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