Jack MacGowran Age, Birthday, Biography, Wiki, Movies & More

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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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Jack MacGowran

Jack MacGowran Biography / Wiki

NameJack MacGowran
Also KnowJack McGowran, Джек МакГоурен
GenderMale
Known ForActing
Place of BirthDublin, Ireland
Date of Birth1918-10-13
Age(as in 2022)54
Deathday1973-01-30

Jack MacGowran Acting Movies

Movie NameCharacterRelease DateOverview
The Fearless Vampire KillersProfessor Abronsius1967-02-01A noted professor and his dim-witted apprentice fall prey to their inquiring vampires, while on the trail of the ominous damsel in distress….
WonderwallProf. Oscar Collins1968-05-17The eccentric professor Collins lives completely secluded in his chaotic apartment. When the model Penny moves in next to him, he becomes fascinated o…
There’s a Hole in Your Dustbin, Delilah‘Cheese and Egg’ C.E. Petty1968-09-30A skiving bin gang are on high alert when their new inspector takes an interest….
Faithful Departednarrator1968-07-02This short documentary draws on the photographs of Robert French from the William Lawrence Collection held in the National Library. The photos illustr…
Beginning to EndMan1965-01-01A recital of passages from the works of Samuel Beckett, performed by Jack MacGowran, as a raving old man….
Eh, Joe?Joe1966-07-04The first English broadcast of Eh, Joe? which aired on BBC2 on July 4th, 1966 with Jack MacGowran, for whom the play was specifically written, playing…
EmbersHenry1959-06-24Embers is a radio play written by Samuel Beckett first broadcast on the BBC Third Programme on 24th June 1959. Henry’s father ended his life in the s…
The Stable Door1966-06-01This is a film made as an elaborate advert for the Insurance Industry. A group of criminals conspire to rob a warehouse which has also been spotted as…
Age of ConsentNat Kelly1969-05-13An elderly artist thinks he has become too stale and is past his prime. His friend (and agent) persuades him to go to an offshore island to try once m…
The Yin and the Yang of Mr. GoLeo Zimmerman1970-01-01An American draft dodger and aspiring writer named Nero Finnigan (Jeff Bridges) becomes involved with the notorious Mr. Go (James Mason), an oriental …
No Resting PlaceBilly Kyle1951-01-12The brilliant British documentary filmmaker Paul Rotha made his feature-film debut with 1950’s No Resting Place. Filmed on location in Ireland, the fi…
Cul-de-sacAlbie1966-06-17A wounded criminal and his dying partner take refuge at an old beachfront fortress. The owner of the fortress and his young wife, initially unwilling …
Start the Revolution Without MeJacques1970-08-14An account of the adventures of two sets of identical twins, badly scrambled at birth, on the eve of the French Revolution. One set is haughty and ari…
The Rising of the MoonMickey J. – the poitín maker (1st Episode)1957-08-10Three vignettes of old Irish country life, based on a series of short stories. In “The Majesty of the Law,” a police officer must arrest a very old-fa…
ManuelaTommy1957-07-18James Prothero, forty-three years old and up to his ears in alcohol, is the skipper of a tramp ship due to leave South America for Britain – and heâ…
How I Won the WarJuniper1967-10-18An inept British WWII commander leads his troops to a series of misadventures in North Africa and Europe….
Mix Me a PersonTerence1962-08-31Eighteen-year-old Harry Jukes is literally holding a smoking gun in his hand. His lawyer thinks he did it, but his psychiatrist disagrees — and sets…
A Day at the BeachCollector1970-05-01Bernie is a silver tongued wanderer with a fondness for drink and no clear goal in life. What was supposed to be a day of fun at the seaside turns to …
The ExorcistBurke Dennings1973-12-2612-year-old Regan MacNeil begins to adapt an explicit new personality as strange events befall the local area of Georgetown. Her mother becomes torn b…
The Giant BehemothDr. Sampson, the paleontologist1959-03-03Marine atomic tests cause changes in the ocean’s ecosystem resulting in dangerous blobs of radiation and the resurrection of a dormant dinosaur which …
Blind DatePostman1959-08-01Dutch painter Jan-Van Rooyer hurries to keep a rendezvous with Jacqueline Cousteau, an elegant, sophisticated Frenchwoman, slightly his elder, whose r…
Young CassidyArchie1965-02-25In Dublin circa 1911, John Cassidy (Rod Taylor), an impoverished idealist, whose ambitions are restricted by the demands of looking after his family, …
The CeremonyO’Brian1963-12-18A man has an affair with his condemned brother’s girlfriend while plotting his escape in Tangier….
She Didn’t Say No!William Bates1958-09-30Bridget Monaghan, a single mother who has had six children by different fathers, shocks the conservative inhabitants of an Irish village….
RooneyJoe O’Connor1958-03-24The life of James Ignatius Rooney, a Dublin rubbish collector during the week and a Gaelic sportsman at the weekends….
Tom JonesPartridge1963-08-24Tom loves Sophie and Sophie loves Tom. But Tom and Sophie are of differering classes. Can they find a way through the mayhem to be true to love?…
Lord JimRobinson1965-02-15After being discredited as a coward, a 19th century seaman (Peter O’Toole) lives for only one purpose: to redeem himself. Based on Joseph Conrad’s nov…
Two and Two Make SixNight Porter1962-05-01An US airman stationed in the UK strikes down his commanding officer. Believing he killed him, the airman goes on the run with a girl. They run into a…
The BrainFurber1962-09-05A millionaire businessman’s brain is kept alive after a fatal accident, and communicates clues to a doctor on the trail of the killer…
Darby O’Gill and the Little PeoplePhadrig Oge1959-06-24A wily old codger matches wits with the King of the Leprechauns and helps play matchmaker for his daughter and the strapping lad who has replaced him …
I Captured the King of the LeprechaunsPhadrig Oge1959-05-29Behind the scenes of Darby O’Gill and the Little People….
Captain CleggFrightened Man1962-06-13What secret lay behind the dreaded Marsh Phantoms, the ghostly riders whose silent approach in the darkness of the bleak, unwelcoming Romney Marshes c…
The Titfield ThunderboltVernon Crump1953-03-04When British Railways announce the closure of the Titfield to Mallingford branch line a group of local residents make a bid to run it themselves, back…
The Quiet ManIgnatius Feeney1952-07-21An American man returns to the village of his birth in Ireland, where he finds love and conflict….
JacquelineCampbell1956-06-04Jacqueline is the daughter of Belfast shipyard worker Mike McNeil. The worker’s worth is compromised by his crippling fear of heights. Dismissed from …
Doctor ZhivagoPetya1965-12-22The life of a Russian physician and poet who, although married to another, falls in love with a political activist’s wife and experiences hardship dur…
Time Bomb1953-02-05When a saboteur places an explosive device on a train full of sea mines, the authorities call for bomb expert Peter Lyncort to diffuse the situation, …
The Titfield ThunderboltVernon Crump (as Jack McGowran)1953-03-04When British Railways announce the closure of the Titfield to Mallingford branch line a group of local residents make a bid to run it themselves, back…

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