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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Jack MacGowran , licensed under CC-BY-SA,full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Most Famous Work

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The Avengers

(1961) Professor Poole

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The Champions

(1968) Banner B. Banner

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Gideon's Way

(1965) 'Happy' Roden

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Banacek

(1972) Michele Lanier

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The Exorcist

(1973) Burke Dennings

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Doctor Zhivago

(1965) Petya

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Darby O'Gill and the Little People

(1959) Phadrig Oge

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Lord Jim

(1965) Robinson

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Acting

Year	Character	Movie/Tv
2023	Self (archive footage)	Leap of Faith: William Friedkin on The Exorcist 2023-10-05 Movie
1973	Burke Dennings	The Exorcist 1973-12-26 Movie
1972	Seumas Shields	The Shadow of a Gunman 1972-12-04 Movie
	Michele Lanier	Banacek 1972-09-13 TV Show
1971	Fool	King Lear 1971-02-04 Movie
1970	Collector	A Day at the Beach 1970-05-01 Movie
	Jacques	Start the Revolution Without Me 1970-02-04 Movie
	Leo Zimmerman	The Yin and the Yang of Mr. Go 1970-01-01 Movie
1969	Nat Kelly	Age of Consent 1969-05-13 Movie
1968	'Cheese and Egg' C.E. Petty	There's a Hole in Your Dustbin, Delilah 1968-09-30 Movie
	Banner B. Banner	The Champions 1968-09-25 TV Show
	narrator	Faithful Departed 1968-07-02 Movie
	Prof. Oscar Collins	Wonderwall 1968-05-17 Movie
1967	Professor Abronsius	Dance of the Vampires 1967-11-13 Movie
	Juniper	How I Won the War 1967-10-18 Movie
	Irish Poet	The Inn Way Out 1967-02-01 Movie
1966	Joe	Eh, Joe? 1966-07-04 Movie
	Albie	Cul-de-sac 1966-06-17 Movie
	N/A	The Stable Door 1966-06-01 Movie
	Brother Michael	Silent Song 1966-02-02 Movie
1965	Petya	Doctor Zhivago 1965-12-22 Movie
	'Happy' Roden	Gideon's Way 1965-03-18 TV Show
	Archie	Young Cassidy 1965-02-25 Movie
	Robinson	Lord Jim 1965-02-15 Movie
	Man	Beginning to End 1965-01-01 Movie
1963	O'Brian	The Ceremony 1963-12-18 Movie
	Partridge	Tom Jones 1963-08-24 Movie
1962	N/A	Zero One 1962-10-03 TV Show
	Furber	The Brain 1962-09-05 Movie
	Terence	Mix Me a Person 1962-08-31 Movie
	Frightened Man	Captain Clegg 1962-06-13 Movie
	Night Porter	Two and Two Make Six 1962-05-01 Movie
1961	Professor Poole	The Avengers 1961-01-07 TV Show
1959	Postman	Blind Date 1959-08-01 Movie
	Phadrig Oge	Darby O'Gill and the Little People 1959-06-24 Movie
	Phadrig Oge	I Captured the King of the Leprechauns 1959-05-29 Movie
	Dr. Sampson, the paleontologist	The Giant Behemoth 1959-03-03 Movie
1958	William Bates	She Didn't Say No! 1958-09-30 Movie
	Joe O'Connor	Rooney 1958-03-24 Movie
1957	Mickey J. - the poitín maker (1st Episode)	The Rising of the Moon 1957-08-10 Movie
	Tommy	Manuela 1957-07-18 Movie
1956	Campbell	Jacqueline 1956-06-04 Movie
1953	Vernon Crump	The Titfield Thunderbolt 1953-03-04 Movie
	Vernon Crump (as Jack McGowran)	The Titfield Thunderbolt 1953-03-04 Movie
	N/A	Time Bomb 1953-02-05 Movie
1952	Patsy McGuire	The Gentle Gunman 1952-10-23 Movie
	Ignatius Feeney	The Quiet Man 1952-07-21 Movie
1951	Billy Kyle	No Resting Place 1951-01-12 Movie
Year	Character	Movie/Tv