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.

Filmography

• 1974The Yin and the Yang of Mr. Go — Leo Zimmerman
• 1973The Exorcist — Burke Dennings
• Banacek — Michele Lanier
• 1972The Shadow of a Gunman — Seumas Shields
• 1970A Day at the Beach — Collector
• 1970King Lear — Fool
• 1970Start the Revolution Without Me — Jacques
• 1969Age of Consent — Nat Kelly
• 1969Wonderwall — Prof. Oscar Collins
• The Champions — Banner B. Banner
• 1968There's a Hole in Your Dustbin, Delilah — 'Cheese and Egg' C.E. Petty
• Half Hour Story — Alec
• 1967How I Won the War — Juniper
• ITV Playhouse — Cheese & Egg [C.E.Petty]
• 1967The Fearless Vampire Killers — Professor Abronsius
• 1967The Inn Way Out — Irish Poet
• 1966Cul-de-sac — Albie
• 1966Eh, Joe? — Joe
• 1966Silent Song — Brother Michael
• 1966The Stable Door
• BBC Play of the Month — Trinculo
• 1965Beginning to End — Man
• 1965Doctor Zhivago — Petya
• Gideon's Way — 'Happy' Roden
• 1965Lord Jim — Robinson
• Thirty-Minute Theatre — Coates
• 1965Young Cassidy — Archie
• The Wednesday Play — Brother Michael
• Theatre 625 — Jeremiah Hudson
• Thursday Theatre — Father
• Espionage — Matt Youghal
• Sergeant Cork — Drummer
• 1963The Ceremony — O'Brian
• 1963Tom Jones — Partridge
• 1962Captain Clegg — Frightened Man
• 1962Mix Me a Person — Terence
• 1962The Brain — Furber
• 1962Two and Two Make Six — Night Porter
• Zero One
• Drama 61-67 — Herbert Reynolds
• The Avengers — Professor Poole
• Armchair Mystery Theatre — Albert Brady
• Danger Man — Prior
• 1959Blind Date — Postman
• 1959Darby O'Gill and the Little People — Phadrig Oge
• 1959I Captured the King of the Leprechauns — Phadrig Oge
• 1959The Boy and the Bridge — Market Porter
• 1959The Giant Behemoth — Dr. Sampson, the paleontologist
• 1958Rooney — Joe O'Connor
• 1958She Didn't Say No! — William Bates
• 1957Manuela — Tommy
• Overseas Press Club - Exclusive! — Jimmy Walsh
• Sailor of Fortune — Sean, Irish Deck Hand
• 1957The Rising of the Moon — Mickey J., The Poitín Maker (segment 'The Majesty of the Law')
• Armchair Theatre
• 1956Jacqueline — Campbell
• 1953The Titfield Thunderbolt — Vernon Crump (as Jack McGowran)
• 1953Time Bomb
• 1952The Gentle Gunman — Patsy McGuire
• 1952The Quiet Man — Ignatius Feeney
• 1951No Resting Place — Billy Kyle

Appearances as themselves (1)

• 1968Faithful Departed — Self - Narrator (voice)