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Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
October 13, 1918
Place of Birth:
Dublin, Ireland
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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
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Leap of Faith: William Friedkin on The Exorcist | Self (archive footage) |
| 1973 | The Exorcist | Burke Dennings |
| 1972 | The Shadow of a Gunman | Seumas Shields |
| 1970 | Start the Revolution Without Me | Jacques |
| 1970 | The Yin and the Yang of Mr. Go | Leo Zimmerman |
| 1970 | King Lear | Fool |
| 1970 | A Day at the Beach | Collector |
| 1969 | Age of Consent | Nat Kelly |
| 1968 | Wonderwall | Prof. Oscar Collins |
| 1968 | There's a Hole in Your Dustbin, Delilah | 'Cheese and Egg' C.E. Petty |
| 1968 | Faithful Departed | narrator |
| 1967 | The Fearless Vampire Killers | Professor Abronsius |
| 1967 | The Inn Way Out | Irish Poet |
| 1967 | How I Won the War | Juniper |
| 1966 | Cul-de-sac | Albie |
| 1966 | Silent Song | Brother Michael |
| 1966 | Eh, Joe? | Joe |
| 1966 | The Stable Door | |
| 1965 | Doctor Zhivago | Petya |
| 1965 | Beginning to End | Man |
| 1965 | Young Cassidy | Archie |
| 1965 | Lord Jim | Robinson |
| 1963 | Tom Jones | Partridge |
| 1963 | The Ceremony | O'Brian |
| 1962 | Captain Clegg | Frightened Man |
| 1962 | The Brain | Furber |
| 1962 | Mix Me a Person | Terence |
| 1962 | Two and Two Make Six | Night Porter |
| 1959 | The Giant Behemoth | Dr. Sampson, the paleontologist |
| 1959 | Blind Date | Postman |
| 1959 | Darby O'Gill and the Little People | Phadrig Oge |
| 1959 | I Captured the King of the Leprechauns | Phadrig Oge |
| 1959 | The Boy and the Bridge | Market Porter |
| 1958 | Rooney | Joe O'Connor |
| 1958 | She Didn't Say No! | William Bates |
| 1957 | The Rising of the Moon | Mickey J., The Poitín Maker (segment 'The Majesty of the Law') |
| 1957 | Manuela | Tommy |
| 1956 | Jacqueline | Campbell |
| 1953 | The Titfield Thunderbolt | Vernon Crump (as Jack McGowran) |
| 1953 | The Titfield Thunderbolt | Vernon Crump |
| 1953 | Time Bomb | |
| 1952 | The Quiet Man | Ignatius Feeney |
| 1952 | The Gentle Gunman | Patsy McGuire |
| 1951 | No Resting Place | Billy Kyle |
| Third Eye |
| Year | TV Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 1972 | Banacek | Michele Lanier |
| 1968 | The Champions | Banner B. Banner |
| 1965 | Gideon's Way | 'Happy' Roden |
| 1962 | Zero One | |
| 1961 | The Avengers | Professor Poole |
| 1957 | Sailor of Fortune | Sean, Irish Deck Hand |