Birthday
1880/02/23
Day of death
1952/03/26 (72 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Terowie, Australia
Also know as
John Paterson McGowan
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...Read more
(1930) Covered Wagon Trails
as ---
(1930) The Canyon of Missing Men
as Slug Sagel
(1928) Arizona Days
as Ed Hicks
(1929) 'Neath Western Skies
as Dugan
(1917) The Railroad Raiders
as Thomas Desmond
(1917) The Hazards of Helen
as Various roles
(1928) Two Outlaws
as Abner Whitcomb
(1929) Plunging Hoofs
as Jim Wales
(1923) Stormy Seas
as Capt. Morgan
(1930) Breezy Bill
as Sheriff
(1929) A Texas Cowboy
as Brute Kettle
(1929) The Invaders
as ---
(1934) When Lightning Strikes
as Lafe Broderick
(1934) No More Women
as Captain of The Hawk
(1926) Perils of the Rail
as Barker's Accomplice at Smelter Junction
(1936) Silver Spurs
as Webb Allison
(1916) Whispering Smith
as Whispering Smith
(1933) Somewhere in Sonora
as Monte Black
(1925) The Fast Freight
as ---
(1912) Dust of the Desert
as Sheik Mohammad
(1912) An Arabian Tragedy
as ---
(1912) The Poacher's Pardon
as Mr. Wallace - the Gamekeeper
(1912) The Little Gluers
as Valentine Hay
(1912) Ireland, the Oppressed
as Lord Kilhannack
(1912) The Shaughraun
as Corry Kinchela
(1920) King of the Circus
as ---
(1921) Do or Die
as Capt. Alvarez / Satan
(1928) The Chinatown Mystery
as ---
(1914) The Flying Freight's Captive
as Rand - a Yeggman
(1914) The Black Diamond Express
as Dan Haddon - a Cowboy
(1914) The Escape on the Limited
as Brandt - a Defaulting Cashier
(1915) The Girl Telegrapher's Peril
as Blake - a Lineman
(1915) The Railroad Raiders of '62
as Lockwood - the old one-armed Flagman
(1914) Helen's Sacrifice
as Benton
(1914) His Nemesis
as Mammoth - Manning's Business Rival
(1915) The Broken Train
as Warren - Railroad Employee
(1915) A Railroader's Bravery
as Thomas - the Chief of the Gang
(1915) The Broken Rail
as Trow - of the Working Crew
(1915) The Mettle of Jerry McGuire
as Jerry McGuire
(1915) A Desperate Leap
as ---
(1916) Medicine Bend
as Whispering Smith
(1937) Hit the Saddle
as Rance McGowan
(1936) Guns and Guitars
as Dave Morgan
(1920) Elmo the Fearless
as ---
(1936) Stampede
as Matt Stevens
(1936) Secret Patrol
as Blacksmith Barstow
(1938) The Great Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok
as Scudder
(1911) Railroad Raiders of '62
as Federal Officer
(1937) Jungle Jim
as Ship Captain J.S. Robinson
(1914) Kaintucky Bill
as Kaintucky Bill - a Moonshiner
(1932) Lawless Valley
as Big Mike Carter, aka El Lobo, aka Texas Rand
(1915) The Girl and the Game
as Spike
(1928) Dugan of the Dugouts
as Capt. von Brinken
(1922) Hills of Missing Men
as Capt. Brandt / The Dragon
(1926) Senor Daredevil
as Jesse Wilks
(1927) The Red Raiders
as Captain Ortwell
(1927) Gun Gospel
as Bill Brogan
(1928) The Code of the Scarlet
as Blake
(1929) The Lawless Legion
as Matson
(1929) Señor Americano
as Maddox
(1927) The Royal American
as Capt. Burke
(1915) The Leap from the Water Tower
as Rand - the Fireman
(1912) From the Manger to the Cross
as Wise Man 1
(1936) Fury and the Woman
as Anderson
(1935) The Silent Code
as Commissioner
(1928) Ships of the Night
as Motilla
(1929) The Last Roundup
as Hash
(1936) Robin Hood of El Dorado
as Danglong
(1939) Code of the Fearless
as Undetermined Minor Role
(1936) Ride 'Em Cowboy
as Jim Howard
(1937) Borderland
as El Rio Sheriff
(1935) Mississippi
as Dealer (uncredited)
(1939) Stagecoach
as Bit Part (uncredited)
(1935) The Call of the Savage
as Freighter Captain
(1935) Bar 20 Rides Again
as Buck Peters
(1935) Murder in the Fleet
as Chief of Police (Uncredited)
(1935) The Outlaw Tamer
as Sheriff Jim Porter
(1938) Kidnapped
as Clansman
(1935) Whispering Smith Speaks
as Caboose Passenger (uncredited)
(1931) Quick Trigger Lee
as Brings note / Director
(1934) The Red Rider
as Scotty McKee
(1937) Empty Holsters
as U.S. Marshal Billy O'Neill
(1911) Slim Jim's Last Chance
as The Rancher
(1936) The Three Mesquiteers
as Brack Canfield
(1937) Heart of the Rockies
as Ed Dawson
(1937) Rough Riding Rhythm
as Pete Hobart
(1911) By a Woman's Wit
as ---
(1937) Prairie Thunder
as Col. Stanton
(1929) Headin' Westward
as Sneezer Clark
(1935) Border Brigands
as Inspector Winston - RCMP
(1935) Diamond Jim
as Engineer
(1936) Sinner Take All
as Police Officer Murphy (uncredited)
(1935) Rustlers of Red Dog
as Capt. Trent [Chs. 3-4]
(1925) The Lost Express
as Train Engineer
(1932) Flaming Gold
as Mack
(1910) The Lad from Old Ireland
as Election Agent
(1937) Slave Ship
as Helmsman
(1929) The Cowboy and the Outlaw
as Pepper Hardcastle
(1938) The Buccaneer
as Jailer
(1911) When the Dead Return
as Jacques
(1929) Below the Deadline
as Taggart
(1911) The Colleen Bawn
as Hardress Cregan
(1936) The Accusing Finger
as Inner Guard
(1951) The Lady and the Bandit
as Old Man
(1935) East of Java
as Sergeant, Rescue Party
(1925) Outwitted
as Tiger McGuire
(1929) The Fighting Terror
as ---
(1926) Crack O' Dawn
as Earle Thorpe Sr.
(1925) Barriers of the Law
as Steve Redding
(1928) The Black Ace
as ---
(1910) When Lovers Part
as ---
(1911) The Fiddler’s Requiem
as Dolores' father
(1911) Rory O'More
as Commander of the English troops
(1911) A Sawmill Hero
as ---
(1912) Captured by Bedouins
as Lt. Greig
(1912) Winning a Widow
as ---
(1912) His Mother
as John Foster
(1929) Law of the Plains
as Seagrue
(1929) The Oklahoma Kid
as ---
(1927) Arizona Nights
as Jeff Decker
(1937) She Had to Eat
as Police Sergeant (uncredited)
(1911) The Special Messenger
as Royal
(1924) The Whipping Boss
as Livingston
(1927) Red Signals
as Jim Twyler
(1930) O'Malley Rides Alone
as Angus McGregor
(1935) Les Misérables
as Javert's Plainclothesman
(1912) Tragedy of the Desert
as The Arab Sheik
(1924) Crossed Trails
as 'Pepper' Baldwin
(1924) Baffled
as Jack Norton
(1924) A Two Fisted Tenderfoot
as Stephen Lawlor
(1913) The Wives of Jamestown
as The O’Rourke
(1938) Hunted Men
as Cop
(1912) Far from Erin's Isle
as ---
(1912) Vagabonds
as Big Jim
(1911) The Fishermaid of Ballydavid
as Policeman
(1912) The Mayor from Ireland
as Shamus Foley