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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
Poster of Age of Consent
Poster of Cul-de-sac
Poster of The Stable Door
Poster of The Rising of the Moon
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 Poitín 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