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Jack MacGowran

Cast & creator

Jack MacGowran

1918-10-13 (died at 54) Dublin, IrelandIMDb

Best known for The Avengers, The Wednesday Play, BBC Play of the Month

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.

Also known as: Jack McGowran, Джек МакГоурен

Movies

43

film credits

Series

21

television credits

Career

64

1951–1974 · acting roles

Credit score

6.7

average across scored titles

Signature credits

Known for

Ordered by popularity

The Avengers

The Avengers

Professor Poole · 1961

The Wednesday Play

The Wednesday Play

Brother Michael · 1964

BBC Play of the Month

BBC Play of the Month

Trinculo · 1965

ITV Playhouse

ITV Playhouse

Cheese & Egg [C.E.Petty] · 1967

Theatre 625

Theatre 625

Jeremiah Hudson · 1964

Across film & television

Filmography (64)

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The Avengers

The Avengers

Professor Poole

The Wednesday Play

The Wednesday Play

Brother Michael

BBC Play of the Month

BBC Play of the Month

Trinculo

ITV Playhouse

ITV Playhouse

Cheese & Egg [C.E.Petty]

Theatre 625

Theatre 625

Jeremiah Hudson

Thirty-Minute Theatre

Thirty-Minute Theatre

Coates

Danger Man

Danger Man

Prior

The Champions

The Champions

Banner B. Banner

The Exorcist

The Exorcist

Burke Dennings

Thursday Theatre

Father

Drama 61-67

Herbert Reynolds

Espionage

Espionage

Matt Youghal

Banacek

Banacek

Michele Lanier

Gideon's Way

Gideon's Way

'Happy' Roden

Sergeant Cork

Sergeant Cork

Drummer

Armchair Mystery Theatre

Albert Brady

Doctor Zhivago

Doctor Zhivago

Petya

Overseas Press Club - Exclusive!

Jimmy Walsh

Half Hour Story

Half Hour Story

Alec

The Fearless Vampire Killers

The Fearless Vampire Killers

Professor Abronsius

Zero One

Zero One

Armchair Theatre

Armchair Theatre

King Lear

King Lear

Fool

The Quiet Man

The Quiet Man

Ignatius Feeney

Darby O'Gill and the Little People

Darby O'Gill and the Little People

Phadrig Oge

Tom Jones

Tom Jones

Partridge

Sailor of Fortune

Sailor of Fortune

Sean, Irish Deck Hand

Sailor of Fortune

Sailor of Fortune

Sean

Lord Jim

Lord Jim

Robinson

Age of Consent

Age of Consent

Nat Kelly

Start the Revolution Without Me

Start the Revolution Without Me

Jacques

Manuela

Manuela

Tommy

The Giant Behemoth

The Giant Behemoth

Dr. Sampson, the paleontologist

How I Won the War

How I Won the War

Juniper

The Rising of the Moon

The Rising of the Moon

Mickey J., The Poitín Maker (segment 'The Majesty of the Law')

Cul-de-sac

Cul-de-sac

Albie

No Resting Place

No Resting Place

Billy Kyle

Captain Clegg

Captain Clegg

Frightened Man

The Yin and the Yang of Mr. Go

The Yin and the Yang of Mr. Go

Leo Zimmerman

I Captured the King of the Leprechauns

I Captured the King of the Leprechauns

Phadrig Oge

A Day at the Beach

A Day at the Beach

Collector

The Titfield Thunderbolt

The Titfield Thunderbolt

Vernon Crump (as Jack McGowran)

The Titfield Thunderbolt

The Titfield Thunderbolt

Vernon Crump

The Brain

The Brain

Furber

Young Cassidy

Young Cassidy

Archie

There's a Hole in Your Dustbin, Delilah

There's a Hole in Your Dustbin, Delilah

'Cheese and Egg' C.E. Petty

Blind Date

Blind Date

Postman

The Shadow of a Gunman

The Shadow of a Gunman

Seumas Shields

Time Bomb

Time Bomb

She Didn't Say No!

She Didn't Say No!

William Bates

The Gentle Gunman

The Gentle Gunman

Patsy McGuire

The Boy and the Bridge

The Boy and the Bridge

Market Porter

Two and Two Make Six

Two and Two Make Six

Night Porter

Mix Me a Person

Mix Me a Person

Terence

Wonderwall

Wonderwall

Prof. Oscar Collins

The Inn Way Out

The Inn Way Out

Irish Poet

Faithful Departed

Faithful Departed

Self - Narrator (voice)

The Ceremony

The Ceremony

O'Brian

Jacqueline

Jacqueline

Campbell

Rooney

Rooney

Joe O'Connor

The Stable Door

The Stable Door

Silent Song

Silent Song

Brother Michael

Eh, Joe?

Eh, Joe?

Joe

Beginning to End

Beginning to End

Man