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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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Filmography (Movies)
Savage Fury
Character:Ship's Captain
Release Date:01/01/1956
The Lady and the Bandit
Character:Old Man
Release Date:13/08/1951
Stagecoach
Character:Bit Part (uncredited)
Release Date:02/03/1939
Code of the Fearless
Character:Undetermined Minor Role
Release Date:05/01/1939
The Great Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok
Character:Scudder
Release Date:30/06/1938
Kidnapped
Character:Clansman
Release Date:27/05/1938
Hunted Men
Character:Cop
Release Date:27/05/1938
The Buccaneer
Character:Jailer
Release Date:04/02/1938
Prairie Thunder
Character:Col. Stanton
Release Date:10/09/1937
Heart of the Rockies
Character:Ed Dawson
Release Date:06/09/1937
Rough Riding Rhythm
Character:Pete Hobart
Release Date:14/08/1937
Empty Holsters
Character:U.S. Marshal Billy O'Neill
Release Date:10/07/1937
She Had to Eat
Character:Police Sergeant (uncredited)
Release Date:02/07/1937
Slave Ship
Character:Helmsman
Release Date:16/06/1937
Hit the Saddle
Character:Rance McGowan
Release Date:03/03/1937
Borderland
Character:El Rio Sheriff
Release Date:26/02/1937
Jungle Jim
Character:Ship Captain J.S. Robinson
Release Date:18/01/1937
Sinner Take All
Character:Police Officer Murphy (uncredited)
Release Date:18/12/1936
Stampede
Character:Matt Stevens
Release Date:26/11/1936
The Accusing Finger
Character:Inner Guard
Release Date:17/11/1936
Fury and the Woman
Character:Anderson
Release Date:22/09/1936
The Three Mesquiteers
Character:Brack Canfield
Release Date:22/09/1936
Ride 'Em Cowboy
Character:Jim Howard
Release Date:20/09/1936
Guns and Guitars
Character:Dave Morgan
Release Date:22/06/1936
Secret Patrol
Character:Blacksmith Barstow
Release Date:02/06/1936
Robin Hood of El Dorado
Character:Danglong
Release Date:17/03/1936
The Prisoner of Shark Island
Character:Ship's Captain (uncredited)
Release Date:28/02/1936
Silver Spurs
Character:Webb Allison
Release Date:29/01/1936
Bar 20 Rides Again
Character:Buck Peters
Release Date:06/12/1935
East of Java
Character:Sergeant, Rescue Party
Release Date:01/12/1935
The Silent Code
Character:Commissioner
Release Date:20/11/1935
Diamond Jim
Character:Engineer
Release Date:01/09/1935
Border Brigands
Character:Inspector Winston - RCMP
Release Date:31/05/1935
Murder in the Fleet
Character:Chief of Police (Uncredited)
Release Date:24/05/1935
Whispering Smith Speaks
Character:Caboose Passenger (uncredited)
Release Date:15/05/1935
Les Misérables
Character:Javert's Plainclothesman
Release Date:20/04/1935
The Call of the Savage
Character:Freighter Captain
Release Date:14/04/1935
Mississippi
Character:Dealer (uncredited)
Release Date:22/03/1935
The Outlaw Tamer
Character:Sheriff Jim Porter
Release Date:15/03/1935
Rustlers of Red Dog
Character:Capt. Trent [Chs. 3-4]
Release Date:01/01/1935
When Lightning Strikes
Character:Lafe Broderick
Release Date:18/12/1934
The Red Rider
Character:Scotty McKee
Release Date:16/07/1934
No More Women
Character:Captain of The Hawk
Release Date:03/03/1934
Somewhere in Sonora
Character:Monte Black
Release Date:27/05/1933
Flaming Gold
Character:Mack
Release Date:28/09/1932
Lawless Valley
Character:Big Mike Carter, aka El Lobo, aka Texas Rand
Release Date:03/03/1932
Quick Trigger Lee
Character:Brings note / Director
Release Date:24/11/1931
The Canyon of Missing Men
Character:Slug Sagel
Release Date:01/06/1930
Covered Wagon Trails
Character:
Release Date:01/02/1930
Breezy Bill
Character:Sheriff
Release Date:24/01/1930
O'Malley Rides Alone
Character:Angus McGregor
Release Date:01/01/1930
A Texas Cowboy
Character:Brute Kettle
Release Date:26/12/1929
Señor Americano
Character:Maddox
Release Date:10/11/1929
The Oklahoma Kid
Character:
Release Date:01/11/1929
Pioneers of the West
Character:Tom Dorgan
Release Date:01/11/1929
The Invaders
Character:
Release Date:01/10/1929
The Cowboy and the Outlaw
Character:Pepper Hardcastle
Release Date:01/10/1929
The Law of the Plains
Character:Seagrue
Release Date:19/08/1929
The Fighting Terror
Character:
Release Date:01/08/1929
The Last Roundup
Character:Hash
Release Date:30/06/1929
Plunging Hoofs
Character:Jim Wales
Release Date:10/04/1929
Bad Men's Money
Character:Sheriff Bud Jennings
Release Date:31/03/1929
The Lawless Legion
Character:Matson
Release Date:17/02/1929
Headin' Westward
Character:Sneezer Clark
Release Date:15/02/1929
Below the Deadline
Character:Taggart
Release Date:02/01/1929
'Neath Western Skies
Character:Dugan
Release Date:01/01/1929
Ships of the Night
Character:Motilla
Release Date:27/11/1928
Two Outlaws
Character:Abner Whitcomb
Release Date:18/11/1928
The Black Ace
Character:
Release Date:02/09/1928
The Chinatown Mystery
Character:
Release Date:01/09/1928
Arizona Days
Character:Ed Hicks
Release Date:01/08/1928
The Code of the Scarlet
Character:Blake
Release Date:01/07/1928
Dugan of the Dugouts
Character:Capt. von Brinken
Release Date:15/04/1928
Gun Gospel
Character:Bill Brogan
Release Date:06/11/1927
The Red Raiders
Character:Captain Ortwell
Release Date:27/09/1927
Arizona Nights
Character:Jeff Decker
Release Date:28/08/1927
The Royal American
Character:Capt. Burke
Release Date:01/07/1927
Red Signals
Character:Jim Twyler
Release Date:01/03/1927
Perils of the Rail
Character:Barker's Accomplice at Smelter Junction
Release Date:22/10/1926
Crack O' Dawn
Character:Earle Thorpe Sr.
Release Date:16/10/1926
Senor Daredevil
Character:Jesse Wilks
Release Date:01/08/1926
The Lost Express
Character:Train Engineer
Release Date:28/07/1925
The Fast Freight
Character:
Release Date:01/07/1925
Barriers of the Law
Character:Steve Redding
Release Date:26/03/1925
Outwitted
Character:Tiger McGuire
Release Date:01/01/1925
Crossed Trails
Character:'Pepper' Baldwin
Release Date:08/04/1924
A Two Fisted Tenderfoot
Character:Stephen Lawlor
Release Date:13/02/1924
The Whipping Boss
Character:Livingston
Release Date:09/02/1924
Baffled
Character:Jack Norton
Release Date:01/02/1924
Stormy Seas
Character:Capt. Morgan
Release Date:01/07/1923
Hills of Missing Men
Character:Capt. Brandt / The Dragon
Release Date:26/02/1922
Do or Die
Character:Capt. Alvarez / Satan
Release Date:02/01/1921
King of the Circus
Character:
Release Date:02/01/1920
Elmo the Fearless
Character:
Release Date:02/01/1920
The Railroad Raiders
Character:Thomas Desmond
Release Date:09/04/1917
The Hazards of Helen
Character:Various roles
Release Date:24/02/1917
Medicine Bend
Character:Whispering Smith
Release Date:03/07/1916
Whispering Smith
Character:Whispering Smith
Release Date:05/06/1916
A Desperate Leap
Character:
Release Date:27/11/1915
The Mettle of Jerry McGuire
Character:Jerry McGuire
Release Date:06/11/1915
The Broken Rail
Character:Trow - of the Working Crew
Release Date:04/09/1915
A Railroader's Bravery
Character:Thomas - the Chief of the Gang
Release Date:29/05/1915
The Broken Train
Character:Warren - Railroad Employee
Release Date:22/05/1915
The Railroad Raiders of '62
Character:Lockwood - the old one-armed Flagman
Release Date:20/03/1915
The Leap from the Water Tower
Character:Rand - the Fireman
Release Date:09/01/1915
The Girl Telegrapher's Peril
Character:Blake - a Lineman
Release Date:02/01/1915
The Girl and the Game
Character:Spike
Release Date:02/01/1915
The Escape on the Limited
Character:Brandt - a Defaulting Cashier
Release Date:26/12/1914
The Black Diamond Express
Character:Dan Haddon - a Cowboy
Release Date:19/12/1914
The Flying Freight's Captive
Character:Rand - a Yeggman
Release Date:12/12/1914
His Nemesis
Character:Mammoth - Manning's Business Rival
Release Date:18/11/1914
Helen's Sacrifice
Character:Benton
Release Date:14/11/1914
Kaintucky Bill
Character:Kaintucky Bill - a Moonshiner
Release Date:07/07/1914
The Wives of Jamestown
Character:The O’Rourke
Release Date:10/01/1913
The Shaughraun
Character:Corry Kinchela
Release Date:23/12/1912
Ireland, the Oppressed
Character:Lord Kilhannack
Release Date:14/12/1912
The Mayor from Ireland
Character:Shamus Foley
Release Date:30/11/1912
The Little Gluers
Character:Valentine Hay
Release Date:18/11/1912
From the Manger to the Cross
Character:Wise Man 1
Release Date:03/10/1912
The Poacher's Pardon
Character:Mr. Wallace - the Gamekeeper
Release Date:30/09/1912
The Grit of the Girl Telegrapher
Character:
Release Date:21/09/1912
Winning a Widow
Character:
Release Date:05/07/1912
Tragedy of the Desert
Character:The Arab Sheik
Release Date:01/07/1912
Captured by Bedouins
Character:Lt. Greig
Release Date:26/06/1912
An Arabian Tragedy
Character:
Release Date:19/06/1912
Dust of the Desert
Character:Sheik Mohammad
Release Date:03/06/1912
Far from Erin's Isle
Character:
Release Date:14/02/1912
Vagabonds
Character:Big Jim
Release Date:09/02/1912
His Mother
Character:John Foster
Release Date:25/01/1912
The Fishermaid of Ballydavid
Character:Policeman
Release Date:17/11/1911
The Colleen Bawn
Character:Hardress Cregan
Release Date:16/10/1911
Rory O'More
Character:Commander of the English troops
Release Date:03/09/1911
The Special Messenger
Character:Royal
Release Date:16/08/1911
Railroad Raiders of '62
Character:Federal Officer
Release Date:15/06/1911
When the Dead Return
Character:Jacques
Release Date:05/05/1911
The Fiddler’s Requiem
Character:Dolores' father
Release Date:03/05/1911
Slim Jim's Last Chance
Character:The Rancher
Release Date:13/04/1911
By a Woman's Wit
Character:
Release Date:04/04/1911
A Sawmill Hero
Character:
Release Date:22/03/1911
When Lovers Part
Character:
Release Date:23/12/1910
The Lad from Old Ireland
Character:Election Agent
Release Date:23/11/1910
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