Joe Bowen; Adapted Theatrical Films for Television

Joe Bowen, 56, the CBS executive in charge of buying, screening and editing theatrical feature films for the network. He began with CBS as a program assistant in New York in 1960 and over the years was film-continuity editor, supervisor of feature-film productions, associate director of prime-time features and the executive in charge of late-night films. In Los Angeles on Sunday of a heart attack.