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Jack MacGowran
Acting
Born: October 13, 1918
Dublin, Ireland
Biography
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.
Known For

The Exorcist
as Burke Dennings

Doctor Zhivago
as Petya

The Fearless Vampire Killers
as Professor Abronsius

The Quiet Man
as Ignatius Feeney

Darby O'Gill and the Little People
as Phadrig Oge

Tom Jones
as Partridge

The Giant Behemoth
as Dr. Sampson, the paleontologist

Age of Consent
as Nat Kelly

Lord Jim
as Robinson

How I Won the War
as Juniper