Jack MacGowran: movies and TV shows
Jack MacGowran has 63 credits in the archive: 43 films and 20 TV series, from 1951 to 1974. Highest rated: Banacek (8.4/10).
Career timeline
1951 – 1974 · busiest year: 1965 (7 credits)
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Full filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Type | Rating | Age then |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1974 | The Yin and the Yang of Mr. Go | Leo Zimmerman | Film | 4.9 | 55 |
| 1973 | The Exorcist | Burke Dennings | Film | 7.7 | 54 |
| 1972 | Banacek | Michele Lanier | TV | 8.4 | 53 |
| 1972 | The Shadow of a Gunman | Seumas Shields | Film | 8.0 | 53 |
| 1970 | King Lear | Fool | Film | 6.5 | 51 |
| 1970 | Start the Revolution Without Me | Jacques | Film | 6.0 | 51 |
| 1970 | A Day at the Beach | Collector | Film | 4.8 | 51 |
| 1969 | Age of Consent | Nat Kelly | Film | 5.9 | 50 |
| 1969 | Wonderwall | Prof. Oscar Collins | Film | 5.2 | 50 |
| 1968 | The Champions | Banner B. Banner | TV | 6.5 | 49 |
| 1968 | Faithful Departed | Self - Narrator (voice) | Film | — | 49 |
| 1968 | There's a Hole in Your Dustbin, Delilah | 'Cheese and Egg' C.E. Petty | Film | — | 49 |
| 1967 | ITV Playhouse | Cheese & Egg [C.E.Petty] | TV | 7.0 | 48 |
| 1967 | Half Hour Story | Alec | TV | 7.5 | 48 |
| 1967 | The Fearless Vampire Killers | Professor Abronsius | Film | 7.0 | 48 |
| 1967 | How I Won the War | Juniper | Film | 5.6 | 48 |
| 1967 | The Inn Way Out | Irish Poet | Film | — | 48 |
| 1966 | Cul-de-sac | Albie | Film | 6.7 | 47 |
| 1966 | Silent Song | Brother Michael | Film | 9.0 | 47 |
| 1966 | The Stable Door | Film | — | 47 | |
| 1966 | Eh, Joe? | Joe | Film | 10.0 | 47 |
| 1965 | BBC Play of the Month | Trinculo | TV | 5.3 | 46 |
| 1965 | Thirty-Minute Theatre | Coates | TV | 4.2 | 46 |
| 1965 | Gideon's Way | 'Happy' Roden | TV | 7.0 | 46 |
| 1965 | Doctor Zhivago | Petya | Film | 7.6 | 46 |
| 1965 | Lord Jim | Robinson | Film | 6.8 | 46 |
| 1965 | Young Cassidy | Archie | Film | 6.4 | 46 |
| 1965 | Beginning to End | Man | Film | — | 46 |
| 1964 | The Wednesday Play | Brother Michael | TV | 5.2 | 45 |
| 1964 | Theatre 625 | Jeremiah Hudson | TV | 7.2 | 45 |
| 1964 | Thursday Theatre | Father | TV | — | 45 |
| 1963 | Espionage | Matt Youghal | TV | 10.0 | 44 |
| 1963 | Sergeant Cork | Drummer | TV | 7.2 | 44 |
| 1963 | Tom Jones | Partridge | Film | 5.9 | 44 |
| 1963 | The Ceremony | O'Brian | Film | 5.6 | 44 |
| 1962 | Zero One | TV | 6.0 | 43 | |
| 1962 | Captain Clegg | Frightened Man | Film | 6.3 | 43 |
| 1962 | The Brain | Furber | Film | 5.8 | 43 |
| 1962 | Two and Two Make Six | Night Porter | Film | 7.5 | 43 |
| 1962 | Mix Me a Person | Terence | Film | 6.3 | 43 |
| 1961 | The Avengers | Professor Poole | TV | 7.8 | 42 |
| 1961 | Drama 61-67 | Herbert Reynolds | TV | — | 42 |
| 1960 | Danger Man | Prior | TV | 7.4 | 41 |
| 1960 | Armchair Mystery Theatre | Albert Brady | TV | 9.0 | 41 |
| 1959 | Darby O'Gill and the Little People | Phadrig Oge | Film | 6.7 | 40 |
| 1959 | The Giant Behemoth | Dr. Sampson, the paleontologist | Film | 5.8 | 40 |
| 1959 | Blind Date | Postman | Film | 5.9 | 40 |
| 1959 | I Captured the King of the Leprechauns | Phadrig Oge | Film | 9.0 | 40 |
| 1959 | The Boy and the Bridge | Market Porter | Film | 6.0 | 40 |
| 1958 | She Didn't Say No! | William Bates | Film | 7.0 | 39 |
| 1958 | Rooney | Joe O'Connor | Film | 6.0 | 39 |
| 1957 | Sailor of Fortune | Sean, Irish Deck Hand | TV | — | 38 |
| 1957 | Overseas Press Club - Exclusive! | Jimmy Walsh | TV | 9.0 | 38 |
| 1957 | Manuela | Tommy | Film | 6.3 | 38 |
| 1957 | The Rising of the Moon | Mickey J., The Poitín Maker (segment 'The Majesty of the Law') | Film | 6.8 | 38 |
| 1956 | Armchair Theatre | TV | 6.0 | 37 | |
| 1956 | Jacqueline | Campbell | Film | 6.3 | 37 |
| 1953 | The Titfield Thunderbolt | Vernon Crump (as Jack McGowran) | Film | 7.0 | 34 |
| 1953 | The Titfield Thunderbolt | Vernon Crump | Film | 7.0 | 34 |
| 1953 | Time Bomb | Film | 5.3 | 34 | |
| 1952 | The Quiet Man | Ignatius Feeney | Film | 7.3 | 33 |
| 1952 | The Gentle Gunman | Patsy McGuire | Film | 6.5 | 33 |
| 1951 | No Resting Place | Billy Kyle | Film | 6.3 | 32 |