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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Known For
The Exorcist
(1973)
Burke Dennings
Doctor Zhivago
(1965)
Petya
The Fearless Vampire Killers
(1967)
Professor Abronsius
Lord Jim
(1965)
Robinson
The Quiet Man
(1952)
Ignatius Feeney
Darby O'Gill and the Little People
(1959)
Phadrig Oge
Tom Jones
(1963)
Partridge
Age of Consent
(1969)
Nat Kelly
Cul-de-sac
(1966)
Albie
Captain Clegg
(1962)
Frightened Man
The Giant Behemoth
(1959)
Dr. Sampson, the paleontologist
Leap of Faith: William Friedkin on The Exorcist
(2023)
Self (archive footage)
The Titfield Thunderbolt
(1953)
Vernon Crump
Full Filmography
Acting
No Resting Place
(1951)
Billy Kyle
The Quiet Man
(1952)
Ignatius Feeney
The Gentle Gunman
(1952)
Patsy McGuire
Time Bomb
(1953)
The Titfield Thunderbolt
(1953)
Vernon Crump
Jacqueline
(1956)
Campbell
The Rising of the Moon
(1957)
Mickey J., The Poitín Maker (segment 'The Majesty of the Law')
Manuela
(1957)
Tommy
She Didn't Say No!
(1958)
William Bates
Rooney
(1958)
Joe O'Connor
The Giant Behemoth
(1959)
Dr. Sampson, the paleontologist
Blind Date
(1959)
Postman
I Captured the King of the Leprechauns
(1959)
Phadrig Oge
Darby O'Gill and the Little People
(1959)
Phadrig Oge
Two and Two Make Six
(1962)
Night Porter
Captain Clegg
(1962)
Frightened Man
The Brain
(1962)
Furber
Mix Me a Person
(1962)
Terence
Tom Jones
(1963)
Partridge
The Ceremony
(1963)
O'Brian
Young Cassidy
(1965)
Archie
Lord Jim
(1965)
Robinson
Doctor Zhivago
(1965)
Petya
Beginning to End
(1965)
Man
Silent Song
(1966)
Brother Michael
The Stable Door
(1966)
Eh, Joe?
(1966)
Joe
Cul-de-sac
(1966)
Albie
How I Won the War
(1967)
Juniper
The Inn Way Out
(1967)
Irish Poet
The Fearless Vampire Killers
(1967)
Professor Abronsius
There's a Hole in Your Dustbin, Delilah
(1968)
'Cheese and Egg' C.E. Petty
Wonderwall
(1968)
Prof. Oscar Collins
Faithful Departed
(1968)
narrator
Age of Consent
(1969)
Nat Kelly
A Day at the Beach
(1970)
Collector
The Yin and the Yang of Mr. Go
(1970)
Leo Zimmerman
Start the Revolution Without Me
(1970)
Jacques
King Lear
(1971)
Fool
The Shadow of a Gunman
(1972)
Seumas Shields
The Exorcist
(1973)
Burke Dennings
Leap of Faith: William Friedkin on The Exorcist
(2023)
Self (archive footage)