Acting credits
50
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Large and steady acting portfolio.
Actor
Jack MacGowran
Acting
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Movies: 42Series: 8
TMDB ID: 14016
IMDb ID: nm0532290
Known for: Acting
Born: October 13, 1918
Died: January 30, 1973
Age: 54
Place of birth: Dublin, Ireland
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1951 - 1973
Years active: 23
Average TMDB rating: 6.49
Wikidata: Q1388853
Also known as
Jack McGowran • Джек МакГоурен
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.
Movies
Movies
Movie credits linked with Jack MacGowran.
7.7
The Exorcist
as Burke Dennings
1973 Movie
6.0
The Shadow of a Gunman
as Seumas Shields
1972 Movie
6.3
King Lear
as Fool
1970 Movie
4.6
A Day at the Beach
as Collector
1970 Movie
5.8
Start the Revolution Without Me
as Jacques
1970 Movie
4.2
The Yin and the Yang of Mr. Go
as Leo Zimmerman
1970 Movie
5.9
Age of Consent
as Nat Kelly
1969 Movie
5.1
Wonderwall
as Prof. Oscar Collins
1969 Movie
There's a Hole in Your Dustbin, Delilah
as 'Cheese and Egg' C.E. Petty
1968 Movie
Faithful Departed
as narrator
1968 Movie
6.9
The Fearless Vampire Killers
as Professor Abronsius
1967 Movie
5.5
How I Won the War
as Juniper
1967 Movie
The Inn Way Out
as Irish Poet
1967 Movie
Eh, Joe?
as Joe
1966 Movie
6.7
Cul-de-sac
as Albie
1966 Movie
The Stable Door
1966 Movie
Silent Song
as Brother Michael
1966 Movie
7.5
Doctor Zhivago
as Petya
1965 Movie
6.4
Young Cassidy
as Archie
1965 Movie
6.8
Lord Jim
as Robinson
1965 Movie
Beginning to End
as Man
1965 Movie
5.2
The Ceremony
as O'Brian
1963 Movie
5.9
Tom Jones
as Partridge
1963 Movie
5.6
The Brain
as Furber
1962 Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Jack MacGowran.
8.6
Banacek
as Michele Lanier • 1 eps
1972 Series
6.2
The Champions
as Banner B. Banner • 1 eps
1968 Series
5.0
BBC Play of the Month
as Trinculo • 1 eps
1965 Series
6.8
Gideon's Way
as 'Happy' Roden • 1 eps
1965 Series
7.2
Theatre 625
as Jeremiah Hudson • 1 eps
1964 Series
6.0
Zero One
1 eps
1962 Series
7.7
The Avengers
as Professor Poole • 1 eps
1961 Series
Sailor of Fortune
as Sean, Irish Deck Hand • 22 eps
1957 Series