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Jack MacGowran. John Joseph MacGowran (13 October 1918 – 30 January 1973) was an Irish actor, known for being one of the foremost stage interpreters of the work of Samuel Beckett, as well as his film roles as Professor Abronsius in The Fearless Vampire Killers (1967), Juniper in How I Won the War (1967), and Burke Dennings in The Exorcist ...
Jack MacGowran. Actor: The Quiet Man. Jack MacGowran was an Irish actor, probably best known for his work with Samuel Beckett. He established his professional reputation as a member of the Abbey Players in Dublin, while he achieved stage renown for his knowing interpretations of the works of Samuel Beckett.
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- October 13, 1918
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- January 30, 1973
Jack MacGowran. Actor: The Quiet Man. Jack MacGowran was an Irish actor, probably best known for his work with Samuel Beckett. He established his professional reputation as a member of the Abbey Players in Dublin, while he achieved stage renown for his knowing interpretations of the works of Samuel Beckett.
Ireland has produced many fine stage and screen actors and none more so than Jack MacGowran who was born 100 years ago on October 13th. On the stage, he became famous for his interpretation of ...
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Apr 11, 1999 · His name is Jack MacGowran. Born in Dublin in 1918, he died in 1973 at the age of 52, the first of nine people associated with The Exorcist to die before the film was completed. ... MacGowran and ...
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 ...
MacGowran, Jack. MacGowran, Jack (1918–73), actor, was born 13 October 1918 in Ranelagh, Dublin, the only son among three children of Matthew MacGowran, a sporadically employed travelling salesman, and Gertrude MacGowran (née Shanahan). ‘Jackie’, as he was always known, was educated at the CBS in Synge St., where he excelled in athletics.
