Jack MacGowran

Known for: Acting

Born: 1918-10-13 – 1973-01-30 (aged 54)

From: Dublin, Ireland

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.

Filmography (62)

MOVIE★ 4.9
The Yin and the Yang of Mr. Go
1974
as Leo Zimmerman
MOVIE★ 7.7
The Exorcist
1973
as Burke Dennings
MOVIE★ 8.0
The Shadow of a Gunman
1972
as Seumas Shields
TV★ 8.4
Banacek
1972
as Michele Lanier
MOVIE★ 6.5
King Lear
1970
as Fool
MOVIE★ 4.8
A Day at the Beach
1970
as Collector
MOVIE★ 6.0
Start the Revolution Without Me
1970
as Jacques
MOVIE★ 5.9
Age of Consent
1969
as Nat Kelly
MOVIE★ 5.2
Wonderwall
1969
as Prof. Oscar Collins
MOVIE
There's a Hole in Your Dustbin, Delilah
1968
as 'Cheese and Egg' C.E. Petty
TV★ 6.5
The Champions
1968
as Banner B. Banner
MOVIE
Faithful Departed
1968
as Self - Narrator (voice)
MOVIE★ 7.0
The Fearless Vampire Killers
1967
as Professor Abronsius
MOVIE★ 5.6
How I Won the War
1967
as Juniper
TV★ 7.0
ITV Playhouse
1967
as Cheese & Egg [C.E.Petty]
TV★ 7.5
Half Hour Story
1967
as Alec
MOVIE
The Inn Way Out
1967
as Irish Poet
MOVIE★ 10.0
Eh, Joe?
1966
as Joe
MOVIE★ 6.7
Cul-de-sac
1966
as Albie
MOVIE
The Stable Door
1966
MOVIE★ 9.0
Silent Song
1966
as Brother Michael
MOVIE★ 7.6
Doctor Zhivago
1965
as Petya
TV★ 5.3
BBC Play of the Month
1965
as Trinculo
TV★ 4.2
Thirty-Minute Theatre
1965
as Coates
TV★ 7.0
Gideon's Way
1965
as 'Happy' Roden
MOVIE★ 6.4
Young Cassidy
1965
as Archie
MOVIE★ 6.8
Lord Jim
1965
as Robinson
MOVIE
Beginning to End
1965
as Man
TV
Thursday Theatre
1964
as Father
TV★ 5.2
The Wednesday Play
1964
as Brother Michael
TV★ 7.2
Theatre 625
1964
as Jeremiah Hudson
MOVIE★ 5.6
The Ceremony
1963
as O'Brian
TV★ 10.0
Espionage
1963
as Matt Youghal
MOVIE★ 5.9
Tom Jones
1963
as Partridge
TV★ 7.2
Sergeant Cork
1963
as Drummer
TV★ 6.0
Zero One
1962
MOVIE★ 5.8
The Brain
1962
as Furber
MOVIE★ 6.3
Mix Me a Person
1962
as Terence
MOVIE★ 6.3
Captain Clegg
1962
as Frightened Man
MOVIE★ 7.5
Two and Two Make Six
1962
as Night Porter
TV
Drama 61-67
1961
as Herbert Reynolds
TV★ 7.8
The Avengers
1961
as Professor Poole
TV★ 7.4
Danger Man
1960
as Prior
TV★ 9.0
Armchair Mystery Theatre
1960
as Albert Brady
MOVIE★ 5.9
Blind Date
1959
as Postman
MOVIE★ 6.0
The Boy and the Bridge
1959
as Market Porter
MOVIE★ 6.7
Darby O'Gill and the Little People
1959
as Phadrig Oge
MOVIE★ 9.0
I Captured the King of the Leprechauns
1959
as Phadrig Oge
MOVIE★ 5.8
The Giant Behemoth
1959
as Dr. Sampson, the paleontologist
MOVIE★ 7.0
She Didn't Say No!
1958
as William Bates
MOVIE★ 6.0
Rooney
1958
as Joe O'Connor
MOVIE★ 6.8
The Rising of the Moon
1957
as Mickey J., The Poitín Maker (segment 'The Majesty of the Law')
MOVIE★ 6.3
Manuela
1957
as Tommy
TV★ 9.0
Overseas Press Club - Exclusive!
1957
as Jimmy Walsh
TV
Sailor of Fortune
1957
as Sean, Irish Deck Hand
TV★ 6.0
Armchair Theatre
1956
MOVIE★ 6.3
Jacqueline
1956
as Campbell
MOVIE★ 7.0
The Titfield Thunderbolt
1953
as Vernon Crump (as Jack McGowran)
MOVIE★ 5.3
Time Bomb
1953
MOVIE★ 6.5
The Gentle Gunman
1952
as Patsy McGuire
MOVIE★ 7.3
The Quiet Man
1952
as Ignatius Feeney
MOVIE★ 6.3
No Resting Place
1951
as Billy Kyle