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Known For
Acting
Birthday
October 13, 1918
Died
January 30, 1973
Place of Birth
Dublin, Ireland
Also Known As
- Jack McGowran
- Джек МакГоурен
Jack MacGowran
0.6 Popularity
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
7.7
Burke Dennings
The Exorcist
1973
0.0
Seumas Shields
The Shadow of a Gunman
1972
8.6
Michele Lanier
Banacek
1972
6.3
Fool
King Lear
1970
4.5
Collector
A Day at the Beach
1970
5.8
Jacques
Start the Revolution Without Me
1970
4.2
Leo Zimmerman
The Yin and the Yang of Mr. Go
1970
5.9
Nat Kelly
Age of Consent
1969
0.0
'Cheese and Egg' C.E. Petty
There's a Hole in Your Dustbin, Delilah
1968
6.2
Banner B. Banner
The Champions
1968
Credits
The Exorcist
as Burke Dennings
1973
7.7
The Shadow of a Gunman
as Seumas Shields
1972
0.0
Banacek
as Michele Lanier
1972
8.6
King Lear
as Fool
1970
6.3
A Day at the Beach
as Collector
1970
4.5
Start the Revolution Without Me
as Jacques
1970
5.8
The Yin and the Yang of Mr. Go
as Leo Zimmerman
1970
4.2
Age of Consent
as Nat Kelly
1969
5.9
There's a Hole in Your Dustbin, Delilah
as 'Cheese and Egg' C.E. Petty
1968
0.0
The Champions
as Banner B. Banner
1968
6.2
Faithful Departed
as narrator
1968
0.0
Wonderwall
as Prof. Oscar Collins
1968
5.0
The Fearless Vampire Killers
as Professor Abronsius
1967
6.9
How I Won the War
as Juniper
1967
5.5
The Inn Way Out
as Irish Poet
1967
0.0
Eh, Joe?
as Joe
1966
0.0
Cul-de-sac
as Albie
1966
6.7
The Stable Door
1966
0.0
Silent Song
as Brother Michael
1966
0.0
Doctor Zhivago
as Petya
1965
7.5
BBC Play of the Month
as Trinculo
1965
5.0
Gideon's Way
as 'Happy' Roden
1965
6.8
Young Cassidy
as Archie
1965
6.4
Lord Jim
as Robinson
1965
6.8
Beginning to End
as Man
1965
0.0
Theatre 625
as Jeremiah Hudson
1964
7.2
The Ceremony
as O'Brian
1963
5.2
Tom Jones
as Partridge
1963
5.9
Zero One
1962
6.0
The Brain
as Furber
1962
5.6
Mix Me a Person
as Terence
1962
6.2
Captain Clegg
as Frightened Man
1962
6.3
Two and Two Make Six
as Night Porter
1962
6.0
🎬
Drama 61-67
as Herbert Reynolds
1961
0.0
The Avengers
as Professor Poole
1961
7.7
Blind Date
as Postman
1959
5.9
The Boy and the Bridge
as Market Porter
1959
5.0
Darby O'Gill and the Little People
as Phadrig Oge
1959
6.6
I Captured the King of the Leprechauns
as Phadrig Oge
1959
9.0
The Giant Behemoth
as Dr. Sampson, the paleontologist
1959
5.8
She Didn't Say No!
as William Bates
1958
6.3
Rooney
as Joe O'Connor
1958
5.5
The Rising of the Moon
as Mickey J., The Poitín Maker (segment 'The Majesty of the Law')
1957
6.9
Manuela
as Tommy
1957
5.7
🎬
Overseas Press Club - Exclusive!
as Jimmy Walsh
1957
0.0
Sailor of Fortune
as Sean, Irish Deck Hand
1957
0.0
Jacqueline
as Campbell
1956
6.0
The Titfield Thunderbolt
as Vernon Crump (as Jack McGowran)
1953
7.0
The Titfield Thunderbolt
as Vernon Crump
1953
7.0
Time Bomb
1953
5.2
The Gentle Gunman
as Patsy McGuire
1952
6.2
The Quiet Man
as Ignatius Feeney
1952
7.3
No Resting Place
as Billy Kyle
1951
5.0
🎬
Third Eye
N/A
0.0