About
Jack MacGowran
Overview
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
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| 2023 | Leap of Faith: William Friedkin on The Exorcist | Actor | Self (archive footage) | 58 Average |
| 1973 | The Exorcist | Actor | Burke Dennings | 76 Good |
| 1972 | The Shadow of a Gunman | Actor | Seumas Shields | N/A N/A |
| 1970 | King Lear | Actor | Fool | 59 Average |
| 1970 | A Day at the Beach | Actor | Collector | 58 Average |
| 1970 | Start the Revolution Without Me | Actor | Jacques | 58 Average |
| 1970 | The Yin and the Yang of Mr. Go | Actor | Leo Zimmerman | 58 Average |
| 1969 | Age of Consent | Actor | Nat Kelly | 58 Average |
| 1968 | There's a Hole in Your Dustbin, Delilah | Actor | 'Cheese and Egg' C.E. Petty | N/A N/A |
| 1968 | Faithful Departed | Actor | narrator | N/A N/A |
| 1968 | Wonderwall | Actor | Prof. Oscar Collins | 58 Average |
| 1967 | The Fearless Vampire Killers | Actor | Professor Abronsius | 65 Fair |
| 1967 | How I Won the War | Actor | Juniper | 58 Average |
| 1967 | The Inn Way Out | Actor | Irish Poet | N/A N/A |
| 1966 | Eh, Joe? | Actor | Joe | N/A N/A |
| 1966 | Cul-de-sac | Actor | Albie | 62 Fair |
| 1966 | The Stable Door | Actor | N/A N/A |
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| 1966 | Silent Song | Actor | Brother Michael | N/A N/A |
| 1965 | Doctor Zhivago | Actor | Petya | 70 Good |
| 1965 | Young Cassidy | Actor | Archie | 58 Average |
| 1965 | Lord Jim | Actor | Robinson | 59 Average |
| 1965 | Beginning to End | Actor | Man | N/A N/A |
| 1963 | The Ceremony | Actor | O'Brian | 58 Average |
| 1963 | Tom Jones | Actor | Partridge | 58 Average |
| 1962 | The Brain | Actor | Furber | 58 Average |
| 1962 | Mix Me a Person | Actor | Terence | 58 Average |
| 1962 | Captain Clegg | Actor | Frightened Man | 59 Average |
| 1962 | Two and Two Make Six | Actor | Night Porter | 58 Average |
| 1959 | Blind Date | Actor | Postman | 58 Average |
| 1959 | The Boy and the Bridge | Actor | Market Porter | 58 Average |
| 1959 | Darby O'Gill and the Little People | Actor | Phadrig Oge | 60 Fair |
| 1959 | I Captured the King of the Leprechauns | Actor | Phadrig Oge | 59 Average |
| 1959 | The Giant Behemoth | Actor | Dr. Sampson, the paleontologist | 58 Average |
| 1958 | She Didn't Say No! | Actor | William Bates | 59 Average |
| 1958 | Rooney | Actor | Joe O'Connor | 59 Average |
| 1957 | The Rising of the Moon | Actor | Mickey J., The Poitín Maker (segment 'The Majesty of the Law') | 59 Average |
| 1957 | Manuela | Actor | Tommy | 59 Average |
| 1957 | Sailor of Fortune | Actor | Sean, Irish Deck Hand | N/A N/A |
| 1956 | Jacqueline | Actor | Campbell | 59 Average |
| 1953 | The Titfield Thunderbolt | Actor | Vernon Crump | 59 Average |
| 1953 | The Titfield Thunderbolt | Actor | Vernon Crump (as Jack McGowran) | 59 Average |
| 1953 | Time Bomb | Actor | 58 Average |
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| 1952 | The Gentle Gunman | Actor | Patsy McGuire | 58 Average |
| 1952 | The Quiet Man | Actor | Ignatius Feeney | 66 Fair |
| 1951 | No Resting Place | Actor | Billy Kyle | N/A N/A |