Jack MacGowran

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

The Avengers

BBC Play of the Month

Thirty-Minute Theatre

The Champions

The Wednesday Play

Theatre 625

The Exorcist

ITV Playhouse

All Movies (43)

• The Yin and the Yang of Mr. Go1974 · as Leo Zimmerman
• The Exorcist1973 · as Burke Dennings
• The Shadow of a Gunman1972 · as Seumas Shields
• King Lear1970 · as Fool
• A Day at the Beach1970 · as Collector
• Start the Revolution Without Me1970 · as Jacques
• Age of Consent1969 · as Nat Kelly
• Wonderwall1969 · as Prof. Oscar Collins
• There's a Hole in Your Dustbin, Delilah1968 · as 'Cheese and Egg' C.E. Petty
• Faithful Departed1968 · as Self - Narrator (voice)
• The Fearless Vampire Killers1967 · as Professor Abronsius
• How I Won the War1967 · as Juniper
• The Inn Way Out1967 · as Irish Poet
• Eh, Joe?1966 · as Joe
• Cul-de-sac1966 · as Albie
• The Stable Door1966
• Silent Song1966 · as Brother Michael
• Doctor Zhivago1965 · as Petya
• Young Cassidy1965 · as Archie
• Lord Jim1965 · as Robinson
• Beginning to End1965 · as Man
• The Ceremony1963 · as O'Brian
• Tom Jones1963 · as Partridge
• The Brain1962 · as Furber
• Mix Me a Person1962 · as Terence
• Captain Clegg1962 · as Frightened Man
• Two and Two Make Six1962 · as Night Porter
• Blind Date1959 · as Postman
• The Boy and the Bridge1959 · as Market Porter
• Darby O'Gill and the Little People1959 · as Phadrig Oge
• I Captured the King of the Leprechauns1959 · as Phadrig Oge
• The Giant Behemoth1959 · as Dr. Sampson, the paleontologist
• She Didn't Say No!1958 · as William Bates
• Rooney1958 · as Joe O'Connor
• The Rising of the Moon1957 · as Mickey J., The Poitín Maker (segment 'The Majesty of the Law')
• Manuela1957 · as Tommy
• Jacqueline1956 · as Campbell
• The Titfield Thunderbolt1953 · as Vernon Crump (as Jack McGowran)
• The Titfield Thunderbolt1953 · as Vernon Crump
• Time Bomb1953
• The Gentle Gunman1952 · as Patsy McGuire
• The Quiet Man1952 · as Ignatius Feeney
• No Resting Place1951 · as Billy Kyle

All TV Shows (20)

• Banacek1972 · as Michele Lanier
• The Champions1968 · as Banner B. Banner
• ITV Playhouse1967 · as Cheese & Egg [C.E.Petty]
• Half Hour Story1967 · as Alec
• BBC Play of the Month1965 · as Trinculo
• Thirty-Minute Theatre1965 · as Coates
• Gideon's Way1965 · as 'Happy' Roden
• Thursday Theatre1964 · as Father
• The Wednesday Play1964 · as Brother Michael
• Theatre 6251964 · as Jeremiah Hudson
• Espionage1963 · as Matt Youghal
• Sergeant Cork1963 · as Drummer
• Zero One1962
• Drama 61-671961 · as Herbert Reynolds
• The Avengers1961 · as Professor Poole
• Danger Man1960 · as Prior
• Armchair Mystery Theatre1960 · as Albert Brady
• Overseas Press Club - Exclusive!1957 · as Jimmy Walsh
• Sailor of Fortune1957 · as Sean, Irish Deck Hand
• Armchair Theatre1956