
Jack MacGowran
Born
October 13, 1918
Died
January 30, 1973 (54 years old)
Known For
Acting
Place of Birth
Dublin, Ireland
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.
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Known For

Leap of Faith: William Friedkin on The Exorcist
Self (archive footage)
2023

The Exorcist
Burke Dennings
1973

The Shadow of a Gunman
Seumas Shields
1972

Banacek
Michele Lanier · (1 episode)
1972

King Lear
Fool
1970

A Day at the Beach
Collector
1970

Start the Revolution Without Me
Jacques
1970

The Yin and the Yang of Mr. Go
Leo Zimmerman
1970

Age of Consent
Nat Kelly
1969

There's a Hole in Your Dustbin, Delilah
'Cheese and Egg' C.E. Petty
1968

The Champions
Banner B. Banner · (1 episode)
1968

Faithful Departed
narrator
1968

Wonderwall
Prof. Oscar Collins
1968

The Fearless Vampire Killers
Professor Abronsius
1967

How I Won the War
Juniper
1967

The Inn Way Out
Irish Poet
1967

Eh, Joe?
Joe
1966

Cul-de-sac
Albie
1966

The Stable Door
1966

Silent Song
Brother Michael
1966

Doctor Zhivago
Petya
1965

BBC Play of the Month
Trinculo · (1 episode)
1965

Gideon's Way
'Happy' Roden · (1 episode)
1965

Young Cassidy
Archie
1965

Lord Jim
Robinson
1965

Beginning to End
Man
1965

The Ceremony
O'Brian
1963

Tom Jones
Partridge
1963

Zero One
(1 episode)
1962

The Brain
Furber
1962

Mix Me a Person
Terence
1962

Captain Clegg
Frightened Man
1962

Two and Two Make Six
Night Porter
1962

The Avengers
Professor Poole · (1 episode)
1961

Blind Date
Postman
1959

The Boy and the Bridge
Market Porter
1959

Darby O'Gill and the Little People
Phadrig Oge
1959

I Captured the King of the Leprechauns
Phadrig Oge
1959

The Giant Behemoth
Dr. Sampson, the paleontologist
1959

She Didn't Say No!
William Bates
1958

Rooney
Joe O'Connor
1958

The Rising of the Moon
Mickey J., The Poitín Maker (segment 'The Majesty of the Law')
1957

Manuela
Tommy
1957

Sailor of Fortune
Sean, Irish Deck Hand · (22 episodes)
1957

Jacqueline
Campbell
1956

The Titfield Thunderbolt
Vernon Crump (as Jack McGowran)
1953

The Titfield Thunderbolt
Vernon Crump
1953

Time Bomb
1953

The Gentle Gunman
Patsy McGuire
1952

The Quiet Man
Ignatius Feeney
1952

No Resting Place
Billy Kyle
1951