J.P. McGowan
Personal Info
Know For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1880-02-23 (72 years old)
Deathday
1952-03-26
Place of Birth
Terowie, Australia
Also known As
John Paterson McGowan
J.P. McGowan
Biography
From Wikipedia John Paterson McGowan (February 24, 1880 – March 26, 1952) was a pioneering Hollywood actor and director and occasionally a screenwriter and producer. J. P. McGowan, as he was usually known, remains the only Australian to have been made a life member of the Screen Directors Guild (now Directors Guild of America). Born in the then-bustling railway centre of Terowie in South Australia, McGowan grew up in Adelaide (Islington) and Sydney. He was a capable horseman and served in the Second Boer War with Montmorency's Scouts as a special dispatch rider. McGowan directed and often acted in the first 33 episodes of Kalem's 1914 adv...
Acting
1930
as Slug Sagel
1928
as Ed Hicks
1929
as Dugan
1917
as Thomas Desmond
1917
as Various roles
1928
as Abner Whitcomb
1929
as Jim Wales
1923
as Capt. Morgan
1930
as Sheriff
1929
as Brute Kettle
1929
1934
as Lafe Broderick
1934
as Captain of The Hawk
1926
as Barker's Accomplice at Smelter Junction
1936
as Webb Allison
1916
as Whispering Smith
1933
as Monte Black
1925
1912
as Sheik Mohammad
1912
as Mr. Wallace - the Gamekeeper
1912
as Valentine Hay
1912
as Lord Kilhannack
1912
as Corry Kinchela
1921
as Capt. Alvarez / Satan
1914
as Rand - a Yeggman
1914
as Dan Haddon - a Cowboy
1914
as Brandt - a Defaulting Cashier
1915
as Blake - a Lineman
1915
as Lockwood - the old one-armed Flagman
1914
as Benton
1914
as Mammoth - Manning's Business Rival
1915
as Warren - Railroad Employee
1915
as Thomas - the Chief of the Gang
1915
as Trow - of the Working Crew
1915
as Jerry McGuire
1915
1916
as Whispering Smith
1937
as Rance McGowan
1936
as Dave Morgan
1936
as Matt Stevens
1936
as Blacksmith Barstow
1938
as Scudder
1911
as Federal Officer
1937
as Ship Captain J.S. Robinson
1914
as Kaintucky Bill - a Moonshiner
1932
as Big Mike Carter, aka El Lobo, aka Texas Rand
1915
as Spike
1928
as Capt. von Brinken
1922
as Capt. Brandt / The Dragon
1926
as Jesse Wilks
1927
as Captain Ortwell
1927
as Bill Brogan
1928
as Blake
1929
as Matson
1929
as Maddox
1927
as Capt. Burke
1915
as Rand - the Fireman
1912
as Wise Man 1
1936
as Anderson
1935
as Commissioner
1928
as Motilla
1929
as Hash
1936
as Danglong
1939
as Undetermined Minor Role
1936
as Jim Howard
1937
as El Rio Sheriff
1935
as Dealer (uncredited)
1939
as Bit Part (uncredited)
1935
as Freighter Captain
1935
as Buck Peters
1935
as Chief of Police (Uncredited)
1935
as Sheriff Jim Porter
1938
as Clansman
1935
as Caboose Passenger (uncredited)
1931
as Brings note / Director
1934
as Scotty McKee
1937
as U.S. Marshal Billy O'Neill
1911
as The Rancher
1936
as Brack Canfield
1937
as Ed Dawson
1937
as Pete Hobart
1911
1937
as Col. Stanton
1929
as Sneezer Clark
1935
as Inspector Winston - RCMP
1935
as Engineer
1936
as Police Officer Murphy (uncredited)
1935
as Capt. Trent [Chs. 3-4]
1925
as Train Engineer
1932
as Mack
1910
as Election Agent
1937
as Helmsman
1929
as Pepper Hardcastle
1938
as Jailer
1911
as Jacques
1929
as Taggart
1911
as Hardress Cregan
1936
as Inner Guard
1951
as Old Man
1935
as Sergeant, Rescue Party
1925
as Tiger McGuire
1926
as Earle Thorpe Sr.
1925
as Steve Redding
1928
1910
1911
as Dolores' father
1911
as Commander of the English troops
1911
1912
as Lt. Greig
1912
1912
as John Foster
1929
as Seagrue
1929
1927
as Jeff Decker
1937
as Police Sergeant (uncredited)
1911
as Royal
1924
as Livingston
1927
as Jim Twyler
1930
as Angus McGregor
1935
as Javert's Plainclothesman
1912
as The Arab Sheik
1924
as 'Pepper' Baldwin
1924
as Jack Norton
1924
as Stephen Lawlor
1913
as The O’Rourke
1938
as Cop
1912
as Big Jim
1911
as Policeman
1912
as Shamus Foley
1936
as Ship's Captain
1956
as Ship's Captain
Production
1925
as Director
1925
as Scenario Writer
1913
as Director
1914
as Director
1928
as Director
1915
as Director
1915
as Director
1914
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1914
as Director
1914
as Director
1914
as Writer
1914
as Director
1915
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1914
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1915
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1915
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1914
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1914
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1914
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1915
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1915
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1915
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1915
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1915
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1915
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1915
as Director
1916
as Director
1916
as Director
1915
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1915
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1915
as Director
1915
as Director
1916
as Director
1916
as Scenario Writer
1930
as Director
1930
as Producer
1931
as Director
1915
as Director
1915
as Director
1915
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1915
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1915
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1915
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1915
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1915
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1915
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1915
as Director
1914
as Director
1925
as Director
1932
as Director
1932
as Screenplay
1932
as Director
1921
as Director
1932
as Director
1937
as Director
1927
as Director
1914
as Director
1933
as Director
1933
as Director
1936
as Screenplay
1930
as Director
1915
as Director
1914
as Director
1933
as Director
1932
as Director
1915
as Director
1922
as Director
1938
as Director
1915
as Director
1920
as Director
1916
as Director
1917
as Director
1928
as Writer
1933
as Screenplay
1926
as Director
1922
as Director
1922
as Writer
1921
as Director
1920
as Director
1919
as Director
1926
as Writer
1915
as Director
1915
as Director
1917
as Writer
1930
as Director
1929
as Director
1929
as Director
1932
as Director
1914
as Director
1928
as Director
1925
as Writer
1930
as Director
1923
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1930
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1930
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1930
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1930
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1930
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1929
as Director
1929
as Director
1933
as Director
1937
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1935
as Director
1931
as Director
1927
as Director
1924
as Director
1926
as Director
1916
as Director
1937
as Writer
1925
as Director
1918
as Director
1925
as Director
1913
as Director
1930
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1930
as Director
1929
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1929
as Writer
1929
as Director
1930
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1930
as Director
1929
as Director
1929
as Producer
1922
as Director
1917
as Producer
1925
as Director
1931
as Director
1925
as Director
1914
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1930
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1929
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1929
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1925
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1929
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1924
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1927
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1925
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1925
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1915
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1925
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1928
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1929
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1929
as Director
1929
as Director
1919
as Director
1927
as Director
1924
as Director
1932
as Director
1916
as Director
1917
as Director
1916
as Producer
1917
as Editor
1917
as Producer
1915
as Writer
1920
as Director
1921
as Director
1917
as Director
1916
as Producer
1931
as Director
1925
as Director
1924
as Director
1924
as Director
1929
as Director
1929
as Producer
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