Gibson Gowland
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Gibson Gowland (4 January 1877 Spennymoor, Durham, England, UK – 9 September 1951 London, England, UK) was an English film actor.
Gowland came to the United States from England, by way of Canada, in 1913 where he met Beatrice Bird, also from England, whom he married. They moved to Hollywood, working as bit players. In 1916, his son, actor and photographer Peter Gowland, was born.
His only starring role (out of 63 films) was in Greed (1924), directed by Erich von Stroheim, based on the Frank Norris novel McTeague, and costarring ZaSu Pitts. The film has since become a classic, despite its having been cut to one-fifth its original length for commercial release by MGM. Gowland portrayed the protagonist, dentist John McTeague. Von Stroheim also directed Gowland in his 1919 film Blind Husbands.
Gowland was cast as Simon Buquet in the 1925 film version of The Phantom of the Opera. He had bit parts in dozens of films from 1938 to 1945, but was rarely credited on-screen. After two divorces, Gowland returned to England in 1944. He died in London at age 74 from a lethal case of diarrhea. He is buried in Golders Green Crematorium.
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Acted in
Gun Cargo
1949
as Henry Morgan
Kitty
1945
as Prison Guard (uncredited)
Gaslight
1944
as Servant (uncredited)
It Happened Tomorrow
1944
The Lodger
1944
Going My Way
1944
as Parishioner
A Guy Named Joe
1943
as Bartender (uncredited)
Slightly Dangerous
1943
as Opera patron (uncredited)
The Moon Is Down
1943
as Villager (uncredited)
Crossroads
1942
as Reporter (uncredited)
Mrs. Miniver
1942
as Man on Boat (uncredited)
The Remarkable Andrew
1942
as Jurist
The Wolf Man
1941
as Villager (uncredited)
Sundown
1941
as Churchgoer in Wheelchair (uncredited)
Broadway Limited
1941
as Cafe Customer (uncredited)
Mutiny in the Arctic
1941
as Crewman (uncredited)
The Ape
1940
as Posse Member
Doomed to Die
1940
as Doctor (uncredited)
Northwest Passage
1940
as MacPherson
Henry Goes Arizona
1939
as Rancher (uncredited)
Raffles
1939
as Villager (uncredited)
Cotton Queen
1937
as Gaoler
The Wife of General Ling
1937
as Mike
The House of the Spaniard
1936
as 1st Captain
Wolves of the Sea
1936
as Cafe Customer (edited from 'Hell's Harbor') (uncredited)
King of the Damned
1935
as Priest
The Mystery of the Mary Celeste
1935
as Andy Gilling
The Stoker
1935
as Steve
The Secret of the Loch
1934
as Angus
Nordpol - Ahoi!
1934
The Private Life of Don Juan
1934
as Don Alfredo, Carmen's Poor Husband
S.O.S. Iceberg
1933
as John Dragan
S.O.S. Iceberg
1933
as John Dragan
The Doomed Battalion
1932
as Innerhofer
Without Honors
1932
as Mike Donovan
Arrowsmith
1931
as Committee Member (uncredited)
A House Divided
1931
as Bartender (uncredited)
Land of Wanted Men
1931
as Terry
Cleaning Up
1930
as Burke
The Sea Bat
1930
as Limey
Hell Harbor
1930
as Henry Morgan
The Mysterious Island
1929
as Dmitry
Rose-Marie
1928
as Black Bastien
Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans
1927
as Angry Driver (uncredited)
Topsy and Eva
1927
as Simon Leegree
The First Auto
1927
as The Blacksmith
The Land Beyond the Law
1927
as Silent 'Oklahoma' Joe
The Broken Gate
1927
as Ephraim Adamson
The Night of Love
1927
as Bandit
Don Juan
1926
as Gentleman of Rome (uncredited)
The Outsider
1926
as Shadow
The Phantom of the Opera
1925
as Simon Buquet
The Prairie Wife
1925
as Ollie
Love and Glory
1924
as Jules Malicorne
Greed
1924
as John McTeague
The Border Legion
1924
as Gulden
The Red Lily
1924
as Le Turc
Shifting Sands
1923
as Samuel Thayer
Hutch Stirs 'em Up
1923
as Sir Arthur Blackrose
Ladies Must Live
1921
as Michael Le Prim
The Fighting Shepherdess
1920
as Bowers
The Right of Way
1920
as Jo Portugais
Behind the Door
1919
as Gideon Blank
Blind Husbands
1919
as Silent Sepp
The Four-Gun Bandit
1919
as Secondary Role (uncredited)
The White Heather
1919
as The Captain
Breakers Ahead
1918
as Mike Burley
Bashful
1917
as Musician (uncredited)
The Secret of Black Mountain
1917
as Jack Rance
Under Handicap
1917
as Batt Truxton
The Promise
1917
as Stromberg
The Father of Her Child
1916
Jewel
1915
as Dr. Ballard (as T.W. Gowland)