
Jack MacGowran
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- October 13, 1918
- Died
- January 30, 1973 (aged 54)
- Birthplace
- Dublin, Ireland
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
Filmography

The Yin and the Yang of Mr. Go
Movie · as Leo Zimmerman

The Exorcist
Movie · as Burke Dennings

The Shadow of a Gunman
Movie · as Seumas Shields

Banacek
TV · as Michele Lanier · 1 ep

Start the Revolution Without Me
Movie · as Jacques

King Lear
Movie · as Fool

A Day at the Beach
Movie · as Collector

Wonderwall
Movie · as Prof. Oscar Collins

Age of Consent
Movie · as Nat Kelly

There's a Hole in Your Dustbin, Delilah
Movie · as 'Cheese and Egg' C.E. Petty

Faithful Departed
Movie · as Self - Narrator (voice)

The Champions
TV · as Banner B. Banner · 1 ep

The Fearless Vampire Killers
Movie · as Professor Abronsius

The Inn Way Out
Movie · as Irish Poet

How I Won the War
Movie · as Juniper

ITV Playhouse
TV · as Cheese & Egg [C.E.Petty] · 1 ep

Half Hour Story
TV · as Alec · 1 ep

Cul-de-sac
Movie · as Albie

Silent Song
Movie · as Brother Michael

Eh, Joe?
Movie · as Joe

The Stable Door
Movie

Doctor Zhivago
Movie · as Petya

Beginning to End
Movie · as Man

Young Cassidy
Movie · as Archie

Lord Jim
Movie · as Robinson

Gideon's Way
TV · as 'Happy' Roden · 1 ep

BBC Play of the Month
TV · as Trinculo · 1 ep

Thirty-Minute Theatre
TV · as Coates · 1 ep

Theatre 625
TV · as Jeremiah Hudson · 1 ep

The Wednesday Play
TV · as Brother Michael · 1 ep
Thursday Theatre
TV · as Father · 1 ep

Tom Jones
Movie · as Partridge

The Ceremony
Movie · as O'Brian

Espionage
TV · as Matt Youghal · 1 ep

Sergeant Cork
TV · as Drummer · 1 ep

Captain Clegg
Movie · as Frightened Man

The Brain
Movie · as Furber

Mix Me a Person
Movie · as Terence

Two and Two Make Six
Movie · as Night Porter

Zero One
TV · 1 ep

The Avengers
TV · as Professor Poole · 1 ep
Drama 61-67
TV · as Herbert Reynolds · 1 ep
Armchair Mystery Theatre
TV · as Albert Brady · 1 ep

Danger Man
TV · as Prior · 1 ep

The Giant Behemoth
Movie · as Dr. Sampson, the paleontologist

Blind Date
Movie · as Postman

Darby O'Gill and the Little People
Movie · as Phadrig Oge

I Captured the King of the Leprechauns
Movie · as Phadrig Oge

The Boy and the Bridge
Movie · as Market Porter

Rooney
Movie · as Joe O'Connor

She Didn't Say No!
Movie · as William Bates

The Rising of the Moon
Movie · as Mickey J., The Poitín Maker (segment 'The Majesty of the Law')

Manuela
Movie · as Tommy

Sailor of Fortune
TV · as Sean, Irish Deck Hand · 22 eps
Overseas Press Club - Exclusive!
TV · as Jimmy Walsh · 1 ep

Jacqueline
Movie · as Campbell

Armchair Theatre
TV · 1 ep

The Titfield Thunderbolt
Movie · as Vernon Crump (as Jack McGowran)

Time Bomb
Movie

The Quiet Man
Movie · as Ignatius Feeney

The Gentle Gunman
Movie · as Patsy McGuire

No Resting Place
Movie · as Billy Kyle