
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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The Exorcist
1973 · as Burke Dennings

Doctor Zhivago
1965 · as Petya

The Fearless Vampire Killers
1967 · as Professor Abronsius

The Quiet Man
1952 · as Ignatius Feeney

Wonderwall
1969 · as Prof. Oscar Collins

Cul-de-sac
1966 · as Albie

Lord Jim
1965 · as Robinson

Tom Jones
1963 · as Partridge

Darby O'Gill and the Little People
1959 · as Phadrig Oge

Age of Consent
1969 · as Nat Kelly

King Lear
1970 · as Fool

How I Won the War
1967 · as Juniper

Young Cassidy
1965 · as Archie

Blind Date
1959 · as Postman

Captain Clegg
1962 · as Frightened Man

Manuela
1957 · as Tommy

I Captured the King of the Leprechauns
1959 · as Phadrig Oge

Start the Revolution Without Me
1970 · as Jacques