Gibson Gowland

Biography

​From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Gibson Gowland (4 January 1877 Spennymoor, Durham, England, UK – 9 September 1951 London, England, UK) was an English film actor. Gowland came to the United States from England, by way of Canada, in 1913 where he met Beatrice Bird, also from England, whom he married. They moved to Hollywood, working as bit players. In 1916, his son, actor and photographer Peter Gowland, was born. His only starring role (out of 63 films) was in Greed (1924), directed by Erich von Stroheim, based on the Frank Norris novel McTeague, and costarring ZaSu Pitts. The film has since become a classic, despite its having been cut to one-fifth its original length for commercial release by MGM. Gowland portrayed the protagonist, dentist John McTeague. Von Stroheim also directed Gowland in his 1919 film Blind Husbands. Gowland was cast as Simon Buquet in the 1925 film version of The Phantom of the Opera. He had bit parts in dozens of films from 1938 to 1945, but was rarely credited on-screen. After two divorces, Gowland returned to England in 1944. He died in London at age 74 from a lethal case of diarrhea. He is buried in Golders Green Crematorium. Description above from the Wikipedia article Gibson Gowland, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For

Gaslight

Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans

The Phantom of the Opera

Greed

The Wolf Man

Mrs. Miniver

Going My Way

The Lodger

All Movies (75)

• Gun Cargo1949 · as Henry Morgan
• Kitty1945 · as Prison Guard (uncredited)
• Gaslight1944 · as Servant (uncredited)
• It Happened Tomorrow1944
• A Guy Named Joe1944 · as Bartender (uncredited)
• The Lodger1944
• Going My Way1944 · as Parishioner (uncredited)
• Slightly Dangerous1943 · as Opera patron (uncredited)
• The Moon Is Down1943 · as Villager (uncredited)
• Crossroads1942 · as Reporter (uncredited)
• Mrs. Miniver1942 · as Man on Boat (uncredited)
• The Remarkable Andrew1942 · as Jurist
• The Wolf Man1941 · as Villager (uncredited)
• Sundown1941 · as Churchgoer in Wheelchair (uncredited)
• Broadway Limited1941 · as Cafe Customer (uncredited)
• Mutiny in the Arctic1941 · as Crewman (uncredited)
• The Ape1940 · as Posse Member
• Doomed to Die1940 · as Doctor (uncredited)
• Northwest Passage1940 · as MacPherson
• Henry Goes Arizona1939 · as Rancher (uncredited)
• Raffles1939 · as Villager (uncredited)
• Cotton Queen1937 · as Gaoler
• The Wife of General Ling1937 · as Mike
• The House of the Spaniard1936 · as 1st Captain
• Wolves of the Sea1936 · as Cafe Customer (edited from 'Hell's Harbor') (uncredited)
• King of the Damned1935 · as Priest
• The Mystery of the Mary Celeste1935 · as Andy Gilling
• The Stoker1935 · as Steve
• The Secret of the Loch1934 · as Angus
• Nordpol - Ahoi!1934
• The Private Life of Don Juan1934 · as Don Alfredo, Carmen's Poor Husband
• S.O.S. Iceberg1933 · as John Dragan
• S.O.S. Iceberg1933 · as John Dragan
• The Doomed Battalion1932 · as Innerhofer
• Without Honor1932 · as Mike Donovan
• Arrowsmith1931 · as Committee Member (uncredited)
• A House Divided1931 · as Bartender (uncredited)
• Land of Wanted Men1931 · as Terry
• Cleaning Up1930 · as Burke
• The Sea Bat1930 · as Limey
• Hell Harbor1930 · as Henry Morgan
• The Mysterious Island1929 · as Dmitry
• Rose-Marie1928 · as Black Bastien
• Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans1927 · as Angry Driver (uncredited)
• The Isle of Forgotten Women1927 · as John Stort
• Topsy and Eva1927 · as Simon Leegree
• The First Auto1927 · as The Blacksmith
• The Land Beyond the Law1927 · as Silent 'Oklahoma' Joe
• The Broken Gate1927 · as Ephraim Adamson
• The Night of Love1927 · as Bandit
• Don Juan1926 · as Gentleman of Rome (uncredited)
• The Outsider1926 · as Shadow
• The Phantom of the Opera1925 · as Simon Buquet
• The Prairie Wife1925 · as Ollie
• Love and Glory1924 · as Jules Malicorne
• Greed1924 · as John McTeague
• The Border Legion1924 · as Gulden
• The Red Lily1924 · as Le Turc
• Shifting Sands1923 · as Samuel Thayer
• Hutch Stirs 'em Up1923 · as Sir Arthur Blackrose
• The Harbour Lights1923 · as Mark Helstone
• Ladies Must Live1921 · as Michael Le Prim
• The Fighting Shepherdess1920 · as Bowers
• The Right of Way1920 · as Jo Portugais
• Behind the Door1919 · as Gideon Blank
• Blind Husbands1919 · as Silent Sepp
• The Four-Gun Bandit1919 · as Secondary Role (uncredited)
• The White Heather1919 · as The Captain
• Breakers Ahead1918 · as Mike Burley
• Bashful1917 · as Musician (uncredited)
• The Secret of Black Mountain1917 · as Jack Rance
• Under Handicap1917 · as Batt Truxton
• The Promise1917 · as Stromberg
• The Father of Her Child1916 · as Rufus Strong
• Jewel1915 · as Dr. Ballard (as T.W. Gowland)