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