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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.
- Actor, Writer
- October 13, 1918
- 2 min
- January 30, 1973
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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. He appeared as Lucky in Waiting For Godot at the Royal Court Theatre, and with the ...
Hero of the stage – An Irishman’s Diary on actor Jack MacGowran. Ireland has produced many fine stage and screen actors and none more so than Jack MacGowran who was born 100 years ago on ...
Feb 18, 2020 · Just as The Beatles were putting the finishing touches on their film, “Magical Mystery Tour,” for broadcast at the end of 1967, George Harrison was beginning his own new project – creating the music score for “Wonderwall,” a movie by indie director and friend, Joe Massot. “’Wonderwall’ was a kind of 60s hippie movie,” George said.
He released an LP record titled MacGowran Speaking Beckett to coincide with Samuel Beckett's 60th birthday in 1966, and he won the 1970–71 Obie for Best Performance By an Actor in the off-Broadway play MacGowran in the Works of Beckett.
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.
