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Jack MacGowran

Actor | * 10/13/1918 († 54, 01/30/1973) | Dublin (Ireland)
John Joseph MacGowran (13 October 1918 – 30 January 1973) was an Irish actor, known for being one of the foremost stage interpreters of the work of Samuel Beckett, as well as his film roles as Professor Abronsius in The Fearless Vampire Killers (1967), Juniper in How I Won the War (1967), and Burke Dennings in The Exorcist (1973), in which MacGowran died during production. ()
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Most frequent genres for this person: Drama | Comedies | Romance / Love

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A wily old codger matches wits with the King of the Leprechauns and helps play matchmaker for his daughter and the strapping lad who has replaced him as caretaker. ...

Darby O'Gill and the Little People

G

1959 | 3.4/5 | 1h 33min
Adventure, Kids & Family, Fantasy, Romance / Love
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12-year-old Regan MacNeil begins to adapt an explicit new personality as strange events befall the local area of Georgetown. Her mother becomes torn between science and superstition in a desperate bid ...

The Exorcist

R

1973 | 3.9/5 | 2h 2min
Horror
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An American man returns to the village of his birth in Ireland, where he finds love and conflict. ...

The Quiet Man

NR

1952 | 3.7/5 | 2h 9min
Romance / Love, Comedy, Drama
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A noted professor and his dim-witted apprentice fall prey to their inquiring vampires, while on the trail of the ominous damsel in distress. ...

Dance of the Vampires

NR

1967 | 3.5/5 | 1h 48min
Comedy, Horror
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Movies with Jack MacGowran as Actor(35)

as Self (archive footage)2023 Leap of Faith: William Friedkin on The Exorcist
as Burke Dennings1973 The Exorcist
as Jacques1970 Start the Revolution Without Me
as Leo Zimmerman1970 The Yin and the Yang of Mr. Go
as Collector1970 A Day at the Beach
as Nat Kelly1969 Age of Consent
as Prof. Oscar Collins1968 Wonderwall
as Juniper1967 How I Won the War
as Professor Abronsius1967 Dance of the Vampires
as Joe1966 Eh, Joe?
1966 The Stable Door
as Albie1966 Cul-de-sac
as Petya1965 Doctor Zhivago
as Robinson1965 Lord Jim
as Archie1965 Young Cassidy
as Partridge1963 Tom Jones
as O'Brian1963 The Ceremony
as Frightened Man1962 Captain Clegg
as Terence1962 Mix Me a Person
as Furber1962 The Brain
as Night Porter1962 Two and Two Make Six
as Phadrig Oge1959 I Captured the King of the Leprechauns
as Dr. Sampson, the paleontologist1959 The Giant Behemoth
as Phadrig Oge1959 Darby O'Gill and the Little People
as Postman1959 Blind Date
as Joe O'Connor1958 Rooney
as William Bates1958 She Didn't Say No!
as Tommy1957 Manuela
as Mickey J. - the poitín maker (1st Episode)1957 The Rising of the Moon
as Campbell1956 Jacqueline
1953 Time Bomb
as Vernon Crump1953 The Titfield Thunderbolt
as Vernon Crump (as Jack McGowran)1953 The Titfield Thunderbolt
as Ignatius Feeney1952 The Quiet Man
as Billy Kyle1951 No Resting Place

TV Shows/Series with Jack MacGowran as Actor(4)

as Michele Lanier1972 Banacek
as Banner B. Banner1968 The Champions
as 'Happy' Roden1965 Gideon's Way
as Professor Poole1961 The Avengers

Citizenship: Ireland
Born: Sunday, 10/13 1918 (October) in Dublin (Ireland)
Died: Tuesday, 01/30 1973 (January) in New York City (aged: 54)
Zodiac sign: Libra (Chinese zodiac sign: Horse)
Educated at: Synge Street CBS
Children: Tara MacGowran
Other names for Jack MacGowran (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"Jack McGowran"
"Джек МакГоурен"
Jack MacGowran frequently works together with these people:
Roman Polanski (8x, Actor)
Noel Purcell (6x, Actor)
John Ford (5x, Crew)
William Peter Blatty (5x, Crew)
Dennis Spooner (5x, Crew)
Jeremy Burnham (5x, Actor)
James Mason (4x, Actor)
Gérard Brach (4x, Crew)
Denis O'Dea (4x, Actor)
Laurence Harvey (4x, Actor)
George Murcell (4x, Actor)
J.G. Devlin (4x, Actor)
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WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:172842, Added: 07/09/2018, Last updated: 04/12/2024