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:
- 41
- 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 | The Shadow of a Gunman | Seumas Shields | 1972-12-04 |
| Movie | King Lear | Fool | 1971-02-04 |
| Movie | The Yin and the Yang of Mr. Go | Leo Zimmerman | 1970-01-01 |
| Movie | A Day at the Beach | Collector | 1970-05-01 |
| Movie | Start the Revolution Without Me | Jacques | 1970-02-04 |
| Movie | Age of Consent | Nat Kelly | 1969-05-13 |
| Movie | Wonderwall | Prof. Oscar Collins | 1968-05-17 |
| Movie | There's a Hole in Your Dustbin, Delilah | 'Cheese and Egg' C.E. Petty | 1968-09-30 |
| Series | The Champions | Unknown | 1968-09-25 |
| Movie | How I Won the War | Juniper | 1967-10-18 |
| Movie | The Inn Way Out | Irish Poet | 1967-02-01 |
| Movie | The Fearless Vampire Killers | Professor Abronsius | 1967-11-13 |
| Movie | The Stable Door | 1966-06-01 | |
| Movie | Cul-de-sac | Albie | 1966-06-17 |
| Movie | Eh, Joe? | Joe | 1966-07-04 |
| Movie | Young Cassidy | Archie | 1965-02-25 |
| Movie | Lord Jim | Robinson | 1965-02-15 |
| Series | Gideon's Way | Unknown | 1965-03-18 |
| 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 |
| Series | Zero One | Unknown | 1962-10-03 |
| 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 | Darby O'Gill and the Little People | Phadrig Oge | 1959-06-24 |
| Movie | Blind Date | Postman | 1959-08-01 |
| Movie | Rooney | Joe O'Connor | 1958-03-24 |
| Movie | She Didn't Say No! | William Bates | 1958-09-30 |
| Movie | Manuela | Tommy | 1957-07-18 |
| Movie | The Rising of the Moon | Mickey J., The PoitÃn Maker (segment 'The Majesty of the Law') | 1957-08-10 |
| 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 Quiet Man | Ignatius Feeney | 1952-07-21 |
| Movie | The Gentle Gunman | Patsy McGuire | 1952-10-23 |
| Movie | No Resting Place | Billy Kyle | 1951-01-12 |