Jack MacGowran
- Acting
- October 13, 1918 · Dublin, Ireland
- January 30, 1973
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 · Leo Zimmerman
- The Exorcist · Burke Dennings
- The Shadow of a Gunman · Seumas Shields
- Banacek · Michele Lanier
- King Lear · Fool
- A Day at the Beach · Collector
- Start the Revolution Without Me · Jacques
- Age of Consent · Nat Kelly
- Wonderwall · Prof. Oscar Collins
- There's a Hole in Your Dustbin, Delilah · 'Cheese and Egg' C.E. Petty
- The Champions · Banner B. Banner
- Faithful Departed · Self
- The Fearless Vampire Killers · Professor Abronsius
- How I Won the War · Juniper
- ITV Playhouse · Cheese & Egg [C.E.Petty]
- Half Hour Story · Alec
- The Inn Way Out · Irish Poet
- Eh, Joe? · Joe
- Cul-de-sac · Albie
- The Stable Door
- Silent Song · Brother Michael
- Doctor Zhivago · Petya
- BBC Play of the Month · Trinculo
- Thirty-Minute Theatre · Coates
- Gideon's Way · 'Happy' Roden
- Young Cassidy · Archie
- Lord Jim · Robinson
- Beginning to End · Man
- Thursday Theatre · Father
- The Wednesday Play · Brother Michael
- Theatre 625 · Jeremiah Hudson
- The Ceremony · O'Brian
- Espionage · Matt Youghal
- Tom Jones · Partridge
- Sergeant Cork · Drummer
- Zero One
- The Brain · Furber
- Mix Me a Person · Terence
- Captain Clegg · Frightened Man
- Two and Two Make Six · Night Porter
- Drama 61-67 · Herbert Reynolds
- The Avengers · Professor Poole
- Danger Man · Prior
- Armchair Mystery Theatre · Albert Brady
- Blind Date · Postman
- The Boy and the Bridge · Market Porter
- Darby O'Gill and the Little People · Phadrig Oge
- I Captured the King of the Leprechauns · Phadrig Oge
- The Giant Behemoth · Dr. Sampson, the paleontologist
- She Didn't Say No! · William Bates
- Rooney · Joe O'Connor
- Manuela · Tommy
- Overseas Press Club - Exclusive! · Jimmy Walsh
- Sailor of Fortune · Sean, Irish Deck Hand, Sean
- The Rising of the Moon · Mickey J., The Poitín Maker (segment 'The Majesty of the Law')
- Armchair Theatre
- Jacqueline · Campbell
- The Titfield Thunderbolt · Vernon Crump (as Jack McGowran), Vernon Crump
- Time Bomb
- The Gentle Gunman · Patsy McGuire
- The Quiet Man · Ignatius Feeney
- No Resting Place · Billy Kyle