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Jack MacGowran

Jack MacGowran

Birthday: 1918-10-13 | 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Jack MacGowran , licensed under CC-BY-SA,full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

2023
Leap of Faith: William Friedkin on The Exorcist

as    Self (archive footage)

1974
The Yin and the Yang of Mr. Go

as    Leo Zimmerman

1973
The Exorcist

as    Burke Dennings

1973
The exorcist director's cut

as    Burke Dennings

1972
The Shadow of a Gunman

as    Seumas Shields

1971
King Lear

as    Fool

1970
A Day at the Beach

as    Collector

1970
1969
Age of Consent

as    Nat Kelly

1968
There's a Hole in Your Dustbin, Delilah

as    'Cheese and Egg' C.E. Petty

1968
Wonderwall

as    Prof. Oscar Collins

1967
The Inn Way Out

as    Irish Poet

1967
How I Won the War

as    Juniper

1967
The Fearless Vampire Killers

as    Professor Abronsius

1966
Cul-de-sac

as    Albie

1966
Eh, Joe?

as    Joe

1965
Young Cassidy

as    Archie

1964
The Brain

as    Furber

1963
The Ceremony

as    O'Brian

1963
Tom Jones

as    Partridge

1962
Captain Clegg

as    Frightened Man

1962
Two and Two Make Six

as    Night Porter

1962
Mix Me a Person

as    Terence

1959
The Giant Behemoth

as    Dr. Sampson, the paleontologist

1959
The Boy and the Bridge

as    Market Porter

1959
Darby O'Gill and the Little People

as    Phadrig Oge

1959
Blind Date

as    Postman