Jack MacGowran

Born: 1918-10-13

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.


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as Burke Dennings
Released: 1973-12-26

When a charming 12-year-old girl takes on the characteristics and voices of others, doctors say...

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The Quiet Man

as Ignatius Feeney
Released: 1952-07-21

An American man returns to the village of his birth in Ireland, where he finds love and conflict.

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The Fearless Vampire Killers

as Professor Abronsius
Released: 1967-11-13

A noted professor and his dim-witted apprentice fall prey to their inquiring vampires, while on...

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Doctor Zhivago

as Petya
Released: 1965-12-22

The life of a Russian physician and poet who, although married to another, falls in love with a...

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Lord Jim

as Robinson
Released: 1965-02-15

After being discredited as a coward, a 19th century seaman lives for only one purpose: to redeem...

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Darby O'Gill and the Little People

as Phadrig Oge
Released: 1959-06-24

A wily old codger matches wits with the King of the Leprechauns and helps play matchmaker for...

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Tom Jones

as Partridge
Released: 1963-08-24

Tom loves Sophie and Sophie loves Tom. But Tom and Sophie are of differering classes. Can they...

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Age of Consent

as Nat Kelly
Released: 1969-05-13

An elderly artist thinks he has become too stale and is past his prime. His friend (and agent)...

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Cul-de-sac

as Albie
Released: 1966-06-17

A wounded criminal and his dying partner take refuge at an old beachfront fortress. The owner of...

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The Giant Behemoth

as Dr. Sampson, the paleontologist
Released: 1959-03-03

Marine atomic tests cause changes in the ocean's ecosystem resulting in dangerous blobs of...

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Start the Revolution Without Me

as Jacques
Released: 1970-02-04

Two sets of identical twins are accidentally switched at birth. One pair, Phillipe and Pierre...

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The Titfield Thunderbolt

as Vernon Crump (as Jack McGowran)
Released: 1953-03-04

When British Railways announce the closure of the Titfield to Mallingford branch line a group of...

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The Titfield Thunderbolt

as Vernon Crump
Released: 1953-03-04

When British Railways announce the closure of the Titfield to Mallingford branch line a group of...

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Blind Date

as Postman
Released: 1959-08-01

Dutch painter Jan-Van Rooyer hurries to keep a rendezvous with Jacqueline Cousteau, an elegant,...

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Leap of Faith: William Friedkin on The Exorcist

as Self (archive footage)
Released: 2023-10-05

A lyrical and spiritual cinematic essay on The Exorcist, the last film of Alexandre O. Philippe...

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Wonderwall

as Prof. Oscar Collins
Released: 1968-05-17

The eccentric professor Collins lives completely secluded in his chaotic apartment. When the...

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How I Won the War

as Juniper
Released: 1967-10-18

An inept British WWII commander leads his troops to a series of misadventures in North Africa...

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Captain Clegg

as Frightened Man
Released: 1962-06-13

A captain and his sailors investigate the rampaging "Marsh Phantoms" terrorizing a coastal town,...

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I Captured the King of the Leprechauns

as Phadrig Oge
Released: 1959-05-29

Behind the scenes of Darby O'Gill and the Little People.

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King Lear

as Fool
Released: 1971-02-04

King Lear, old and tired, divides his kingdom among his daughters, giving great importance to...

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Young Cassidy

as Archie
Released: 1965-02-25

In Dublin circa 1911, John Cassidy (Rod Taylor), an impoverished idealist, whose ambitions are...

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The Rising of the Moon

as Mickey J., The Poitín Maker (segment 'The Majesty of the Law')
Released: 1957-08-10

Three vignettes of old Irish country life, based on a series of short stories. In "The Majesty...

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Time Bomb

as uncredited
Released: 1953-02-05

When a saboteur places an explosive device on a train full of sea mines, the authorities call...

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A Day at the Beach

as Collector
Released: 1970-05-01

Bernie is a silver tongued wanderer with a fondness for drink and no clear goal in life. What...

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The Shadow of a Gunman

as Seumas Shields
Released: 1972-12-04

Is a sensitive and mysterious poet really an IRA gunman in hiding? Set in a Dublin tenement in...

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The Brain

as Furber
Released: 1962-09-05

A millionaire businessman's brain is kept alive after a fatal accident, and communicates clues...

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The Ceremony

as O'Brian
Released: 1963-12-18

A man has an affair with his condemned brother's girlfriend while plotting his escape in Tangier.

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Manuela

as Tommy
Released: 1957-07-18

James Prothero, forty-three years old and up to his ears in alcohol, is the skipper of a tramp...

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The Stable Door

as uncredited
Released: 1966-06-01

This is a film made as an elaborate advert for the Insurance Industry. A group of criminals...

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The Gentle Gunman

as Patsy McGuire
Released: 1952-10-23

The relationship between brothers Terry and Matt, both active in the IRA, comes under strain...

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The Yin and the Yang of Mr. Go

as Leo Zimmerman
Released: 1970-01-01

An American draft dodger and aspiring writer named Nero Finnigan becomes involved with the...

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Rooney

as Joe O'Connor
Released: 1958-03-24

The life of James Ignatius Rooney, a Dublin rubbish collector during the week and a Gaelic...

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Mix Me a Person

as Terence
Released: 1962-08-31

Eighteen-year-old Harry Jukes is literally holding a smoking gun in his hand. His lawyer thinks...

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Jacqueline

as Campbell
Released: 1956-06-04

Jacqueline is the daughter of Belfast shipyard worker Mike McNeil. The worker's worth is...

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Two and Two Make Six

as Night Porter
Released: 1962-05-01

An US airman stationed in the UK strikes down his commanding officer. Believing he killed him,...

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There's a Hole in Your Dustbin, Delilah

as 'Cheese and Egg' C.E. Petty
Released: 1968-09-30

A skiving bin gang are on high alert when their new inspector takes an interest.

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The Inn Way Out

as Irish Poet
Released: 1967-02-01

A man encounters all sorts of strange places and people when he goes out for cigarettes.

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She Didn't Say No!

as William Bates
Released: 1958-09-30

Bridget Monaghan, a single mother who has had six children by different fathers, shocks the...

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Silent Song

as Brother Michael
Released: 1966-02-02

Life in a Trappist monastery offers a life of contemplation and hard labour.

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Faithful Departed

as narrator
Released: 1968-07-02

This short documentary draws on the photographs of Robert French from the William Lawrence...

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No Resting Place

as Billy Kyle
Released: 1951-01-12

The brilliant British documentary filmmaker Paul Rotha made his feature-film debut with 1950's...

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Eh, Joe?

as Joe
Released: 1966-07-04

The first English broadcast of Eh, Joe? which aired on BBC2 on July 4th, 1966 with Jack...

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Beginning to End

as Man
Released: 1965-01-01

A recital of passages from the works of Samuel Beckett, performed by Jack MacGowran, as a raving...

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The Avengers

as Professor Poole
First aired: 1961-01-07

The Avengers is a British television series created in the 1960s. It initially focused on Dr....

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The Champions

as Banner B. Banner
First aired: 1968-09-25

The Champions is a British espionage/science fiction/occult detective fiction adventure series...

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Banacek

as Michele Lanier
First aired: 1972-09-13

Banacek is an American detective TV series starring George Peppard that aired on the NBC network...

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Gideon's Way

as 'Happy' Roden
First aired: 1965-03-18

Gideon's Way is a British television crime series made by ITC Entertainment in 1964/65, based on...

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Zero One

as uncredited
First aired: 1962-10-03

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