Jack MacGowran

Jack MacGowran

October 13, 1918 · 107 years old

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…

Known For

16 titles
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The Exorcist

The Exorcist

1973 · 2h 2m · Movie

When a mysterious entity possesses a young girl, her mother seeks the help of two Catholic priests to save her life.

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The Quiet Man

The Quiet Man

1952 · 2h 9m · Movie

A retired American boxer returns to the village of his birth in 1920s Ireland, where he falls for a spirited redhead whose brother is contemptuous of their union.

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The Fearless Vampire Killers

The Fearless Vampire Killers

1967 · 1h 31m · Movie

A noted professor and his dim-witted apprentice fall prey to their inquiring vampires, while on the trail of the ominous damsel in distress.

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Tom Jones

Tom Jones

1963 · 2h 9m · Movie

The romantic and chivalrous adventures of adopted bastard Tom Jones in 18th-century England.

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Cul-de-sac

Cul-de-sac

1966 · 1h 52m · Movie

In search of help, two wounded gangsters on the run find refuge in the secluded castle of a feeble man and his wife; however, under the point of a gun, nothing is what it seems.

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Darby O'Gill and the Little People

Darby O'Gill and the Little People

1959 · 1h 33m · Movie

A wily old codger matches wits with the King of the Leprechauns and helps play matchmaker for his daughter and the strapping lad who has replaced him as caretaker.

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Lord Jim

Lord Jim

1965 · 2h 34m · Movie

After being discredited as a coward, a 19th century seaman lives for only one purpose: to redeem himself.

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Age of Consent

Age of Consent

1969 · 1h 38m · Movie

A grizzled Australian painter decides to jolt his stale creativity by moving to a remote island on the Great Barrier Reef, where he takes on an alluring, uninhibited young woman as his muse.

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Night Creatures

Night Creatures

1962 · 1h 22m · Movie

In 18th-century England, the Royal Crown sends Royal Navy Captain Collier and his crew to investigate reports of illegal smuggling and bootlegging in a coastal town where locals believe in Marsh Phantoms.

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10
The Titfield Thunderbolt

The Titfield Thunderbolt

1953 · 1h 24m · Movie

Volunteers take over their local passenger train service (against bus company resistance) when the government announces its closure.

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The Giant Behemoth

The Giant Behemoth

1959 · 1h 20m · Movie

Marine atomic tests cause changes in the ocean's ecosystem resulting in dangerous blobs of radiation and the resurrection of a dormant dinosaur that threatens London.

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12
How I Won the War

How I Won the War

1967 · 1h 49m · Movie

An inept British World War II commander leads his troops through a series of misadventures in North Africa and Europe.

5.5
13
King Lear

King Lear

1970 · 2h 17m · Movie

King Lear divides his kingdom among his daughters, giving great importance to their protestations of love for him. When Cordelia refuses to idly flatter the old man, he banishes her and turns for support to his remaining daughters.

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Wonderwall

Wonderwall

1969 · 1h 32m · Movie

Professor Oscar Collins becomes obsessed with model Penny Lane and her boyfriend, drilling holes in their chaotic apartment and engaging in daydreams and delusions.

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A Day at the Beach

A Day at the Beach

1970 · 1h 33m · Movie

Bernie, a self-destructive alcoholic, is given watch over his niece Winnie. He tests the patience of the various people he knows and Winnie is often left on her own.

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Mix Me a Person

Mix Me a Person

1962 · 1h 56m · Movie

Swinging coffee bars, cigarettes, jazz, youthful delinquency and a copper gets killed. Did Adam Faith pull the trigger? Can Anne Baxter prove his innocence in time?

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