Maurice Cowan

{{Short description|British writer and producer}}

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Maurice Cowan (1891-1974) was a British writer and producer. He produced the first films of Norman Wisdom.{{cite news |url=https://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article249247502 |title=Sea drama in running for award |newspaper=The Herald |issue=23,768 |location=Melbourne |date=30 July 1953 |accessdate=11 August 2020 |page=19 |via=National Library of Australia}} He disliked working with Wisdom so much on One Good Turn he vowed never to work with the comedian again.{{cite news |url=https://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article59699291 |title=Our "Zither Girl " had no hope |newspaper=The Sunday Times |issue=2924 |location=Western Australia |date=19 December 1954 |accessdate=11 August 2020 |page=39 |via=National Library of Australia}}

He was editor of The Picture Goer when he came up with an idea for what became the film I Live in Grosvenor Square. He sent it to Herbert Wilcox would bought it.{{cite news |url=https://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article247634121 |title=She met a Yank in Grosvenor Square |newspaper=The Daily Telegraph |volume=VI |issue=37 |location=Sydney |date=29 July 1945 |accessdate=11 August 2020 |page=35 |via=National Library of Australia}}