A week after he filmed his final scenes for The Exorcist, Irish actor Jack MacGowran, who played Burke Dennings, died in New York. To reassure his cast and crew, director William Friedkin ...

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. John Joseph "Jack" MacGowran (October 13, 1918 – January 31, 1973) was an Irish character actor, whose last film role was as the alcoholic director Burke ...

FROM THE ARCHIVES: Actor Jack MacGowran was noted for being one of the most successful interpreters of Samuel Beckett’s works… FROM THE ARCHIVES:Actor Jack MacGowran was noted for being one of ...

Ireland has produced many fine stage and screen actors and none more so than Jack MacGowran who was born 100 years ago on October 13th. On the stage, he became famous for his interpretation of ...