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.

Personal Facts

Known For

Acting

Gender

male

Known Credits

43

Birth Date

1918-10-13 00:00:00

Birth Place

Dublin, Ireland

Known For

• 

  The Exorcist
• 

  The Fearless Vampire Killers
• 

  Wonderwall
• 

  Age of Consent
• 

  There's a Hole in Your Dustbin, Delilah
• 

  Faithful Departed

Credits

• actors (43 credits)

  • The Yin and the Yang of Mr. Go

    Leo Zimmerman

    actor

    actors
    1974
  • The Exorcist

    Burke Dennings

    actor

    actors
    1973
  • The Shadow of a Gunman

    Seumas Shields

    actor

    actors
    1972
  • King Lear

    Fool

    actor

    actors
    1970
  • A Day at the Beach

    Collector

    actor

    actors
    1970
  • Start the Revolution Without Me

    Jacques

    actor

    actors
    1970
  • Age of Consent

    Nat Kelly

    actor

    actors
    1969
  • Wonderwall

    Prof. Oscar Collins

    actor

    actors
    1969
  • There's a Hole in Your Dustbin, Delilah

    'Cheese and Egg' C.E. Petty

    actor

    actors
    1968
  • Faithful Departed

    Self - Narrator (voice)

    actor

    actors
    1968
  • The Fearless Vampire Killers

    Professor Abronsius

    actor

    actors
    1967
  • How I Won the War

    Juniper

    actor

    actors
    1967
  • The Inn Way Out

    Irish Poet

    actor

    actors
    1967
  • Eh, Joe?

    Joe

    actor

    actors
    1966
  • Cul-de-sac

    Albie

    actor

    actors
    1966
  • The Stable Door

    actor

    actors
    1966
  • Silent Song

    Brother Michael

    actor

    actors
    1966
  • Doctor Zhivago

    Petya

    actor

    actors
    1965
  • Young Cassidy

    Archie

    actor

    actors
    1965
  • Lord Jim

    Robinson

    actor

    actors
    1965
  • Beginning to End

    Man

    actor

    actors
    1965
  • The Ceremony

    O'Brian

    actor

    actors
    1963
  • Tom Jones

    Partridge

    actor

    actors
    1963
  • The Brain

    Furber

    actor

    actors
    1962
  • Mix Me a Person

    Terence

    actor

    actors
    1962
  • Captain Clegg

    Frightened Man

    actor

    actors
    1962
  • Two and Two Make Six

    Night Porter

    actor

    actors
    1962
  • The Avengers

    - The Winged Avenger (1967) ... Professor Poole actor actors
    1961
  • Blind Date

    Postman

    actor

    actors
    1959
  • The Boy and the Bridge

    Market Porter

    actor

    actors
    1959
  • Darby O'Gill and the Little People

    Phadrig Oge

    actor

    actors
    1959
  • I Captured the King of the Leprechauns

    Phadrig Oge

    actor

    actors
    1959
  • The Giant Behemoth

    Dr. Sampson, the paleontologist

    actor

    actors
    1959
  • She Didn't Say No!

    William Bates

    actor

    actors
    1958
  • Rooney

    Joe O'Connor

    actor

    actors
    1958
  • The Rising of the Moon

    Mickey J., The Poitín Maker (segment 'The Majesty of the Law')

    actor

    actors
    1957
  • Manuela

    Tommy

    actor

    actors
    1957
  • Jacqueline

    Campbell

    actor

    actors
    1956
  • The Titfield Thunderbolt

    Vernon Crump

    actor

    actors
    1953
  • Time Bomb

    actor

    actors
    1953
  • The Gentle Gunman

    Patsy McGuire

    actor

    actors
    1952
  • The Quiet Man

    Ignatius Feeney

    actor

    actors
    1952
  • No Resting Place

    Billy Kyle

    actor

    actors
    1951