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:
- 37
- First Appeared:
- In the movie No Resting Place 1951-01-12
- Latest Project:
- Movie Leap of Faith: William Friedkin on The Exorcist 2023-10-05
Known For
Filmography
| Movie | Leap of Faith: William Friedkin on The Exorcist | Self (archive footage) | 2023-10-05 |
| Movie | The Exorcist | Burke Dennings | 1973-12-26 |
| Movie | King Lear | Fool | 1971-02-04 |
| Movie | A Day at the Beach | Collector | 1970-05-01 |
| Movie | Start the Revolution Without Me | Jacques | 1970-02-04 |
| Movie | The Yin and the Yang of Mr. Go | Leo Zimmerman | 1970-01-01 |
| Movie | Age of Consent | Nat Kelly | 1969-05-13 |
| Series | The Champions | Unknown | 1968-09-25 |
| Movie | Wonderwall | Prof. Oscar Collins | 1968-05-17 |
| Movie | How I Won the War | Juniper | 1967-10-18 |
| Movie | The Fearless Vampire Killers | Professor Abronsius | 1967-11-13 |
| Movie | Eh, Joe? | Joe | 1966-07-04 |
| Movie | Cul-de-sac | Albie | 1966-06-17 |
| Movie | Doctor Zhivago | Petya | 1965-12-22 |
| Movie | Young Cassidy | Archie | 1965-02-25 |
| Movie | Lord Jim | Robinson | 1965-02-15 |
| Movie | The Ceremony | O'Brian | 1963-12-18 |
| Movie | Tom Jones | Partridge | 1963-08-24 |
| Movie | Captain Clegg | Frightened Man | 1962-06-13 |
| Movie | Two and Two Make Six | Night Porter | 1962-05-01 |
| Series | Zero One | Unknown | 1962-10-03 |
| Movie | Mix Me a Person | Terence | 1962-08-31 |
| Movie | The Brain | Furber | 1962-09-05 |
| Movie | Blind Date | Postman | 1959-08-01 |
| Movie | Darby O'Gill and the Little People | Phadrig Oge | 1959-06-24 |
| Movie | I Captured the King of the Leprechauns | Phadrig Oge | 1959-05-29 |
| Movie | The Giant Behemoth | Dr. Sampson, the paleontologist | 1959-03-03 |
| Movie | She Didn't Say No! | William Bates | 1958-09-30 |
| Movie | Rooney | Joe O'Connor | 1958-03-24 |
| Movie | The Rising of the Moon | Mickey J., The PoitÃn Maker (segment 'The Majesty of the Law') | 1957-08-10 |
| Movie | Manuela | Tommy | 1957-07-18 |
| Movie | Jacqueline | Campbell | 1956-06-04 |
| Movie | The Titfield Thunderbolt | Vernon Crump (as Jack McGowran) | 1953-03-04 |
| Movie | Time Bomb | 1953-02-05 | |
| 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 |