Jack MacGowran
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. John Joseph "Jack" MacGowran (October 13, 1918 – January 31, 1973) was an Irish character actor, whose last film role was as the alcoholic director Burke Dennings in The Exorcist. He was probably best known for his work with Samuel Beckett. Description above from the Wikipedia article Jack MacGowran , licensed under CC-BY-SA,full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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- Born:
- Oct 13, 1918 In Dublin, Ireland
- Movie/TV Credits:
- 32
- First Appeared:
- In the movie No Resting Place 1951-01-12
- Latest Project:
- Movie The Exorcist 1973-12-26
Known For
Filmography
| Movie | The Exorcist | Burke Dennings | 1973-12-26 |
| Movie | King Lear | Fool | 1971-02-04 |
| Movie | The Yin and the Yang of Mr. Go | Leo Zimmerman | 1970-01-01 |
| Movie | Start the Revolution Without Me | Jacques | 1970-02-04 |
| Movie | A Day at the Beach | Collector | 1970-05-01 |
| Movie | Age of Consent | Nat Kelly | 1969-05-13 |
| Movie | Wonderwall | Prof. Oscar Collins | 1968-05-17 |
| Series | The Champions | Unknown | 1968-09-25 |
| Movie | How I Won the War | Juniper | 1967-10-18 |
| Movie | The Fearless Vampire Killers | Professor Abronsius | 1967-11-13 |
| Movie | Cul-de-sac | Albie | 1966-06-17 |
| Movie | Lord Jim | Robinson | 1965-02-15 |
| Movie | Young Cassidy | Archie | 1965-02-25 |
| Movie | Doctor Zhivago | Petya | 1965-12-22 |
| Movie | Tom Jones | Partridge | 1963-08-24 |
| Movie | The Ceremony | O'Brian | 1963-12-18 |
| Movie | Two and Two Make Six | Night Porter | 1962-05-01 |
| Movie | Captain Clegg | Frightened Man | 1962-06-13 |
| Movie | Mix Me a Person | Terence | 1962-08-31 |
| Movie | The Brain | Furber | 1962-09-05 |
| Movie | The Giant Behemoth | Dr. Sampson, the paleontologist | 1959-03-03 |
| Movie | Blind Date | Postman | 1959-08-01 |
| Movie | Darby O'Gill and the Little People | Phadrig Oge | 1959-06-24 |
| Movie | Rooney | Joe O'Connor | 1958-03-24 |
| Movie | The Rising of the Moon | Mickey J., The Poitín Maker (segment 'The Majesty of the Law') | 1957-08-10 |
| Movie | Manuela | Tommy | 1957-07-18 |
| Movie | Jacqueline | Campbell | 1956-06-04 |
| Movie | Time Bomb | 1953-02-05 | |
| Movie | The Titfield Thunderbolt | Vernon Crump (as Jack McGowran) | 1953-03-04 |
| Movie | The Gentle Gunman | Patsy McGuire | 1952-10-23 |
| Movie | The Quiet Man | Ignatius Feeney | 1952-07-21 |
| Movie | No Resting Place | Billy Kyle | 1951-01-12 |