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