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