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.
Doctor Zhivago
(Petya)
The Fearless Vampire Killers
(Professor Abronsius)
The Quiet Man
(Ignatius Feeney)
Cul-de-sac
(Albie)
Tom Jones
(Partridge)
The Exorcist
(Burke Dennings)
The Giant Behemoth
(Dr. Sampson, the paleontologist)
Blind Date
(Postman)
Silent Song
(Brother Michael)
Wonderwall
(Prof. Oscar Collins)
Age of Consent
(Nat Kelly)
Beginning to End
(Man)
Eh, Joe?
(Joe)
Captain Clegg
(Frightened Man)
Start the Revolution Without Me
(Jacques)
The Yin and the Yang of Mr. Go
(Leo Zimmerman)
Young Cassidy
(Archie)
Leap of Faith: William Friedkin on The Exorcist
(Self (archive footage))
The Rising of the Moon
(Mickey J., The Poitín Maker (segment 'The Majesty of the Law'))
King Lear
(Fool)
The Gentle Gunman
(Patsy McGuire)
The Titfield Thunderbolt
(Vernon Crump (as Jack McGowran))
The Inn Way Out
(Irish Poet)
The Shadow of a Gunman
(Seumas Shields)
Lord Jim
(Robinson)
Jacqueline
(Campbell)
Manuela
(Tommy)
The Brain
(Furber)
A Day at the Beach
(Collector)
How I Won the War
(Juniper)
The Ceremony
(O'Brian)
Rooney
(Joe O'Connor)
Darby O'Gill and the Little People
(Phadrig Oge)
Mix Me a Person
(Terence)
The Stable Door
I Captured the King of the Leprechauns
(Phadrig Oge)
There's a Hole in Your Dustbin, Delilah
('Cheese and Egg' C.E. Petty)
The Titfield Thunderbolt
(Vernon Crump)
No Resting Place
(Billy Kyle)
Time Bomb
Two and Two Make Six
(Night Porter)
She Didn't Say No!
(William Bates)
Faithful Departed
(narrator)
The Boy and the Bridge
(Market Porter)
Gideon's Way
('Happy' Roden)
The Champions
(Banner B. Banner)
Zero One
Banacek
(Michele Lanier)
The Avengers
(Professor Poole)