Jack MacGowran
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- 13 October 1918 · Dublin, Ireland
- Died
- 30 January 1973
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.
Known for
Acting 43
- 2025Third Eye
- 1974The Yin and the Yang of Mr. Go as Leo Zimmerman
- 1973The Exorcist as Burke Dennings
- 1972The Shadow of a Gunman as Seumas Shields
- 1970King Lear as Fool
- 1970A Day at the Beach as Collector
- 1970Start the Revolution Without Me as Jacques
- 1969Age of Consent as Nat Kelly
- 1969Wonderwall as Prof. Oscar Collins
- 1968There's a Hole in Your Dustbin, Delilah as 'Cheese and Egg' C.E. Petty
- 1968Faithful Departed as Self - Narrator (voice)
- 1967The Fearless Vampire Killers as Professor Abronsius
- 1967How I Won the War as Juniper
- 1967The Inn Way Out as Irish Poet
- 1966Eh, Joe? as Joe
- 1966Cul-de-sac as Albie
- 1966The Stable Door
- 1966Silent Song as Brother Michael
- 1965Doctor Zhivago as Petya
- 1965Young Cassidy as Archie
- 1965Lord Jim as Robinson
- 1965Beginning to End as Man
- 1963The Ceremony as O'Brian
- 1963Tom Jones as Partridge
- 1962The Brain as Furber
- 1962Mix Me a Person as Terence
- 1962Captain Clegg as Frightened Man
- 1962Two and Two Make Six as Night Porter
- 1959Blind Date as Postman
- 1959The Boy and the Bridge as Market Porter
- 1959Darby O'Gill and the Little People as Phadrig Oge
- 1959I Captured the King of the Leprechauns as Phadrig Oge
- 1959The Giant Behemoth as Dr. Sampson, the paleontologist
- 1958She Didn't Say No! as William Bates
- 1958Rooney as Joe O'Connor
- 1957Manuela as Tommy
- 1957The Rising of the Moon as Mickey J., The Poitín Maker (segment 'The Majesty of the Law')
- 1956Jacqueline as Campbell
- 1953The Titfield Thunderbolt as Vernon Crump (as Jack McGowran)
- 1953Time Bomb
- 1952The Gentle Gunman as Patsy McGuire
- 1952The Quiet Man as Ignatius Feeney
- 1951No Resting Place as Billy Kyle