Jack MacGowran

Jack MacGowran

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.

  • Title: Jack MacGowran
  • Popularity: 5.071
  • Known For: Acting
  • Birthday: 1918-10-13
  • Place of Birth: Dublin, Ireland
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  • Also Known As: Jack McGowran, Джек МакГоурен
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Jack MacGowran Movies

  • 1965
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    Doctor Zhivago

    Doctor Zhivago

    7.5 1965 HD

    The life of a Russian physician and poet who, although married to another, falls in love with a political activist's wife and experiences hardship...

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  • 1967
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    The Fearless Vampire Killers

    The Fearless Vampire Killers

    6.947 1967 HD

    A noted professor and his dim-witted apprentice fall prey to their inquiring vampires, while on the trail of the ominous damsel in distress.

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  • 1952
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    The Quiet Man

    The Quiet Man

    7.284 1952 HD

    An American man returns to the village of his birth in Ireland, where he finds love and conflict.

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  • 1966
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    Cul-de-sac

    Cul-de-sac

    6.8 1966 HD

    A wounded criminal and his dying partner take refuge at an old beachfront fortress. The owner of the fortress and his young wife, initially unwilling...

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  • 1963
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    Tom Jones

    Tom Jones

    5.915 1963 HD

    Tom loves Sophie and Sophie loves Tom. But Tom and Sophie are of differering classes. Can they find a way through the mayhem to be true to love?

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  • 1973
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    The Exorcist

    The Exorcist

    7.733 1973 HD

    When a charming 12-year-old girl takes on the characteristics and voices of others, doctors say there is nothing they can do. As people begin to die,...

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  • 1959
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    The Giant Behemoth

    The Giant Behemoth

    5.82 1959 HD

    Marine atomic tests cause changes in the ocean's ecosystem resulting in dangerous blobs of radiation and the resurrection of a dormant dinosaur which...

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  • 1959
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    Blind Date

    Blind Date

    6 1959 HD

    Dutch painter Jan-Van Rooyer hurries to keep a rendezvous with Jacqueline Cousteau, an elegant, sophisticated Frenchwoman, slightly his elder, whose...

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  • 1966
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    Silent Song

    Silent Song

    1 1966 HD

    Life in a Trappist monastery offers a life of contemplation and hard labour.

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  • 1968
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    Wonderwall

    Wonderwall

    5.2 1968 HD

    The eccentric professor Collins lives completely secluded in his chaotic apartment. When the model Penny moves in next to him, he becomes fascinated...

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  • 1969
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    Age of Consent

    Age of Consent

    5.908 1969 HD

    An elderly artist thinks he has become too stale and is past his prime. His friend (and agent) persuades him to go to an offshore island to try once...

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  • 1966
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    Eh, Joe?

    Eh, Joe?

    1 1966 HD

    The first English broadcast of Eh, Joe? which aired on BBC2 on July 4th, 1966 with Jack MacGowran, for whom the play was specifically written,...

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  • 1965
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    Beginning to End

    Beginning to End

    1 1965 HD

    A recital of passages from the works of Samuel Beckett, performed by Jack MacGowran, as a raving old man.

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  • 1962
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    Captain Clegg

    Captain Clegg

    6.235 1962 HD

    A captain and his sailors investigate the rampaging "Marsh Phantoms" terrorizing a coastal town, but their search is hindered by a local reverend and...

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  • 1970
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    Start the Revolution Without Me

    Start the Revolution Without Me

    5.8 1970 HD

    Two sets of identical twins are accidentally switched at birth. One pair, Phillipe and Pierre DeSisi, are aristocratic and haughty, while the other,...

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  • 1970
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    The Yin and the Yang of Mr. Go

    The Yin and the Yang of Mr. Go

    4.6 1970 HD

    An American draft dodger and aspiring writer named Nero Finnigan becomes involved with the notorious Mr. Go, an organized crime mastermind. They...

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  • 1965
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    Young Cassidy

    Young Cassidy

    6.2 1965 HD

    In Dublin circa 1911, John Cassidy (Rod Taylor), an impoverished idealist, whose ambitions are restricted by the demands of looking after his family,...

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  • 2023
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    Leap of Faith: William Friedkin on The Exorcist

    Leap of Faith: William Friedkin on The Exorcist

    7.3 2023 HD

    A lyrical and spiritual cinematic essay on The Exorcist, the last film of Alexandre O. Philippe explores the uncharted depths of William...

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  • 1957
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    The Rising of the Moon

    The Rising of the Moon

    6.9 1957 HD

    Three vignettes of old Irish country life, based on a series of short stories. In "The Majesty of the Law," a police officer must arrest an...

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  • 1971
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    King Lear

    King Lear

    6.6 1971 HD

    King Lear, old and tired, divides his kingdom among his daughters, giving great importance to their protestations of love for him. When Cordelia,...

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  • 1952
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    The Gentle Gunman

    The Gentle Gunman

    6.3 1952 HD

    The relationship between brothers Terry and Matt, both active in the IRA, comes under strain when Terry begins to question the use of violence.

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  • 1953
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    The Titfield Thunderbolt

    The Titfield Thunderbolt

    6.87 1953 HD

    When British Railways announce the closure of the Titfield to Mallingford branch line a group of local residents make a bid to run it themselves,...

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  • 1967
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    The Inn Way Out

    The Inn Way Out

    1 1967 HD

    A man encounters all sorts of strange places and people when he goes out for cigarettes.

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  • 1972
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    The Shadow of a Gunman

    The Shadow of a Gunman

    1 1972 HD

    Is a sensitive and mysterious poet really an IRA gunman in hiding? Set in a Dublin tenement in the 1920s, this was the first part of Sean O'Casey's...

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  • 1965
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    Lord Jim

    Lord Jim

    6.8 1965 HD

    After being discredited as a coward, a 19th century seaman lives for only one purpose: to redeem himself. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in...

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  • 1956
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    Jacqueline

    Jacqueline

    6 1956 HD

    Jacqueline is the daughter of Belfast shipyard worker Mike McNeil. The worker's worth is compromised by his crippling fear of heights. Dismissed from...

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  • 1957
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    Manuela

    Manuela

    5.7 1957 HD

    James Prothero, forty-three years old and up to his ears in alcohol, is the skipper of a tramp ship due to leave South America for Britain –...

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  • 1962
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    The Brain

    The Brain

    5.5 1962 HD

    A millionaire businessman's brain is kept alive after a fatal accident, and communicates clues to a doctor on the trail of the killer

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  • 1970
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    A Day at the Beach

    A Day at the Beach

    4.9 1970 HD

    Bernie is a silver tongued wanderer with a fondness for drink and no clear goal in life. What was supposed to be a day of fun at the seaside turns to...

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  • 1967
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    How I Won the War

    How I Won the War

    5.5 1967 HD

    An inept British WWII commander leads his troops to a series of misadventures in North Africa and Europe.

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  • 1963
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    The Ceremony

    The Ceremony

    5.1 1963 HD

    A man has an affair with his condemned brother's girlfriend while plotting his escape in Tangier.

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  • 1958
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    Rooney

    Rooney

    5.5 1958 HD

    The life of James Ignatius Rooney, a Dublin rubbish collector during the week and a Gaelic sportsman at the weekends.

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  • 1959
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    Darby O'Gill and the Little People

    Darby O'Gill and the Little People

    6.7 1959 HD

    A wily old codger matches wits with the King of the Leprechauns and helps play matchmaker for his daughter and the strapping lad who has replaced him...

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  • 1962
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    Mix Me a Person

    Mix Me a Person

    6.2 1962 HD

    Eighteen-year-old Harry Jukes is literally holding a smoking gun in his hand. His lawyer thinks he did it, but his psychiatrist disagrees -- and...

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  • 1966
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    The Stable Door

    The Stable Door

    1 1966 HD

    This is a film made as an elaborate advert for the Insurance Industry. A group of criminals conspire to rob a warehouse which has also been spotted...

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  • 1959
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    I Captured the King of the Leprechauns

    I Captured the King of the Leprechauns

    9 1959 HD

    Behind the scenes of Darby O'Gill and the Little People.

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  • 1968
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    There's a Hole in Your Dustbin, Delilah

    There's a Hole in Your Dustbin, Delilah

    1 1968 HD

    A skiving bin gang are on high alert when their new inspector takes an interest.

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  • 1953
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    The Titfield Thunderbolt

    The Titfield Thunderbolt

    6.87 1953 HD

    When British Railways announce the closure of the Titfield to Mallingford branch line a group of local residents make a bid to run it themselves,...

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  • 1951
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    No Resting Place

    No Resting Place

    1 1951 HD

    The brilliant British documentary filmmaker Paul Rotha made his feature-film debut with 1950's No Resting Place. Filmed on location in Ireland, the...

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  • 1953
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    Time Bomb

    Time Bomb

    5.2 1953 HD

    When a saboteur places an explosive device on a train full of sea mines, the authorities call for bomb expert Peter Lyncort to diffuse the situation,...

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  • 1962
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    Two and Two Make Six

    Two and Two Make Six

    6 1962 HD

    An US airman stationed in the UK strikes down his commanding officer. Believing he killed him, the airman goes on the run with a girl. They run into...

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  • 1958
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    She Didn't Say No!

    She Didn't Say No!

    6.3 1958 HD

    Bridget Monaghan, a single mother who has had six children by different fathers, shocks the conservative inhabitants of an Irish village.

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  • 1968
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    Faithful Departed

    Faithful Departed

    1 1968 HD

    This short documentary draws on the photographs of Robert French from the William Lawrence Collection held in the National Library. The photos...

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  • 1959
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    The Boy and the Bridge

    The Boy and the Bridge

    5 1959 HD

    A very slight tale based on an original American story by Leon Ware centered on the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco. This adaptation is set on...

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  • 1965
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    Gideon's Way

    Gideon's Way

    6.8 1965 HD

    Gideon's Way is a British television crime series made by ITC Entertainment in 1964/65, based on the novels by John Creasey. The series was made at...

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  • 1968
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    The Champions

    The Champions

    6 1968 HD

    The Champions is a British espionage/science fiction/occult detective fiction adventure series consisting of 30 episodes broadcast on the UK network...

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  • 1962
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    Zero One

    Zero One

    6 1962 HD

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  • 1972
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    Banacek

    Banacek

    8.6 1972 HD

    Banacek is an American detective TV series starring George Peppard that aired on the NBC network from 1972 to 1974. The series was part of the...

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  • 1961
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    The Avengers

    The Avengers

    7.7 1961 HD

    The Avengers is a British television series created in the 1960s. It initially focused on Dr. David Keel and his assistant John Steed. Hendry left...

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