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MacGowran's film career started in Ireland with the film No Resting Place (1951), and many of his earlier films were set in Ireland. Notably The Quiet Man (1952), The Gentle Gunman (1952), Rooney (1958) and Darby O'Gill and the Little People (1959).
Dec 1, 2011 · This was the first feature-length film ever made. The troupe became known as the “El Kalems.” (A delightful description can be found in John McGowan’s “Hollywood’s First Australian, the Adventurous life of J. P. McGowan.”) Jack was with the troupe for the 1912 trip to Ireland for more filming.
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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. There were demands ...
MacGowran's film career started in Ireland with the film No Resting Place (1951), and many of his earlier films were set in Ireland. Notably The Quiet Man (1952), The Gentle Gunman (1952), Rooney (1958) and Darby O'Gill and the Little People (1959).
- Actor, Writer
- October 13, 1918
- 2 min
- January 30, 1973
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.
MacGowran's film career started in Ireland with the film No Resting Place (1951), and many of his earlier films were set in Ireland. Notably The Quiet Man (1952), The Gentle Gunman (1952), Rooney (1958) and Darby O'Gill and the Little People (1959).
His first film role was in No Resting Place (1951); little known nowadays, it was shot entirely in Wicklow. His appearance as Ignatius Feeney, the obsequious servant of the Squire (played...
