Andrew Keir & Gordon Jackson, “O Lucky Man!” with Rachel Roberts & Graham Crowden, “In Celebration” with James Bolam, and four Carry On films, “Carry On Sergeant“, “Carry On Nurse“, “Carry On Regardless” & “Carry On Cabby“.
Appearing in over 180 episodes of “Last of the Summer Wine” from 1973 until his final on screen appearance in 2000, Bill Owen’s Compo was a fixture of Sunday evenings on British TV. Just some of his other TV credits include “Emergency-Ward 10” with Joan Hooley, “Coronation Street“, “Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads?”, “Brideshead Revisited” with Mona Washbourne, John Le Mesurier & Jenny Runacre, “Tales of the Unexpected” with Fulton Mackay & Harry H. Corbett, “Taxi!” with Sid James, and “Dial 999” with Robert Beatty.
The Rainbow Jacket
Art & Hue is at the races with this new collection of stylish pop art inspired by the 1954 film “The Rainbow Jacket”, a delightful Ealing Studios gem that gallops into the thrilling world of horse racing.
It follows the redemption arc of a disgraced jockey who mentors a talented young rider, weaving a heartfelt tale of ambition, second chances, and the enthralling spirit of the sport.
With its warm performances and authentic racetrack atmosphere, the film stars child actor Fella Edmonds as the boy jockey, along with a stellar cast of British film’s most talented & prolific character actors including Bill Owen, Wilfrid Hyde-White, Michael Ripper, Edward Underdown, Katie Johnson, Sid James, Glyn Houston and Sam Kydd, as well as Honor Blackman, who would go on to star in “The Avengers“, and Robert Morley who was a huge fan of horse racing with a bench dedicated to him at Windsor racecourse as it was “his spiritual home”.
Opening at the Leicester Square Theatre in London on the 27th of May 1954, “The Rainbow Jacket” is a delightful snapshot of horse racing in British cinema which captures the thrilling world of the sport with Ealing Studios‘ signature warmth and wit.
Its blend of authentic on-location scenes at racetracks, an underdog story, and a nostalgic portrait of post-war Britain makes it uniquely special, all filmed in glorious Technicolor.
Also available as part of a group of 8 prints.
Bill Owen Pop Art
Art & Hue had the pleasure to delve into the archives of Ealing Studios to create a new collection of stylish pop art prints inspired by the charming horse racing film “The Rainbow Jacket“, all available in three sizes and 20 colour options.
Available in A4, A3, and A2 sizes to fit standard-size picture frames. Please note that black frame is not included – for a guide on choosing a frame size take a look here.
An official collaboration with Studiocanal, this print is part of the The Rainbow Jacket collection of stylish pop art prints inspired by the charming Ealing film set in the horse racing world, featuring Art & Hue’s signature halftone style (halftone is an age-old technique that uses dots to make up the printed image, similar to newspapers or comic books).
Rewatch, or discover anew, the film on DVD & Bluray from Amazon.
“The Rainbow Jacket” Copyright © STUDIOCANAL Films Ltd, (1954). All rights reserved. Copyright © Art & Hue® 2022-2025. All rights reserved.
