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
| Birth Location | Dublin, Ireland |
|---|---|
| Born | 1918-10-13 |
| Died | 1973-01-30 |
Movies
Leap of Faith: William Friedkin on The Exorcist
as Self (archive footage)
2023
The Exorcist
as Burke Dennings
1973
The Shadow of a Gunman
as Seumas Shields
1972
King Lear
as Fool
1971
A Day at the Beach
as Collector
1970
Start the Revolution Without Me
as Jacques
1970
The Yin and the Yang of Mr. Go
as Leo Zimmerman
1970
Age of Consent
as Nat Kelly
1969
There's a Hole in Your Dustbin, Delilah
as 'Cheese and Egg' C.E. Petty
1968
Faithful Departed
as narrator
1968
Wonderwall
as Prof. Oscar Collins
1968
The Fearless Vampire Killers
as Professor Abronsius
1967
How I Won the War
as Juniper
1967
The Inn Way Out
as Irish Poet
1967
Eh, Joe?
as Joe
1966
Cul-de-sac
as Albie
1966
1966
Silent Song
as Brother Michael
1966
Doctor Zhivago
as Petya
1965
Young Cassidy
as Archie
1965
Lord Jim
as Robinson
1965
Beginning to End
as Man
1965
The Ceremony
as O'Brian
1963
Tom Jones
as Partridge
1963
The Brain
as Furber
1962
Mix Me a Person
as Terence
1962
Captain Clegg
as Frightened Man
1962
Two and Two Make Six
as Night Porter
1962
Blind Date
as Postman
1959
Darby O'Gill and the Little People
as Phadrig Oge
1959
I Captured the King of the Leprechauns
as Phadrig Oge
1959
The Giant Behemoth
as Dr. Sampson, the paleontologist
1959
She Didn't Say No!
as William Bates
1958
Rooney
as Joe O'Connor
1958
The Rising of the Moon
as Mickey J., The Poitín Maker (segment 'The Majesty of the Law')
1957
Manuela
as Tommy
1957
Jacqueline
as Campbell
1956
The Titfield Thunderbolt
as Vernon Crump (as Jack McGowran)
1953
The Titfield Thunderbolt
as Vernon Crump
1953
1953
The Gentle Gunman
as Patsy McGuire
1952
The Quiet Man
as Ignatius Feeney
1952
No Resting Place
as Billy Kyle
1951
Jack MacGowran hasn't worked on any movies or TV shows