Jack MacGowran Biography
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Father of
Tara MacGowran.

Shortly after completing his role in
The Exorcist, he died in New York on 30th January 1973, of pneumonia. He was rehearsing "The Plough and the Stars" with
Siobhan McKenna at the time, which was due to open the following month.

Born in Dublin, Jack MacGowran worked as an insurance assessor for eight years before becoming an actor with the Abbey Theatre. He made his film debut in
John Ford's
The Quiet Man. He was also a noted stage actor specialising in works by
Sean O'Casey and
Samuel Beckett. He appeared in "Waiting For Godot" at the Royal Court Theatre London, and with the Royal Shakespeare Company in "Endgame" at the Aldwych Theatre. He released an LP record, "MacGowran Speaks Beckett", to coincide with Samuel Beckett's 60th birthday. While Jack MacGowran was making
The Fearless Vampire Killers, it was suggested by
Roman Polanski and
Gérard Brach, who wrote the original story for
Wonderwall, that he play the part of Professor Collins.
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