Jack MacGowran
Born in Dublin, Ireland — Oct 13 1918• Died Jan 30 1973
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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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The Avengers
Professor Poole
BBC Play of the Month
Trinculo
Theatre 625
Jeremiah Hudson
The Champions
Banner B. Banner
Gideon's Way
'Happy' Roden
Drama 61-67
Herbert Reynolds
Banacek
Michele Lanier
The Exorcist
Burke Dennings
Overseas Press Club - Exclusive!
Jimmy Walsh
Sailor of Fortune
Sean, Irish Deck Hand
The Quiet Man
Ignatius Feeney
Doctor Zhivago
Petya
The Fearless Vampire Killers
Professor Abronsius
Lord Jim
Robinson
Armchair Mystery Theatre
Albert Brady
Darby O'Gill and the Little People
Phadrig Oge
Armchair Theatre
Zero One
Cul-de-sac
Albie
Age of Consent
Nat Kelly
How I Won the War
Juniper
Tom Jones
Partridge
Wonderwall
Prof. Oscar Collins
King Lear
Fool
A Day at the Beach
Collector
The Ceremony
O'Brian
Rooney
Joe O'Connor
Captain Clegg
Frightened Man
Manuela
Tommy
Time Bomb
Blind Date
Postman
The Titfield Thunderbolt
Vernon Crump (as Jack McGowran)
Jacqueline
Campbell
Start the Revolution Without Me
Jacques
Young Cassidy
Archie
The Rising of the Moon
Mickey J., The Poitín Maker (segment 'The Majesty of the Law')
The Brain
Furber
I Captured the King of the Leprechauns
Phadrig Oge
Mix Me a Person
Terence
The Gentle Gunman
Patsy McGuire
The Shadow of a Gunman
Seumas Shields
No Resting Place
Billy Kyle
The Boy and the Bridge
Market Porter
She Didn't Say No!
William Bates
The Giant Behemoth
Dr. Sampson, the paleontologist
Two and Two Make Six
Night Porter
The Yin and the Yang of Mr. Go
Leo Zimmerman
Eh, Joe?
Joe
The Stable Door
There's a Hole in Your Dustbin, Delilah
'Cheese and Egg' C.E. Petty
The Inn Way Out
Irish Poet
Faithful Departed
narrator
Silent Song
Brother Michael
Beginning to End
Man