Owen Ainley

Owen Ainley, real name Leslie Charles Loughland (1910 - d. 6 June 1998[1]) was an Australian actor best known for his work on radio and stage. He did the voice overs for Bex for more than 40 years, starting in 1941.[2][3]

He later became an alderman and real estate agent under his real name. Loughland was conviced of taking a $1,000 bribe for helping a building development company.[4]

Select credits

Films

Radio

  • Mrs 'Obbs (1939-48)
  • Sponsor Trouble (1941)
  • the Fur Coat (1945)
  • Black Ivory (1945)
  • Juvenile Jury (1947)[6]
  • Jones Junior (1952)

Stage

  • Arms and the Man
  • The Pleasure of His Company (1960)
  • Mary, Mary (1963)[7]

References

  1. ^ "Deaths". The Sydney Morning Herald. 13 June 1998. p. 121.
  2. ^ "Column 8". The Sydney Morning Herald. 26 May 1981. p. 1.
  3. ^ "Soap opera is saved for prosterity". The Sydney Morning Herald. 31 July 1968. p. 6.
  4. ^ "Alderman guilty on bribery charge". The Sydney Morning Herald. 30 August 1969. p. 4.
  5. ^ "IN SILHOUETTE". The Daily Telegraph. Vol. 3, no. 106. New South Wales, Australia. 19 June 1933. p. 8. Retrieved 25 July 2025 – via National Library of Australia.
  6. ^ "Radio's Juvenile Jury", Pix., Sydney, N.S.W: Associated Newspapers Limited, 8 November 1947, nla.obj-481255344, retrieved 26 July 2025 – via Trove
  7. ^ "Curtain call". The Sydney Morning Herald. 3 November 1963. p. 106.
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