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person_profile-J.P. McGowan

J.P. McGowan Died at age: 72

Actor | Producer

Fullname:

J.P. McGowan

Date of Birth:

Feb 23, 1880

Country of birth:

Australia

Died:

Mar 26, 1952

Biography of

J.P. McGowan

    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 adventure film series, The Hazards of Helen, which eventually ran to 54 episodes, some still with McGowan's participation. While filming he began a relationship with Helen Holmes, the film's star, and the two married. They left Kalem to set up their own production company, Signal Films, which successfully made a series of railroad melodramas but lost out when their distributor (Mutual) failed. The collaboration ended when they divorced in 1925. There was an adopted daughter, Kaye.

    McGowan successfully made the transition from silent film to talkies. While never a major star, in a busy career that spanned four decades he is credited with acting in 232 films—mostly strong roles like sheriff or villain—writing 26 screenplays and directing 242 productions. In 1932 he directed a young John Wayne in the 12-episode rail vs airplane serial The Hurricane Express for the independent Mascot Pictures. From 1938 to 1951, as Executive Secretary of the Screen Directors Guild, he fought to secure recognition for the director within the studio systems of the film and emerging television industry.

    J.P. McGowan died in 1952 in Hollywood and was interred in the Forest Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery in Glendale, California.

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J.P. McGowan

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Filmography of

J.P. McGowan

Found 82 Movies in total

The Lady and the Bandit

Old Man ( Actor )

... 1951

Stagecoach

(uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1939

Code of the Fearless

Undetermined Minor Role ( Actor )

... 1939

... 1938

Kidnapped

Clansman ( Actor )

... 1938

Hunted Men

Cop ( Actor )

... 1938

The Buccaneer

Jailer ( Actor )

... 1938

Prairie Thunder

Col. Stanton ( Actor )

... 1937

Heart of the Rockies

Ed Dawson ( Actor )

... 1937

Rough Riding Rhythm

Pete Hobart ( Actor )

Director

... 1937

Empty Holsters

U.S. Marshal Billy O'Neill ( Actor )

... 1937

She Had to Eat

Police Sergeant (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1937

Slave Ship

Helmsman ( Actor )

... 1937

Hit the Saddle

Rance McGowan ( Actor )

... 1937

Borderland

El Rio Sheriff ( Actor )

... 1937

Jungle Jim

Ship Captain J.S. Robinson ( Actor )

... 1937

Sinner Take All

Police Officer Murphy (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1936

Stampede

Matt Stevens ( Actor )

... 1936

The Accusing Finger

Inner Guard ( Actor )

... 1936

Fury and the Woman

Anderson ( Actor )

... 1936

The Three Mesquiteers

Brack Canfield ( Actor )

... 1936

Ride 'Em Cowboy

Jim Howard ( Actor )

... 1936

Guns and Guitars

Dave Morgan ( Actor )

... 1936

... 1936

Robin Hood of El Dorado

Danglong ( Actor )

... 1936

The Prisoner of Shark Island

Ship's Captain ( Actor )

... 1936

Silver Spurs

Webb Allison ( Actor )

... 1936

Bar 20 Rides Again

Buck Peters ( Actor )

... 1935

East of Java

Sergeant, Rescue Party ( Actor )

... 1935

The Silent Code

Commissioner ( Actor )

... 1935

Diamond Jim

Engineer ( Actor )

... 1935

Border Brigands

Inspector Winston - RCMP ( Actor )

... 1935

Murder in the Fleet

Chief of Police (Uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1935

Whispering Smith Speaks

Caboose Passenger (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1935

Les Misérables

Javert's Plainclothesman ( Actor )

... 1935

The Call of the Savage

Freighter Captain ( Actor )

... 1935

Mississippi

Dealer ( Actor )

... 1935

Rustlers of Red Dog

Capt. Trent [Chs. 3-4] ( Actor )

... 1935

When Lightning Strikes

Lafe Broderick ( Actor )

... 1934

The Red Rider

Scotty McKee ( Actor )

... 1934

No More Women

Captain of The Hawk ( Actor )

... 1934

Somewhere in Sonora

Monte Black ( Actor )

... 1933

Flaming Gold

Mack ( Actor )

... 1932

Lawless Valley

Big Mike Carter, aka El Lobo, aka Texas Rand ( Actor )

Director

... 1932

Quick Trigger Lee

Brings note / Director ( Actor )

Director

... 1931

O'Malley Rides Alone

Angus McGregor ( Actor )

Director

... 1930

A Texas Cowboy

Brute Kettle ( Actor )

Director

... 1929

Señor Americano

Maddox ( Actor )

... 1929

The Cowboy and the Outlaw

Pepper Hardcastle ( Actor )

Director

... 1929

Law of the Plains

Seagrue ( Actor )

Director

... 1929

The Last Roundup

Hash ( Actor )

Director

... 1929

Plunging Hoofs

Jim Wales ( Actor )

... 1929

The Lawless Legion

Matson ( Actor )

... 1929

Below the Deadline

Taggart ( Actor )

Director

... 1929

'Neath Western Skies

Dugan ( Actor )

Director

... 1929

Two Outlaws

Abner Whitcomb ( Actor )

... 1928

... 1928

... 1928

Arizona Days

Ed Hicks ( Actor )

Director

... 1928

... 1928

Gun Gospel

Bill Brogan ( Actor )

... 1927

The Red Raiders

Captain Ortwell ( Actor )

... 1927

Red Signals

Jim Twyler ( Actor )

Director

... 1927

Perils of the Rail

Barker's Accomplice at Smelter Junction ( Actor )

Director

... 1926

... 1926

Senor Daredevil

Jesse Wilks ( Actor )

... 1926

The Lost Express

Train Engineer ( Actor )

Director

... 1925

... 1925

Barriers of the Law

Steve Redding ( Actor )

Director

... 1925

Outwitted

Tiger McGuire ( Actor )

Writer

... 1925

The Whipping Boss

Livingston ( Actor )

Director

... 1924

Stormy Seas

Capt. Morgan ( Actor )

Director

... 1923

Hills of Missing Men

Capt. Brandt / The Dragon ( Actor )

Writer

... 1922

Do or Die

Capt. Alvarez / Satan ( Actor )

Director

... 1921

... 1920

... 1920

The Railroad Raiders

Thomas Desmond ( Actor )

Editor

... 1917

The Hazards of Helen

Various roles ( Actor )

Director

... 1917

Whispering Smith

Whispering Smith ( Actor )

Director

... 1916

The Little Gluers

Valentine Hay ( Actor )

... 1912

From the Manger to the Cross

Wise Man 1 ( Actor )

... 1912

The Colleen Bawn

Hardress Cregan ( Actor )

... 1911