Jack MacGowran

Career timeline

1. 1918 · Born

   Born in Dublin, Ireland

2. 1951 · Screen debut

   No Resting Place (Movie)

3. 1961 · Breakthrough

   The Avengers (TV)

4. 1973 · Died

   January 30, 1973

5. 1974 · Latest release

   The Yin and the Yang of Mr. Go (Movie)

Career in numbers

17 1950s

34 1960s

7 1970s

• Drama37
• Comedy13
• Crime12
• Romance6
• Thriller6
• Horror5

Highest-rated title The Avengers 1961 7.8 Most popular title The Exorcist 1973 7.8

Frequent collaborators

People who appear most often alongside Jack MacGowran in our catalogue.

Herbert Wise

7 titles together

Ted Kotcheff

4 titles together

John Gregson

4 titles together

John Mortimer

4 titles together

Waris Hussein

3 titles together

Cyril Cusack

2 titles together

Daphne Anderson

2 titles together

Michael Powell

2 titles together

Robert Day

2 titles together

Edith Evans

2 titles together

1. 1974 The Yin and the Yang of Mr. Go as Leo Zimmerman Movie
2. 1973 The Exorcist as Burke Dennings 7.8 Movie
3. 1972 The Shadow of a Gunman as Seumas Shields Movie
4. 1972 Banacek as Michele Lanier 8.4 TV
5. 1970 King Lear as Fool 6.5 Movie
6. 1970 A Day at the Beach as Collector Movie
7. 1970 Start the Revolution Without Me as Jacques 6.1 Movie
8. 1969 Age of Consent as Nat Kelly 6.0 Movie
9. 1969 Wonderwall as Prof. Oscar Collins 5.3 Movie
10. 1968 There's a Hole in Your Dustbin, Delilah as 'Cheese and Egg' C.E. Petty Movie
11. 1968 The Champions as Banner B. Banner 6.5 TV
12. 1967 The Fearless Vampire Killers as Professor Abronsius 7.0 Movie
13. 1967 How I Won the War as Juniper 5.7 Movie
14. 1967 ITV Playhouse as Cheese & Egg [C.E.Petty] TV
15. 1967 The Inn Way Out as Irish Poet Movie
16. 1966 Eh, Joe? as Joe Movie
17. 1966 Cul-de-sac as Albie 6.7 Movie
18. 1966 The Stable Door Movie
19. 1966 Silent Song as Brother Michael Movie
20. 1965 Doctor Zhivago as Petya 7.6 Movie
21. 1965 Thirty-Minute Theatre as Coates TV
22. 1965 Gideon's Way as 'Happy' Roden TV
23. 1965 Young Cassidy as Archie 6.4 Movie
24. 1965 Lord Jim as Robinson 6.8 Movie
25. 1965 Beginning to End as Man Movie
26. 1964 Thursday Theatre as Father TV
27. 1964 The Wednesday Play as Brother Michael TV
28. 1964 Theatre 625 as Jeremiah Hudson TV
29. 1963 The Ceremony as O'Brian Movie
30. 1963 Espionage as Matt Youghal TV
31. 1963 Tom Jones as Partridge 5.9 Movie
32. 1963 Sergeant Cork as Drummer TV
33. 1962 Zero One TV
34. 1962 The Brain as Furber Movie
35. 1962 Mix Me a Person as Terence Movie
36. 1962 Captain Clegg as Frightened Man 6.3 Movie
37. 1962 Two and Two Make Six as Night Porter Movie
38. 1961 Drama 61-67 as Herbert Reynolds TV
39. 1961 The Avengers as Professor Poole 7.8 TV
40. 1960 Danger Man as Prior 7.3 TV
41. 1960 Armchair Mystery Theatre as Albert Brady TV
42. 1959 Blind Date as Postman 5.9 Movie
43. 1959 The Boy and the Bridge as Market Porter Movie
44. 1959 Darby O'Gill and the Little People as Phadrig Oge 6.7 Movie
45. 1959 I Captured the King of the Leprechauns as Phadrig Oge Movie
46. 1959 The Giant Behemoth as Dr. Sampson, the paleontologist 5.8 Movie
47. 1958 She Didn't Say No! as William Bates Movie
48. 1958 Rooney as Joe O'Connor Movie
49. 1957 Manuela as Tommy Movie
50. 1957 Sailor of Fortune as Sean, Irish Deck Hand TV
51. 1957 The Rising of the Moon as Mickey J., The Poitín Maker (segment 'The Majesty of the Law') 6.8 Movie
52. 1956 Armchair Theatre TV
53. 1956 Jacqueline as Campbell Movie
54. 1953 The Titfield Thunderbolt as Vernon Crump (as Jack McGowran) 7.0 Movie
55. 1953 Time Bomb 5.3 Movie
56. 1952 The Gentle Gunman as Patsy McGuire Movie
57. 1952 The Quiet Man as Ignatius Feeney 7.3 Movie
58. 1951 No Resting Place as Billy Kyle Movie

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