J.P. McGowan

1880-02-23 Terowie, Australia

Biografia

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.

Películas

	Savage Fury	Ship's Captain	1956-01-01
	The Lady and the Bandit	Old Man	1951-08-13
	Stagecoach	Bit Part (uncredited)	1939-03-02
	Code of the Fearless	Undetermined Minor Role	1939-01-05
	Kidnapped	Clansman	1938-05-27
	The Great Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok	Scudder	1938-06-30
	The Buccaneer	Jailer	1938-02-04
	Hunted Men	Cop	1938-05-27
	Empty Holsters	U.S. Marshal Billy O'Neill	1937-07-10
	Jungle Jim	Ship Captain J.S. Robinson	1937-01-18
	Heart of the Rockies	Ed Dawson	1937-09-06
	Prairie Thunder	Col. Stanton	1937-09-10
	She Had to Eat	Police Sergeant (uncredited)	1937-07-02
	Slave Ship	Helmsman	1937-06-16
	Hit the Saddle	Rance McGowan	1937-03-03
	Rough Riding Rhythm	Pete Hobart	1937-08-14
	Borderland	El Rio Sheriff	1937-02-26
	The Three Mesquiteers	Brack Canfield	1936-09-22
	Robin Hood of El Dorado	Danglong	1936-03-17
	Ride 'Em Cowboy	Jim Howard	1936-09-20
	Guns and Guitars	Dave Morgan	1936-06-22
	Sinner Take All	Police Officer Murphy (uncredited)	1936-12-18
	Fury and the Woman	Anderson	1936-09-22
	Stampede	Matt Stevens	1936-11-26
	The Prisoner of Shark Island	Ship's Captain (uncredited)	1936-02-28
	Silver Spurs	Webb Allison	1936-01-29
	Secret Patrol	Blacksmith Barstow	1936-06-02
	The Accusing Finger	Inner Guard	1936-11-17
	The Call of the Savage	Freighter Captain	1935-04-14
	Mississippi	Dealer (uncredited)	1935-03-22
	Bar 20 Rides Again	Buck Peters	1935-12-06
	The Silent Code	Commissioner	1935-11-20
	Whispering Smith Speaks	Caboose Passenger (uncredited)	1935-05-15
	Rustlers of Red Dog	Capt. Trent [Chs. 3-4]	1935-01-01
	East of Java	Sergeant, Rescue Party	1935-12-01
	Les Misérables	Javert's Plainclothesman	1935-04-20
	Diamond Jim	Engineer	1935-09-01
	Border Brigands	Inspector Winston - RCMP	1935-05-31
	Murder in the Fleet	Chief of Police (Uncredited)	1935-05-24
	The Outlaw Tamer	Sheriff Jim Porter	1935-03-15
	When Lightning Strikes	Lafe Broderick	1934-12-18
	The Red Rider	Scotty McKee	1934-07-16
	No More Women	Captain of The Hawk	1934-03-03
	Somewhere in Sonora	Monte Black	1933-05-27
	Flaming Gold	Mack	1932-09-28
	Lawless Valley	Big Mike Carter, aka El Lobo, aka Texas Rand	1932-03-03
	Quick Trigger Lee	Brings note / Director	1931-11-24
	O'Malley Rides Alone	Angus McGregor	1930-01-01
	Breezy Bill	Sheriff	1930-01-24
	The Canyon of Missing Men	Slug Sagel	1930-06-01
	Covered Wagon Trails		1930-02-01
	Headin' Westward	Sneezer Clark	1929-02-15
	The Lawless Legion	Matson	1929-02-17
	A Texas Cowboy	Brute Kettle	1929-12-26
	The Invaders		1929-10-01
	Señor Americano	Maddox	1929-11-10
	The Cowboy and the Outlaw	Pepper Hardcastle	1929-10-01
	Plunging Hoofs	Jim Wales	1929-04-10
	The Law of the Plains	Seagrue	1929-08-19
	'Neath Western Skies	Dugan	1929-01-01
	The Fighting Terror		1929-08-01
	Below the Deadline	Taggart	1929-01-02
	The Last Roundup	Hash	1929-06-30
	The Oklahoma Kid		1929-11-01
	Two Outlaws	Abner Whitcomb	1928-11-18
	The Black Ace		1928-09-02
	Arizona Days	Ed Hicks	1928-08-01
	The Chinatown Mystery		1928-09-01
	Dugan of the Dugouts	Capt. von Brinken	1928-04-15
	The Code of the Scarlet	Blake	1928-07-01
	Ships of the Night	Motilla	1928-11-27
	The Red Raiders	Captain Ortwell	1927-09-27
	The Royal American	Capt. Burke	1927-07-01
	Red Signals	Jim Twyler	1927-03-01
	Arizona Nights	Jeff Decker	1927-08-28
	Gun Gospel	Bill Brogan	1927-11-06
	Senor Daredevil	Jesse Wilks	1926-08-01
	Crack O' Dawn	Earle Thorpe Sr.	1926-10-16
	Perils of the Rail	Barker's Accomplice at Smelter Junction	1926-10-22
	Barriers of the Law	Steve Redding	1925-03-26
	The Fast Freight		1925-07-01
	The Lost Express	Train Engineer	1925-07-28
	Outwitted	Tiger McGuire	1925-01-01
	Crossed Trails	'Pepper' Baldwin	1924-04-08
	The Whipping Boss	Livingston	1924-02-09
	A Two Fisted Tenderfoot	Stephen Lawlor	1924-02-13
	Baffled	Jack Norton	1924-02-01
	Stormy Seas	Capt. Morgan	1923-07-01
	Hills of Missing Men	Capt. Brandt / The Dragon	1922-02-26
	Do or Die	Capt. Alvarez / Satan	1921-01-02
	King of the Circus		1920-01-02
	Elmo the Fearless		1920-01-02
	The Railroad Raiders	Thomas Desmond	1917-04-09
	The Hazards of Helen	Various roles	1917-02-24
	Medicine Bend	Whispering Smith	1916-07-03
	Whispering Smith	Whispering Smith	1916-06-05
	The Girl Telegrapher's Peril	Blake - a Lineman	1915-01-02
	The Railroad Raiders of '62	Lockwood - the old one-armed Flagman	1915-03-20
	The Girl and the Game	Spike	1915-01-02
	The Mettle of Jerry McGuire	Jerry McGuire	1915-11-06
	A Railroader's Bravery	Thomas - the Chief of the Gang	1915-05-29
	The Broken Rail	Trow - of the Working Crew	1915-09-04
	The Leap from the Water Tower	Rand - the Fireman	1915-01-09
	A Desperate Leap		1915-11-27
	The Broken Train	Warren - Railroad Employee	1915-05-22
	His Nemesis	Mammoth - Manning's Business Rival	1914-11-18
	Kaintucky Bill	Kaintucky Bill - a Moonshiner	1914-07-07
	The Escape on the Limited	Brandt - a Defaulting Cashier	1914-12-26
	The Black Diamond Express	Dan Haddon - a Cowboy	1914-12-19
	The Flying Freight's Captive	Rand - a Yeggman	1914-12-12
	Helen's Sacrifice	Benton	1914-11-14
	The Wives of Jamestown	The O’Rourke	1913-01-10
	Tragedy of the Desert	The Arab Sheik	1912-07-01
	Far from Erin's Isle		1912-02-14
	Vagabonds	Big Jim	1912-02-09
	The Mayor from Ireland	Shamus Foley	1912-11-30
	Dust of the Desert	Sheik Mohammad	1912-06-03
	The Shaughraun	Corry Kinchela	1912-12-23
	His Mother	John Foster	1912-01-25
	The Poacher's Pardon	Mr. Wallace - the Gamekeeper	1912-09-30
	Ireland, the Oppressed	Lord Kilhannack	1912-12-14
	The Kerry Gow	Valentine Hay	1912-11-18
	From the Manger to the Cross	Wise Man 1	1912-10-03
	Captured by Bedouins	Lt. Greig	1912-06-26
	An Arabian Tragedy		1912-06-19
	Winning a Widow		1912-07-05
	By a Woman's Wit		1911-04-04
	The Fishermaid of Ballydavid	Policeman	1911-11-17
	Rory O'More	Commander of the English troops	1911-09-03
	Railroad Raiders of '62	Federal Officer	1911-06-15
	Slim Jim's Last Chance	The Rancher	1911-04-13
	The Special Messenger	Royal	1911-08-16
	The Fiddler’s Requiem	Dolores' father	1911-05-03
	A Sawmill Hero		1911-03-22
	The Colleen Bawn	Hardress Cregan	1911-10-16
	When the Dead Return	Jacques	1911-05-05
	The Lad from Old Ireland	Election Agent	1910-11-23
	When Lovers Part		1910-12-23