8.0
8.0
Rustlers of Red Dog
1935
as Capt. Trent [Chs. 3-4]
J.P. McGowan
Also known as: Джон Патерсон Макгоуен, John Paterson McGowan
Acting
Born:February 23, 1880
Died:March 26, 1952(aged 72)
Birthplace:Terowie, Australia
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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.
Filmography (212 movies)
8.0
8.0
The Red Raiders
1927
as Captain Ortwell
6.5
6.5
The Colleen Bawn
1911
as Hardress Cregan
6.5
6.5
By a Woman's Wit
1911
6.0
6.0
Heart of the Rockies
1937
as Ed Dawson
6.0
6.0
Perils of the Rail
1926
Director
6.0
6.0
Mark of the Spur
1932
Director
6.0
6.0
The Brown Derby
1926
Writer
6.0
6.0
Roaring Six Guns
1937
Director
6.0
6.0
The Hazards of Helen Ep26: The Wild Engine
1915
Director
6.0
6.0
A Desperate Adventure
1924
Director
5.5
5.5
Flaming Gold
1932
as Mack
5.5
5.5
The Lure of the Circus
1918
Director
5.3
5.3
The Pay Train
1915
Director
5.2
5.2
Hit the Saddle
1937
as Rance McGowan
5.2
5.2
The Hurricane Express
1932
Director
5.1
5.1
From the Manger to the Cross
1912
as Wise Man 1
5.1
5.1
The Lad from Old Ireland
1910
as Election Agent
5.0
5.0
When Lightning Strikes
1934
as Lafe Broderick
5.0
5.0
Somewhere in Sonora
1933
as Monte Black
5.0
5.0
Crack O' Dawn
1926
as Earle Thorpe Sr.
5.0
5.0
Bar 20 Rides Again
1935
as Buck Peters
5.0
5.0
Railroad Raiders of '62
1911
as Federal Officer
5.0
5.0
The Three Mesquiteers
1936
as Brack Canfield
5.0
5.0
In Danger's Path
1915
Director
5.0
5.0
Where the West Begins
1938
Director
5.0
5.0
Riders of the North
1931
Director
5.0
5.0
The Ace of Clubs
1925
Director
5.0
5.0
Human Targets
1932
Director
5.0
5.0
The Pursuit of the Smugglers
1913
Director
5.0
5.0
What Price Vengeance
1937
Writer
4.9
4.9
Tarzan and the Golden Lion
1927
Director
4.8
4.8
Jungle Jim
1937
as Ship Captain J.S. Robinson
4.5
4.5
Slave Ship
1937
as Helmsman
4.5
4.5
Drum Taps
1933
Director
4.2
4.2
Guns and Guitars
1936
as Dave Morgan
4.2
4.2
Rory O'More
1911
as Commander of the English troops
4.0
4.0
Slim Jim's Last Chance
1911
as The Rancher
4.0
4.0
The Silent Code
1935
as Commissioner
4.0
4.0
No More Women
1934
as Captain of The Hawk
4.0
4.0
His Mother
1912
as John Foster
4.0
4.0
When Lovers Part
1910
4.0
4.0
The Red Rider
1934
as Scotty McKee
4.0
4.0
Crossed Signals
1926
Director
4.0
4.0
Under Texas Skies
1930
Director
4.0
4.0
Deadwood Pass
1933
Director
3.0
3.0
Prairie Thunder
1937
as Col. Stanton
3.0
3.0
Code of the Fearless
1939
as Undetermined Minor Role
3.0
3.0
When a Man Rides Alone
1933
Director
2.2
2.2
Lawless Valley
1932
Director
1.0
1.0
Arizona Days
1928
Director
1.0
1.0
Below the Deadline
1929
Director
1.0
1.0
Near the Rainbow's End
1930
Director
1.0
1.0
Canyon Hawks
1930
Director
The Chinatown Mystery
1928
Director
Rough Riding Rhythm
1937
Director
The Outlaw Tamer
1935
Director
Headin' Westward
1929
Director
Border Brigands
1935
as Inspector Winston - RCMP
The Lost Express
1925
Director
The Cowboy and the Outlaw
1929
Director
When the Dead Return
1911
as Jacques
Savage Fury
1956
as Ship's Captain
Arizona Nights
1927
as Jeff Decker
Red Signals
1927
Director
The Special Messenger
1911
as Royal
The Whipping Boss
1924
Director
The Railroad Raiders
1917
Producer
The Hazards of Helen
1917
Director
O'Malley Rides Alone
1930
Producer
Two Outlaws
1928
as Abner Whitcomb
Plunging Hoofs
1929
as Jim Wales
Stormy Seas
1923
Director
Breezy Bill
1930
Director
A Texas Cowboy
1929
Director
The Invaders
1929
Director
Silver Spurs
1936
as Webb Allison
Whispering Smith
1916
Director
Dust of the Desert
1912
as Sheik Mohammad
An Arabian Tragedy
1912
The Poacher's Pardon
1912
as Mr. Wallace - the Gamekeeper
The Little Gluers
1912
as Valentine Hay
Ireland, the Oppressed
1912
as Lord Kilhannack
The Shaughraun
1912
as Corry Kinchela
The Fast Freight
1925
Director
Helen's Sacrifice
1914
Director
His Nemesis
1914
Writer
A Railroader's Bravery
1915
Director
The Flying Freight's Captive
1914
Director
The Black Diamond Express
1914
Director
The Escape on the Limited
1914
Director
The Girl Telegrapher's Peril
1915
Director
The Railroad Raiders of '62
1915
Director
The Broken Train
1915
Director
The Broken Rail
1915
as Trow - of the Working Crew
The Mettle of Jerry McGuire
1915
Director
A Desperate Leap
1915
Director
Medicine Bend
1916
Director
Kaintucky Bill
1914
Director
Dugan of the Dugouts
1928
Writer
Hills of Missing Men
1922
Writer
The Royal American
1927
as Capt. Burke
Covered Wagon Trails
1930
Director
The Canyon of Missing Men
1930
Director
'Neath Western Skies
1929
Producer
Tragedy of the Desert
1912
as The Arab Sheik
Crossed Trails
1924
Director
Baffled
1924
Director
The Wives of Jamestown
1913
as The O’Rourke
Far from Erin's Isle
1912
Vagabonds
1912
as Big Jim
The Fishermaid of Ballydavid
1911
as Policeman
Whispering Smith Speaks
1935
as Caboose Passenger (uncredited)
The Mayor from Ireland
1912
as Shamus Foley
The Girl and the Game
1915
Writer
Barriers of the Law
1925
Director
Quick Trigger Lee
1931
Director
The Fighting Terror
1929
Director
The Black Ace
1928
A Two Fisted Tenderfoot
1924
Director
Outwitted
1925
Director
Empty Holsters
1937
as U.S. Marshal Billy O'Neill
Secret Patrol
1936
Screenplay
Stampede
1936
as Matt Stevens
Do or Die
1921
Director
Elmo the Fearless
1920
Director
The Fiddler’s Requiem
1911
as Dolores' father
A Sawmill Hero
1911
Captured by Bedouins
1912
as Lt. Greig
Winning a Widow
1912
King of the Circus
1920
Director
Senor Daredevil
1926
as Jesse Wilks
The Law of the Plains
1929
Director
The Oklahoma Kid
1929
Director
Gun Gospel
1927
as Bill Brogan
The Code of the Scarlet
1928
as Blake
The Lawless Legion
1929
as Matson
Señor Americano
1929
as Maddox
The Great Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok
1938
as Scudder
The Leap from the Water Tower
1915
Director
Fury and the Woman
1936
as Anderson
Ships of the Night
1928
as Motilla
The Last Roundup
1929
Director
Ride 'Em Cowboy
1936
as Jim Howard
The Road Agent
1925
Director
Mistaken Orders
1925
Director
Captain Cowboy
1929
Writer
Manhattan Cowboy
1928
Director
Ambushed
1925
Director
Thunderbolt's Tracks
1927
Director
Cold Nerve
1925
Director
Tiger True
1921
Director
Blackbirds
1915
Director
A Desperate Chance
1925
Director
Riders of the Rio Grande
1929
Director
The Red Glove
1919
Director
The Manager of the B & A
1916
Director
The Vanishing Dagger
1920
Director
Below the Deadline
1921
Director
The Lost Mail Sack
1914
Director
Code of Honor
1930
Director
The Oklahoma Sheriff
1930
Director
Western Honor
1930
Director
The Hunted Men
1930
Director
The Man from Nowhere
1930
Director
The Outlaw Dog
1927
Director
A Sawmill Hazard
1913
Director
The Operator at Black Rock
1914
Director
The Death Train
1915
Director
The Plot at the Railroad Cut
1914
Director
The Girl at the Throttle
1914
Director
The Stolen Engine
1914
Director
The Broken Circuit
1915
Director
The Fast Mail's Danger
1915
Director
The Little Engineer
1915
Director
The Engineer's Peril
1915
Director
The Open Drawbridge
1915
Director
The Girl at Lone Point
1915
Director
A Life in the Balance
1915
Director
The Girl on the Trestle
1915
Director
The Girl Engineer
1915
Director
A Race for a Crossing
1915
Director
The Box Car Trap
1915
Director
The Human Chain
1915
Director
Near Eternity
1915
Director
The Midnight Limited
1915
Director
A Wild Ride
1915
Director
A Deed of Daring
1915
Director
The Girl on the Engine
1915
Director
The Fate of Number One
1915
Director
When Rogues Fall Out
1915
Director
Judith of the Cumberlands
1916
Producer
The Diamond Runners
1916
Director
Beyond the Law
1930
Director
Call of the Desert
1930
Director
Captain Kidd
1922
Director
So This Is Arizona
1931
Director
A String of Pearls
1914
Director
Webs of Steel
1925
Director
The Man from Nevada
1929
Producer
Headin' for Trouble
1931
Director
Perils of the Yukon
1922
Director
Shotgun Pass
1931
Director
Elmo, the Mighty
1919
Director
A Lass of the Lumberlands
1916
Producer
The Lost Express
1917
Producer
The Flaw in the Alibi
1914
Director
The Scarlet Brand
1932
Director
Code of the West
1929
Director
Tangled Fortunes
1932
Director
The Car of Death
1914
Director
War of the Range
1933
Director
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