Jack MacGowran
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1918-10-13
Day of Death
1973-01-30 (54 years old)
Place of Birth
Dublin, Ireland
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.
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Known For
Acting
(2023)
Leap of Faith: William Friedkin on The Exorcist
as Self (archive footage)
(1973)
The Exorcist
as Burke Dennings
(1972)
The Shadow of a Gunman
as Seumas Shields
(1970)
Start the Revolution Without Me
as Jacques
(1970)
King Lear
as Fool
(1970)
A Day at the Beach
as Collector
(1970)
The Yin and the Yang of Mr. Go
as Leo Zimmerman
(1969)
Age of Consent
as Nat Kelly
(1968)
Wonderwall
as Prof. Oscar Collins
(1968)
There's a Hole in Your Dustbin, Delilah
as 'Cheese and Egg' C.E. Petty
(1968)
Faithful Departed
as narrator
(1967)
The Fearless Vampire Killers
as Professor Abronsius
(1967)
How I Won the War
as Juniper
(1967)
The Inn Way Out
as Irish Poet
(1966)
Cul-de-sac
as Albie
(1966)
(1966)
Eh, Joe?
as Joe
(1966)
Silent Song
as Brother Michael
(1965)
Doctor Zhivago
as Petya
(1965)
Lord Jim
as Robinson
(1965)
Young Cassidy
as Archie
(1965)
Beginning to End
as Man
(1963)
Tom Jones
as Partridge
(1963)
The Ceremony
as O'Brian
(1962)
Captain Clegg
as Frightened Man
(1962)
The Brain
as Furber
(1962)
Two and Two Make Six
as Night Porter
(1962)
Mix Me a Person
as Terence
(1959)
Darby O'Gill and the Little People
as Phadrig Oge
(1959)
The Giant Behemoth
as Dr. Sampson, the paleontologist
(1959)
Blind Date
as Postman
(1959)
I Captured the King of the Leprechauns
as Phadrig Oge
(1959)
The Boy and the Bridge
as Market Porter
(1958)
She Didn't Say No!
as William Bates
(1958)
Rooney
as Joe O'Connor
(1957)
Manuela
as Tommy
(1957)
The Rising of the Moon
as Mickey J., The Poitín Maker (segment 'The Majesty of the Law')
(1956)
Jacqueline
as Campbell
(1953)
The Titfield Thunderbolt
as Vernon Crump (as Jack McGowran)
(1953)
The Titfield Thunderbolt
as Vernon Crump
(1953)
(1952)
The Quiet Man
as Ignatius Feeney
(1952)
The Gentle Gunman
as Patsy McGuire
(1951)
No Resting Place
as Billy Kyle