Jack MacGowran
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 | Acting |
|---|---|
| Most Rating | 0.098 |
| Birthday | 1918-10-13 |
| Place of Birth | Dublin, Ireland |
| Also Known As | Jack McGowran, Джек МакГоурен, |
1965
Doctor Zhivago
7.5/1172
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 dur...
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Doctor Zhivago
1967
The Fearless Vampire Killers
7/760
A noted professor and his dim-witted apprentice fall prey to their inquiring vampires, while on the trail of the ominous damsel in distress.
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The Fearless Vampire Killers
1952
The Quiet Man
7.3/540
An American man returns to the village of his birth in Ireland, where he finds love and conflict.
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The Quiet Man
1966
Cul-de-sac
6.8/278
On the run and in search of help, two wounded gangsters find refuge in the secluded castle of a feeble man and his wife; however, under the point of a...
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Cul-de-sac
1963
Tom Jones
5.9/217
Tom loves Sophie and Sophie loves Tom. But Tom and Sophie are of differering classes. Can they find a way through the mayhem to be true to love?
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Tom Jones
1973
The Exorcist
7.73/8081
When a charming 12-year-old girl takes on the characteristics and voices of others, doctors say there is nothing they can do. As people begin to die,...
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The Exorcist
1959
The Giant Behemoth
5.8/52
Marine atomic tests cause changes in the ocean's ecosystem resulting in dangerous blobs of radiation and the resurrection of a dormant dinosaur which...
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The Giant Behemoth
1959
Blind Date
6/25
Dutch painter Jan-Van Rooyer hurries to keep a rendezvous with Jacqueline Cousteau, an elegant, sophisticated Frenchwoman, slightly his elder, whose r...
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Blind Date
1966
Silent Song
0/0
Life in a Trappist monastery offers a life of contemplation and hard labour.
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Silent Song
1968
Wonderwall
5.2/21
The eccentric professor Collins lives completely secluded in his chaotic apartment. When the model Penny moves in next to him, he becomes fascinated b...
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Wonderwall
1969
Age of Consent
6/74
An elderly artist thinks he has become too stale and is past his prime. His friend (and agent) persuades him to go to an offshore island to try once m...
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Age of Consent
1965
Beginning to End
0/0
A recital of passages from the works of Samuel Beckett, performed by Jack MacGowran, as a raving old man.
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Beginning to End
1966
Eh, Joe?
0/0
The first English broadcast of Eh, Joe? which aired on BBC2 on July 4th, 1966 with Jack MacGowran, for whom the play was specifically written, playing...
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Eh, Joe?
1962
Captain Clegg
6.2/66
A captain and his sailors investigate the rampaging "Marsh Phantoms" terrorizing a coastal town, but their search is hindered by a local reverend and...
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Captain Clegg
1970
Start the Revolution Without Me
5.8/37
Two sets of identical twins are accidentally switched at birth. One pair, Phillipe and Pierre DeSisi, are aristocratic and haughty, while the other, C...
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Start the Revolution Without Me
1970
The Yin and the Yang of Mr. Go
4.6/7
An American draft dodger and aspiring writer named Nero Finnigan becomes involved with the notorious Mr. Go, an organized crime mastermind. They consp...
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The Yin and the Yang of Mr. Go
1965
Young Cassidy
6.2/19
In Dublin circa 1911, John Cassidy (Rod Taylor), an impoverished idealist, whose ambitions are restricted by the demands of looking after his family,...
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Young Cassidy
2023
Leap of Faith: William Friedkin on The Exorcist
7.3/3
A lyrical and spiritual cinematic essay on The Exorcist, the last film of Alexandre O. Philippe explores the uncharted depths of William Friedkin’s mi...
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Leap of Faith: William Friedkin on The Exorcist
1957
The Rising of the Moon
6.9/20
Three vignettes of old Irish country life, based on a series of short stories. In "The Majesty of the Law," a police officer must arrest an old-fashio...
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The Rising of the Moon
1971
King Lear
6.6/18
King Lear, old and tired, divides his kingdom among his daughters, giving great importance to their protestations of love for him. When Cordelia, youn...
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King Lear
1952
The Gentle Gunman
6.2/11
The relationship between brothers Terry and Matt, both active in the IRA, comes under strain when Terry begins to question the use of violence.
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The Gentle Gunman
1953
The Titfield Thunderbolt
7/52
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, back...
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The Titfield Thunderbolt
1967
The Inn Way Out
0/0
A man encounters all sorts of strange places and people when he goes out for cigarettes.
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The Inn Way Out
1972
The Shadow of a Gunman
0/0
Is a sensitive and mysterious poet really an IRA gunman in hiding? Set in a Dublin tenement in the 1920s, this was the first part of Sean O'Casey's ce...
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The Shadow of a Gunman
1965
Lord Jim
6.8/74
After being discredited as a coward, a 19th century seaman lives for only one purpose: to redeem himself. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in pa...
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Lord Jim
1956
Jacqueline
6/3
Jacqueline is the daughter of Belfast shipyard worker Mike McNeil. The worker's worth is compromised by his crippling fear of heights. Dismissed from...
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Jacqueline
1957
Manuela
5.7/6
James Prothero, forty-three years old and up to his ears in alcohol, is the skipper of a tramp ship due to leave South America for Britain – and he’s...
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Manuela
1962
The Brain
5.5/14
A millionaire businessman's brain is kept alive after a fatal accident, and communicates clues to a doctor on the trail of the killer
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The Brain
1970
A Day at the Beach
4.9/9
Bernie is a silver tongued wanderer with a fondness for drink and no clear goal in life. What was supposed to be a day of fun at the seaside turns to...
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A Day at the Beach
1967
How I Won the War
5.5/36
An inept British WWII commander leads his troops to a series of misadventures in North Africa and Europe.
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How I Won the War
1963
The Ceremony
5.1/9
A man has an affair with his condemned brother's girlfriend while plotting his escape in Tangier.
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The Ceremony
1958
Rooney
5.5/4
The life of James Ignatius Rooney, a Dublin rubbish collector during the week and a Gaelic sportsman at the weekends.
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Rooney
1959
Darby O'Gill and the Little People
6.7/156
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...
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Darby O'Gill and the Little People
1962
Mix Me a Person
6.2/10
Eighteen-year-old Harry Jukes is literally holding a smoking gun in his hand. His lawyer thinks he did it, but his psychiatrist disagrees -- and sets...
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Mix Me a Person
1966
The Stable Door
0/0
This is a film made as an elaborate advert for the Insurance Industry. A group of criminals conspire to rob a warehouse which has also been spotted as...
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The Stable Door
1959
I Captured the King of the Leprechauns
9/1
Behind the scenes of Darby O'Gill and the Little People.
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I Captured the King of the Leprechauns
1968
There's a Hole in Your Dustbin, Delilah
0/0
A skiving bin gang are on high alert when their new inspector takes an interest.
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There's a Hole in Your Dustbin, Delilah
1953
The Titfield Thunderbolt
7/52
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, back...
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The Titfield Thunderbolt
1951
No Resting Place
0/0
The brilliant British documentary filmmaker Paul Rotha made his feature-film debut with 1950's No Resting Place. Filmed on location in Ireland, the fi...
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No Resting Place
1953
Time Bomb
5.2/19
When a saboteur places an explosive device on a train full of sea mines, the authorities call for bomb expert Peter Lyncort to diffuse the situation,...
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Time Bomb
1962
Two and Two Make Six
6/1
An US airman stationed in the UK strikes down his commanding officer. Believing he killed him, the airman goes on the run with a girl. They run into a...
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Two and Two Make Six
1958
She Didn't Say No!
6.3/3
Bridget Monaghan, a single mother who has had six children by different fathers, shocks the conservative inhabitants of an Irish village.
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She Didn't Say No!
1968
Faithful Departed
0/0
This short documentary draws on the photographs of Robert French from the William Lawrence Collection held in the National Library. The photos illustr...
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Faithful Departed
1959
The Boy and the Bridge
5/1
A very slight tale based on an original American story by Leon Ware centered on the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco. This adaptation is set on the...
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