Gibson Gowland
Born
January 3, 1877
Died
September 9, 1951 (74 years old)
Known For
Acting
Place of Birth
Spennymoor, Durham, England, UK
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Gibson Gowland (4 January 1877 Spennymoor, Durham, England, UK – 9 September 1951 London, England, UK) was an English film actor.
Gowland came to the United States from England, by way of Canada, in 1913 where he met Beatrice Bird, also from England, whom he married. They moved to Hollywood, working as bit players. In 1916, his son, actor and photographer Peter Gowland, was born.
His only starring role (out of 63 films) was in Greed (1924), directed by Erich von Stroheim, based on the Frank Norris novel McTeague, and costarring ZaSu Pitts. The film has since become a classic, despite its having been cut to one-fifth its original length for commercial release by MGM. Gowland portrayed the protagonist, dentist John McTeague. Von Stroheim also directed Gowland in his 1919 film Blind Husbands.
Gowland was cast as Simon Buquet in the 1925 film version of The Phantom of the Opera. He had bit parts in dozens of films from 1938 to 1945, but was rarely credited on-screen. After two divorces, Gowland returned to England in 1944. He died in London at age 74 from a lethal case of diarrhea. He is buried in Golders Green Crematorium.
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Known For
Gun Cargo
Henry Morgan
1949
Kitty
Prison Guard (uncredited)
1945
Gaslight
Servant (uncredited)
1944
It Happened Tomorrow
1944
The Lodger
1944
Going My Way
Parishioner (uncredited)
1944
A Guy Named Joe
Bartender (uncredited)
1943
Slightly Dangerous
Opera patron (uncredited)
1943
The Moon Is Down
Villager (uncredited)
1943
Crossroads
Reporter (uncredited)
1942
Mrs. Miniver
Man on Boat (uncredited)
1942
The Remarkable Andrew
Jurist
1942
The Wolf Man
Villager (uncredited)
1941
Sundown
Churchgoer in Wheelchair (uncredited)
1941
Broadway Limited
Cafe Customer (uncredited)
1941
Mutiny in the Arctic
Crewman (uncredited)
1941
The Ape
Posse Member
1940
Doomed to Die
Doctor (uncredited)
1940
Northwest Passage
MacPherson
1940
Henry Goes Arizona
Rancher (uncredited)
1939
Raffles
Villager (uncredited)
1939
Cotton Queen
Gaoler
1937
The Wife of General Ling
Mike
1937
The House of the Spaniard
1st Captain
1936
Wolves of the Sea
Cafe Customer (edited from 'Hell's Harbor') (uncredited)
1936
King of the Damned
Priest
1935
The Mystery of the Mary Celeste
Andy Gilling
1935
The Stoker
Steve
1935
The Secret of the Loch
Angus
1934
Nordpol - Ahoi!
1934
The Private Life of Don Juan
Don Alfredo, Carmen's Poor Husband
1934
S.O.S. Iceberg
John Dragan
1933
S.O.S. Iceberg
John Dragan
1933
The Doomed Battalion
Innerhofer
1932
Without Honors
Mike Donovan
1932
Arrowsmith
Committee Member (uncredited)
1931
A House Divided
Bartender (uncredited)
1931
Land of Wanted Men
Terry
1931
Cleaning Up
Burke
1930
The Sea Bat
Limey
1930
Hell Harbor
Henry Morgan
1930
The Mysterious Island
Dmitry
1929
Rose-Marie
Black Bastien
1928
Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans
Angry Driver (uncredited)
1927
Topsy and Eva
Simon Leegree
1927
The First Auto
The Blacksmith
1927
The Land Beyond the Law
Silent 'Oklahoma' Joe
1927
The Broken Gate
Ephraim Adamson
1927
The Night of Love
Bandit
1927
Don Juan
Gentleman of Rome (uncredited)
1926
The Outsider
Shadow
1926
The Phantom of the Opera
Simon Buquet
1925
The Prairie Wife
Ollie
1925
Love and Glory
Jules Malicorne
1924
Greed
John McTeague
1924
The Border Legion
Gulden
1924
The Red Lily
Le Turc
1924
Shifting Sands
Samuel Thayer
1923
Hutch Stirs 'em Up
Sir Arthur Blackrose
1923
The Harbour Lights
Mark Helstone
1923
Ladies Must Live
Michael Le Prim
1921
The Fighting Shepherdess
Bowers
1920
The Right of Way
Jo Portugais
1920
Behind the Door
Gideon Blank
1919
Blind Husbands
Silent Sepp
1919
The Four-Gun Bandit
Secondary Role (uncredited)
1919
The White Heather
The Captain
1919
Breakers Ahead
Mike Burley
1918
Bashful
Musician (uncredited)
1917
The Secret of Black Mountain
Jack Rance
1917
Under Handicap
Batt Truxton
1917
The Promise
Stromberg
1917
The Father of Her Child
Rufus Strong
1916
Jewel
Dr. Ballard (as T.W. Gowland)
1915