MacGowran, as pictured in How I Won the War (1967)
Born
John Joseph MacGowran
(1918-10-13)13 October 1918
Dublin, Ireland
Died
30 January 1973(1973-01-30) (aged 54)
New York City, U.S.
Years active
1951–1973
Spouse
Aileen Gloria Nugent
(m. 1963)
Children
1
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 (1973), in which MacGowran died during production.
November 1988). "JackMacGowran: Born to play Beckett". Irish Times. Retrieved 15 December 2020. "MacGowan Speaking Beckett - MacGowran Speaking Beckett"...
Paris in 1970; MacGowran won the 1970–1971 Obie for Best Performance By an Actor when he performed the show off-Broadway as JackMacGowran in the Works...
War is a 1967 British black comedy film starring Michael Crawford, JackMacGowran, Roy Kinnear, Lee Montague, and John Lennon in his only non-musical...
and starring Polanski with his future wife Sharon Tate, along with JackMacGowran and Alfie Bass, and featuring Ferdy Mayne. In the film, a doddering...
the namesake for the innkeeper in the film. The film was written for JackMacGowran, who played the lead role of Professor Abronsius. Polanski met Sharon...
Donald McWhinnie directed a production broadcast on BBC Television, with JackMacGowran as Vladimir, Peter Woodthorpe as Estragon, Felix Felton as Pozzo, Timothy...
Yorkin and starring Gene Wilder, Donald Sutherland, Hugh Griffith, JackMacGowran, Billie Whitelaw, Orson Welles (playing himself as narrator) and Victor...
Chris MacNeil Max von Sydow as Father Lankester Merrin Lee J. Cobb as Lieutenant William F. Kinderman Kitty Winn as Sharon Spencer JackMacGowran as Burke...
the part. Her co-stars were Max von Sydow, Lee J. Cobb, Kitty Winn, JackMacGowran, Jason Miller, and Linda Blair. The Exorcist had a production budget...
as Father Paul Séan McClory as Owen Glynn Emily Eby as Mave Campbell JackMacGowran as Ignatius Feeney May Craig as Fishwoman Joseph O'Dea as Molouney Eric...
The film's premise concerns a lonely professor (played by Irish actor JackMacGowran) and his increasing obsession with his female neighbour, a fashion model...
piece can be heard 16 minutes into the film, as Professor Collins (JackMacGowran) is caught by his mother while spying on his neighbor Penny Lane (Jane...
Dublin where he acted in school plays with Milo O'Shea, Eamonn Andrews, JackMacGowran, Bernard Frawley (Seattle Repertory Co.) and Jimmy Fitzsimons (brother...
James Bickford John Turner as John Leigh Madison as Jean Trevethan JackMacGowran as Dr. Sampson, the palaeontologist Maurice Kaufmann as the mini-submarine...
trying to stop the men who are attempting to sabotage the test. With JackMacGowran, Michael Gough, Grant Taylor, Bill Cummings 06 "Operation Deep Freeze"...
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