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Personal Info

Known Credits 136

Gender Male

Birthdate 1880-02-23 (145 Y.O)

Place Of Birth Terowie, Australia

Also Known For 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 ...

Known For

The Lady and the Bandit

Stagecoach

Code of the Fearless

The Great Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok

Hunted Men

Acting

1951 -- The Lady and the Bandit | Old Man

1939 -- Stagecoach | Bit Part (uncredited)

1939 -- Code of the Fearless | Undetermined Minor Role

1938 -- The Great Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok | Scudder

1938 -- Hunted Men | Cop

1938 -- Kidnapped | Clansman

1938 -- The Buccaneer | Jailer

1937 -- Prairie Thunder | Col. Stanton

1937 -- Heart of the Rockies | Ed Dawson

1937 -- Rough Riding Rhythm | Pete Hobart

1937 -- Empty Holsters | U.S. Marshal Billy O'Neill

1937 -- She Had to Eat | Police Sergeant (uncredited)

1937 -- Slave Ship | Helmsman

1937 -- Hit the Saddle | Rance McGowan

1937 -- Borderland | El Rio Sheriff

1937 -- Jungle Jim | Ship Captain J.S. Robinson

1936 -- Sinner Take All | Police Officer Murphy (uncredited)

1936 -- Stampede | Matt Stevens

1936 -- The Accusing Finger | Inner Guard

1936 -- The Three Mesquiteers | Brack Canfield

1936 -- Fury and the Woman | Anderson

1936 -- Ride 'Em Cowboy | Jim Howard

1936 -- Guns and Guitars | Dave Morgan

1936 -- Secret Patrol | Blacksmith Barstow

1936 -- Robin Hood of El Dorado | Danglong

1936 -- Silver Spurs | Webb Allison

1935 -- Bar 20 Rides Again | Buck Peters

1935 -- East of Java | Sergeant, Rescue Party

1935 -- The Silent Code | Commissioner

1935 -- Diamond Jim | Engineer

1935 -- Border Brigands | Inspector Winston - RCMP

1935 -- Murder in the Fleet | Chief of Police (Uncredited)

1935 -- Whispering Smith Speaks | Caboose Passenger (uncredited)

1935 -- Les Misérables | Javert's Plainclothesman

1935 -- The Call of the Savage | Freighter Captain

1935 -- Mississippi | Dealer (uncredited)

1935 -- The Outlaw Tamer | Sheriff Jim Porter

1935 -- Rustlers of Red Dog | Capt. Trent [Chs. 3-4]

1934 -- When Lightning Strikes | Lafe Broderick

1934 -- The Red Rider | Scotty McKee

1934 -- No More Women | Captain of The Hawk

1933 -- Somewhere in Sonora | Monte Black

1932 -- Flaming Gold | Mack

1932 -- Lawless Valley | Big Mike Carter, aka El Lobo, aka Texas Rand

1931 -- Quick Trigger Lee | Brings note / Director

1930 -- The Canyon of Missing Men | Slug Sagel

1930 -- Covered Wagon Trails |

1930 -- Breezy Bill | Sheriff

1930 -- O'Malley Rides Alone | Angus McGregor

1929 -- A Texas Cowboy | Brute Kettle

1929 -- Señor Americano | Maddox

1929 -- The Oklahoma Kid |

1929 -- The Cowboy and the Outlaw | Pepper Hardcastle

1929 -- The Invaders |

1929 -- Law of the Plains | Seagrue

1929 -- The Fighting Terror |

1929 -- The Last Roundup | Hash

1929 -- Plunging Hoofs | Jim Wales

1929 -- The Lawless Legion | Matson

1929 -- Headin' Westward | Sneezer Clark

1929 -- Below the Deadline | Taggart

1929 -- 'Neath Western Skies | Dugan

1928 -- Ships of the Night | Motilla

1928 -- Two Outlaws | Abner Whitcomb

1928 -- The Black Ace |

1928 -- The Chinatown Mystery |

1928 -- Arizona Days | Ed Hicks

1928 -- The Code of the Scarlet | Blake

1928 -- Dugan of the Dugouts | Capt. von Brinken

1927 -- Gun Gospel | Bill Brogan

1927 -- The Red Raiders | Captain Ortwell

1927 -- Arizona Nights | Jeff Decker

1927 -- The Royal American | Capt. Burke

1927 -- Red Signals | Jim Twyler

1926 -- Perils of the Rail | Barker's Accomplice at Smelter Junction

1926 -- Crack O' Dawn | Earle Thorpe Sr.

1926 -- Senor Daredevil | Jesse Wilks

1925 -- The Lost Express | Train Engineer

1925 -- The Fast Freight |

1925 -- Barriers of the Law | Steve Redding

1925 -- Outwitted | Tiger McGuire

1924 -- Crossed Trails | 'Pepper' Baldwin

1924 -- A Two Fisted Tenderfoot | Stephen Lawlor

1924 -- The Whipping Boss | Livingston

1924 -- Baffled | Jack Norton

1923 -- Stormy Seas | Capt. Morgan

1922 -- Hills of Missing Men | Capt. Brandt / The Dragon

1921 -- Do or Die | Capt. Alvarez / Satan

1920 -- Elmo the Fearless |

1920 -- King of the Circus |

1917 -- The Railroad Raiders | Thomas Desmond

1917 -- The Hazards of Helen | Various roles

1916 -- Medicine Bend | Whispering Smith

1916 -- Whispering Smith | Whispering Smith

1915 -- A Desperate Leap |

1915 -- The Mettle of Jerry McGuire | Jerry McGuire

1915 -- The Broken Rail | Trow - of the Working Crew

1915 -- A Railroader's Bravery | Thomas - the Chief of the Gang

1915 -- The Broken Train | Warren - Railroad Employee

1915 -- The Railroad Raiders of '62 | Lockwood - the old one-armed Flagman

1915 -- The Leap from the Water Tower | Rand - the Fireman

1915 -- The Girl and the Game | Spike

1915 -- The Girl Telegrapher's Peril | Blake - a Lineman

1914 -- The Escape on the Limited | Brandt - a Defaulting Cashier

1914 -- The Black Diamond Express | Dan Haddon - a Cowboy

1914 -- The Flying Freight's Captive | Rand - a Yeggman

1914 -- His Nemesis | Mammoth - Manning's Business Rival

1914 -- Helen's Sacrifice | Benton

1914 -- Kaintucky Bill | Kaintucky Bill - a Moonshiner

1913 -- The Wives of Jamestown | The O’Rourke

1912 -- The Shaughraun | Corry Kinchela

1912 -- Ireland, the Oppressed | Lord Kilhannack

1912 -- The Mayor from Ireland | Shamus Foley

1912 -- The Little Gluers | Valentine Hay

1912 -- From the Manger to the Cross | Wise Man 1

1912 -- The Poacher's Pardon | Mr. Wallace - the Gamekeeper

1912 -- Winning a Widow |

1912 -- Tragedy of the Desert | The Arab Sheik

1912 -- Captured by Bedouins | Lt. Greig

1912 -- An Arabian Tragedy |

1912 -- Dust of the Desert | Sheik Mohammad

1912 -- Far from Erin's Isle |

1912 -- Vagabonds | Big Jim

1912 -- His Mother | John Foster

1911 -- The Fishermaid of Ballydavid | Policeman

1911 -- The Colleen Bawn | Hardress Cregan

1911 -- Rory O'More | Commander of the English troops

1911 -- The Special Messenger | Royal

1911 -- Railroad Raiders of '62 | Federal Officer

1911 -- When the Dead Return | Jacques

1911 -- The Fiddler’s Requiem | Dolores' father

1911 -- Slim Jim's Last Chance | The Rancher

1911 -- By a Woman's Wit |

1911 -- A Sawmill Hero |

1910 -- When Lovers Part |

1910 -- The Lad from Old Ireland | Election Agent