Owen Brenman. Actor: One Foot in the Grave. Owen Brenman was born on 17 December 1956 in Ealing, London. He is an English actor who first gained notice for his role as next-door neighbour Nick Swainey in the multi-award-winning BBC sitcom One Foot in the Grave (1990), which ran for ten years and was written by David Renwick. He went on to play Dr. Heston Carter in the BBC drama...