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Aliases: Thomas Gowland , T.H. Gowland , T.H. Gibson-Gowland , T.H. Gibson Gowland , G.H. Gowland

Gender: Male

Place of birth: Spennymoor, Durham, England, UK

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Movie Involvements: 49

TV Involvements: 0


Most Famous Work

Biography

​From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Gibson Gowland (4 January 1877 Spennymoor, Durham, England, UK – 9 September 1951 London, England, UK) was an English film actor. Gowland came to the United States from England, by way of Canada, in 1913 where he met Beatrice Bird, also from England, whom he married. They moved to Hollywood, working as bit players. In 1916, his son, actor and photographer Peter Gowland, was born. His only starring role (out of 63 films) was in Greed (1924), directed by Erich von Stroheim, based on the Frank Norris novel McTeague, and costarring ZaSu Pitts. The film has since become a classic, despite its having been cut to one-fifth its original length for commercial release by MGM. Gowland portrayed the protagonist, dentist John McTeague. Von Stroheim also directed Gowland in his 1919 film Blind Husbands. Gowland was cast as Simon Buquet in the 1925 film version of The Phantom of the Opera. He had bit parts in dozens of films from 1938 to 1945, but was rarely credited on-screen. After two divorces, Gowland returned to England in 1944. He died in London at age 74 from a lethal case of diarrhea. He is buried in Golders Green Crematorium. Description above from the Wikipedia article Gibson Gowland, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Most Famous Work

Gaslight
Average
8

Gaslight

(1944) Servant (uncredited)
Mrs. Miniver
Average
7

Mrs. Miniver

(1942) Man on Boat (uncredited)
Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans
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8

Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans

(1927) Angry Driver (uncredited)
The Wolf Man
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7

The Wolf Man

(1941) Villager
Northwest Passage
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6

Northwest Passage

(1940) MacPherson
Greed
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7

Greed

(1924) John McTeague
The Phantom of the Opera
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7

The Phantom of the Opera

(1925) Simon Buquet
Arrowsmith
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7

Arrowsmith

(1931) Committee Member (uncredited)

Acting

Year Character Movie/Tv
1949 Henry Morgan
1945 Prison Guard (uncredited)
1944 Parishioner (uncredited)
Servant (uncredited)
N/A
N/A
1943 Bartender (uncredited)
Opera patron (uncredited)
Villager (uncredited)
1942 Reporter (uncredited)
Man on Boat (uncredited)
Jurist
1941 Villager
Churchgoer in Wheelchair (uncredited)
Cafe Customer (uncredited)
Crewman (uncredited)
1940 Posse Member
Doctor (uncredited)
MacPherson
1939 Rancher (uncredited)
Villager (uncredited)
1937 Gaoler
Mike
1936 1st Captain
Cafe Customer (edited from 'Hell's Harbor') (uncredited)
1935 Priest
Steve
1934 Angus
N/A
Don Alfredo, Carmen's Poor Husband
1933 John Dragan
John Dragan
1932 Innerhofer
Mike Donovan
1931 Committee Member (uncredited)
Bartender (uncredited)
Terry
1930 Burke
Limey
Henry Morgan
1929 Dmitry
1928 Black Bastien
1927 Angry Driver (uncredited)
Simon Leegree
The Blacksmith
Silent 'Oklahoma' Joe
Ephraim Adamson
Bandit
1926 Gentleman of Rome (uncredited)
Shadow
1925 Simon Buquet
Ollie
1924 John McTeague
Gulden
Le Turc
1923 Sir Arthur Blackrose
1921 Michael Le Prim
1920 Bowers
Jo Portugais
1919 Gideon Blank
Silent Sepp
Secondary Role (uncredited)
1918 Mike Burley
1917 Musician (uncredited)
Batt Truxton
Stromberg
1916 N/A
1915 Dr. Ballard (as T.W. Gowland)
Year Character Movie/Tv

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