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Portrait of Jack MacGowran

Acting

Jack MacGowran

Career

Active from 1951 to 1974, with up to 3 main titles a year.

Leading roles
9
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score60/100
Highest rated
Poster for Age of Consent
Age of Consent
GoodWatch score78/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 29 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 4.4 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 3.9 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 3.3 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 6.0 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.6 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 6.2 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Jack MacGowran Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Contemporary Realism
    2.2, average 5.4
  • Family Dynamics
    3.8, average 4.8
  • Coming of Age
    2.1, average 3.0
  • Wholesome
    2.5, average 3.4

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Dark Comedy 2
  • Character-Driven 2
  • Coming-of-Age 2
  • Psychological Drama 2
  • Character Study 2
  • Eccentric Characters 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

59
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

1970s

7 titles · average score 62
The Yin and the Yang of Mr. Go
The Yin and the Yang of Mr. Go (1974)
GoodWatch score 41

as Leo Zimmerman

The Exorcist
The Exorcist (1973)
GoodWatch score 80

as Burke Dennings

Banacek
Banacek (1972)
GoodWatch score 53

TV show · as Michele Lanier

The Shadow of a Gunman
The Shadow of a Gunman (1972)

as Seumas Shields

Start the Revolution Without Me
Start the Revolution Without Me (1970)
GoodWatch score 75

as Jacques

A Day at the Beach
A Day at the Beach (1970)
GoodWatch score 55

as Collector

King Lear
King Lear (1970)
GoodWatch score 69

as Fool

1960s

35 titles · average score 67
Age of Consent
Age of Consent (1969)
GoodWatch score 78

as Nat Kelly

Wonderwall
Wonderwall (1969)
GoodWatch score 64

as Prof. Oscar Collins

The Fearless Vampire Killers
The Fearless Vampire Killers (1967)
GoodWatch score 67

as Professor Abronsius

How I Won the War
How I Won the War (1967)
GoodWatch score 51

as Juniper

The Inn Way Out
The Inn Way Out (1967)

as Irish Poet

Cul-de-sac
Cul-de-sac (1966)
GoodWatch score 74

as Albie

Eh, Joe?
Eh, Joe? (1966)

as Joe

Young Cassidy
Young Cassidy (1965)
GoodWatch score 58

as Archie

Doctor Zhivago
Doctor Zhivago (1965)
GoodWatch score 77

as Petya

Mix Me a Person
Mix Me a Person (1962)
GoodWatch score 62

as Terence

The Avengers
The Avengers (1961)
GoodWatch score 83

TV show · as Professor Poole

Danger Man
Danger Man (1960)
GoodWatch score 76

TV show · as Prior

1950s

17 titles · average score 65
The Giant Behemoth
The Giant Behemoth (1959)
GoodWatch score 32

as Dr. Sampson, the paleontologist

Blind Date
Blind Date (1959)
GoodWatch score 63

as Postman

The Boy and the Bridge
The Boy and the Bridge (1959)

as Market Porter

Darby O'Gill and the Little People
Darby O'Gill and the Little People (1959)
GoodWatch score 80

as Phadrig Oge

I Captured the King of the Leprechauns
I Captured the King of the Leprechauns (1959)

as Phadrig Oge

She Didn't Say No!
She Didn't Say No! (1958)

as William Bates

Manuela
Manuela (1957)
GoodWatch score 62

as Tommy

The Rising of the Moon
The Rising of the Moon (1957)
GoodWatch score 65

as Mickey J., The Poitín Maker (segment 'The Majesty of the Law')

Armchair Theatre
Armchair Theatre (1956)
GoodWatch score 68

TV show

The Titfield Thunderbolt
The Titfield Thunderbolt (1953)
GoodWatch score 73

as Vernon Crump (as Jack McGowran) / Vernon Crump

The Quiet Man
The Quiet Man (1952)
GoodWatch score 83

as Ignatius Feeney

No Resting Place
No Resting Place (1951)

as Billy Kyle