Gibson Gowland

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1877-01-03 (74 years old)

Deathday

1951-09-09

Place of Birth

Spennymoor, Durham, England, UK

Gibson Gowland

Biography

​From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Gibson Gowland (4 January 1877 Spennymoor, Durham, England, UK – 9 September 1951 London, England, UK) was an English film actor. Gowland came to the United States from England, by way of Canada, in 1913 where he met Beatrice Bird, also from England, whom he married. They moved to Hollywood, working as bit players. In 1916, his son, actor and photographer Peter Gowland, was born. His only starring role (out of 63 films) was in Greed (1924), directed by Erich von Stroheim, based on the Frank Norris novel McTeague, and costarring ZaSu Pitts. The film has since become a classic, despite its having been c...

Acting

1925

1924

Greed

as John McTeague

1927

Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans

as Angry Driver (uncredited)

1949

Gun Cargo

as Henry Morgan

1915

Jewel

as Dr. Ballard (as T.W. Gowland)

1916

1941

The Wolf Man

as Villager (uncredited)

1927

The Broken Gate

as Ephraim Adamson

1919

The Four-Gun Bandit

as Secondary Role (uncredited)

1924

1934

The Private Life of Don Juan

as Don Alfredo, Carmen's Poor Husband

1919

Blind Husbands

as Silent Sepp

1923

Hutch Stirs 'em Up

as Sir Arthur Blackrose

1932

Without Honor

as Mike Donovan

1941

Mutiny in the Arctic

as Crewman (uncredited)

1933

S.O.S. Iceberg

as John Dragan

1917

The Promise

as Stromberg

1939

Raffles

as Villager (uncredited)

1930

Hell Harbor

as Henry Morgan

1931

Arrowsmith

as Committee Member (uncredited)

1930

The Sea Bat

as Limey

1930

Cleaning Up

as Burke

1927

The Land Beyond the Law

as Silent 'Oklahoma' Joe

1924

The Red Lily

as Le Turc

1927

The First Auto

as The Blacksmith

1927

1933

S.O.S. Iceberg

as John Dragan

1935

The Stoker

as Steve

1941

Sundown

as Churchgoer in Wheelchair (uncredited)

1943

The Moon Is Down

as Villager (uncredited)

1918

Breakers Ahead

as Mike Burley

1935

1939

Henry Goes Arizona

as Rancher (uncredited)

1931

A House Divided

as Bartender (uncredited)

1944

Going My Way

as Parishioner (uncredited)

1944

Gaslight

as Servant (uncredited)

1936

Wolves of the Sea

as Cafe Customer (edited from 'Hell's Harbor') (uncredited)

1940

Doomed to Die

as Doctor (uncredited)

1940

Northwest Passage

as MacPherson

1936

1940

The Ape

as Posse Member

1924

Love and Glory

as Jules Malicorne

1919

Behind the Door

as Gideon Blank

1941

Broadway Limited

as Cafe Customer (uncredited)

1942

Mrs. Miniver

as Man on Boat (uncredited)

1942

Crossroads

as Reporter (uncredited)

1921

Ladies Must Live

as Michael Le Prim

1937

Cotton Queen

as Gaoler

1943

Slightly Dangerous

as Opera patron (uncredited)

1943

A Guy Named Joe

as Bartender (uncredited)

1927

Topsy and Eva

as Simon Leegree

1925

1917

Under Handicap

as Batt Truxton

1926

Don Juan

as Gentleman of Rome (uncredited)

1920

The Right of Way

as Jo Portugais

1926

The Outsider

as Shadow

1932

1928

Rose-Marie

as Black Bastien

1945

Kitty

as Prison Guard (uncredited)

1917

Bashful

as Musician (uncredited)

1931

1923

Shifting Sands

as Samuel Thayer

1919

The White Heather

as The Captain

1923

The Harbour Lights

as Mark Helstone

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