Jack MacGowran
Acting
Biography
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.
Born: October 13, 1918
Place of Birth: Dublin, Ireland
Known For
I Captured the King of the Leprechauns
Behind the scenes of Darby O'Gill and the Little People.
Banacek
Banacek is an American detective TV series starring George Peppard that aired on the NBC network from 1972 to 1974. The series was part of the rotating NBC Wednesday Mystery Movie anthology. It alternated in its time slot with several other shows but was the only one to last beyond its first season.
The Exorcist
When a mysterious entity possesses a young girl, her mother seeks the help of two Catholic priests to save her life.
The Avengers
A quirky spy show of the adventures of eccentrically suave British Agent John Steed and his predominantly female partners. Jonathan Steed - an urbane, proper gentleman spy - teams with various assistants throughout the series' run, including Dr. David Keel, Cathy Gale, Emma Peel and Tara King, to repeatedly save the world from diabolical schemes plotted by equally diabolical evil-doers (among them robots and man-eating monsters).
Doctor Zhivago
The life of a Russian physician and poet who, although married to another, falls in love with a political activist's wife and experiences hardship during World War I and then the October Revolution.
The Quiet Man
An American man returns to the village of his birth in Ireland, where he finds love and conflict.
Theatre 625
Theatre 625 is a British television drama anthology series, produced by the BBC and transmitted on BBC2 from 1964 to 1968. It was one of the first regular programmes in the line-up of the channel, and the title referred to its production and transmission being in the higher-definition 625-line format, which only BBC2 used at the time.
The Titfield Thunderbolt
When British Railways announce the closure of the Titfield to Mallingford branch line a group of local residents make a bid to run it themselves, backed by a monied member of the community who is attracted by the complete lack of licensing hours on trains. Unfortunately the local bus company starts to use methods that can hardly be seen as fair competition.
The Titfield Thunderbolt
When British Railways announce the closure of the Titfield to Mallingford branch line a group of local residents make a bid to run it themselves, backed by a monied member of the community who is attracted by the complete lack of licensing hours on trains. Unfortunately the local bus company starts to use methods that can hardly be seen as fair competition.
The Fearless Vampire Killers
A noted professor and his dim-witted apprentice fall prey to their inquiring vampires, while on the trail of the ominous damsel in distress.
Filmography
as Burke Dennings
as Seumas Shields
as Michele Lanier
as Fool
as Collector
as Jacques
as Leo Zimmerman
as Nat Kelly
as 'Cheese and Egg' C.E. Petty
as Banner B. Banner
as narrator
as Prof. Oscar Collins
as Professor Abronsius
as Juniper
as Irish Poet
as Joe
as Albie
as Brother Michael
as Petya
as Trinculo
as 'Happy' Roden
as Archie
as Robinson
as Man
as Jeremiah Hudson
as O'Brian
as Partridge
as Furber
as Terence
as Frightened Man
as Night Porter
as Professor Poole
as Postman
as Market Porter
as Phadrig Oge
as Phadrig Oge
as Dr. Sampson, the paleontologist
as William Bates
as Joe O'Connor
as Mickey J., The Poitín Maker (segment 'The Majesty of the Law')
as Tommy
as Sean, Irish Deck Hand
as Campbell
as Vernon Crump (as Jack McGowran)
as Vernon Crump
as Patsy McGuire
as Ignatius Feeney
as Billy Kyle