

Acting
J.P. McGowan
- Titles
- 248movies
- Career
Active from 1910 to 1938, busiest in 1915 with 33 main titles.
- Directed
- 161titles as director
- Average score
49/100
- Highest rated
Hit the Saddle59/100
What stands out
Compared with the average well-known movie, over 12 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.
- Historical8.3average 2.6
- Crime6.3average 3.7
- Nostalgia6.0average 3.6
- Warfare3.1average 1.2
- Class & Capitalism5.1average 3.3
- Mystery5.6average 4.1
- Physical Comedy3.7average 2.5
- Politics3.9average 2.6
Rarely in their work
- Contemporary Realism0.5, average 5.2
- Uncanny1.2, average 2.5
- Fantasy0.5, average 1.8
- Pop Culture1.1, average 2.2
Main genres
Select a genre to see those titles.
Recurring tags
- Historical Setting 11
- Early Cinema 11
- Classic Western 9
- Vintage Cinema 3
- Good vs. Evil 3
- Melodrama 3
- American Frontier 3
- Silent Western 2
- Revenge Story 2
- Murder Mystery 2
- Frontier Justice 2
- Heroic Protagonist 2
Works often with
People in at least two of their main titles.
Helen HolmesActorKaintucky Bill, Stormy Seas, His Nemesis, Duped, Whispering Smith, +59 more
Leo D. MaloneyActorWhispering Smith, A Lass of the Lumberlands, The Box Car Trap, The Girl and the Game, Near Eternity, +31 more
George A. WilliamsActorKaintucky Bill, His Nemesis, Perils of the Yukon, The Car of Death, The Box Car Trap, +22 more
Sidney OlcottActorDust of the Desert, The Fiddler’s Requiem, The Lad from Old Ireland, The Special Messenger, When the Dead Return, +15 more
Gene GauntierActorDust of the Desert, The Fiddler’s Requiem, The Lad from Old Ireland, The Special Messenger, When the Dead Return, +12 more
J.J. ClarkActorThe Fiddler’s Requiem, When the Dead Return, The Railroad Raiders of '62, Railroad Raiders of '62, The Wives of Jamestown, +11 more
Bob CusterActorRiders of the North, Code of the West, Mark of the Spur, Riders of the Rio Grande, O'Malley Rides Alone, +9 more- SSally WintersWriterThe Call of the Desert, The Canyon of Missing Men, The Man from Nowhere, Near the Rainbow's End, The Law of the Plains, +9 more
Cliff LyonsActorThe Call of the Desert, The Canyon of Missing Men, The Cowboy and the Outlaw, The Law of the Plains, Code of the West, +8 more
Robert G. VignolaActorThe Fiddler’s Requiem, The Lad from Old Ireland, The Railroad Raiders of '62, Railroad Raiders of '62, The Wives of Jamestown, +8 more
Slim WhitakerActorGun Gospel, The Code of the Scarlet, Bad Men's Money, War of the Range, Drum Taps, +7 more
Mack V. WrightActorBaffled, Perils of the Yukon, Mistaken Orders, Pioneers of the West, Hit the Saddle, +7 more
Movies and TV shows
248Upcoming
1 title

Danger Quest
as Col. Spiffy
1950s
2 titles

Savage Fury (1956)
as Ship's Captain

The Lady and the Bandit (1951)
as Old Man
1930s
78 titles · average score 62

Where the West Begins (1938)
Director

Roaring Six Guns (1937)
Director

When a Man Rides Alone (1933)
Director

Drum Taps (1933)
Screenplay, Director

Deadwood Pass (1933)
Director
46
The Hurricane Express (1932)
Director, Screenplay

Mark of the Spur (1932)
Director

Riders of the North (1931)
Director

The Call of the Desert (1930)
Director

The Code of Honor (1930)
Director

Near the Rainbow's End (1930)
Director
1920s
84 titles · average score 48

Señor Americano (1929)
as Maddox

The Law of the Plains (1929)
as Seagrue

The Code of the Scarlet (1928)
as Blake

The Devil’s Tower (1928)
as George Stilwell

Gun Gospel (1927)
as Bill Brogan

The Red Raiders (1927)
as Captain Ortwell

The Lost Express (1926)
as Train Engineer

Red Blood (1925)
as Eagle Custer

Mistaken Orders (1925)
Director

Captain Kidd (1922)
Director

Perils of the Yukon (1922)
Director
1910s
83 titles · average score 61

The Lure of the Circus (1918)
Director

The Hazards of Helen (1917)
as Various roles

In Danger's Path (1915)
Director

The Leap from the Water Tower (1915)
as Rand - the Fireman

The Pay Train (1915)
Director

The Girl and the Game (1915)
as Spike

The Car of Death (1914)
Director

His Mother (1912)
as John Foster

The Colleen Bawn (1911)
as Hardress Cregan

Rory O'More (1911)
as Commander of the English troops


