Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
10/13/1918
Place of Birth
Dublin, Ireland
Also Known As
Jack McGowranДжек МакГоурен
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
The Exorcist
as Burke Dennings
Doctor Zhivago
as Petya
The Brain
as Furber
The Ceremony
as O'Brian
Darby O'Gill and the Little People
as Phadrig Oge
Young Cassidy
as Archie
Tom Jones
as Partridge
Lord Jim
as Robinson
The Quiet Man
as Ignatius Feeney
Time Bomb
Unknown Role
The Fearless Vampire Killers
as Professor Abronsius
Blind Date
as Postman
Captain Clegg
as Frightened Man
The Titfield Thunderbolt
as Vernon Crump (as Jack McGowran)
The Titfield Thunderbolt
as Vernon Crump
The Rising of the Moon
as Mickey J., The Poitín Maker (segment 'The Majesty of the Law')
The Giant Behemoth
as Dr. Sampson, the paleontologist
How I Won the War
as Juniper
The Boy and the Bridge
as Market Porter
Age of Consent
as Nat Kelly