John Joseph MacGowran (13 October 1918 â€" 30 January 1973) was an
Irish actor, probably best known for his work with Samuel Beckett. His
last film role was as the alcoholic director Burke Dennings in The
Exorcist (1973).MacGowran was born on 13 October 1918 in Dublin. He
established his professional reputation as a member of the Abbey
Players in Dublin, while he achieved stage renown for his knowing
interpretations of the works of Samuel Beckett. He appeared as Lucky
in Waiting for Godot at the Royal Court Theatre, and with the Royal
Shakespeare Company in Endgame at the Aldwych Theatre. He released an
LP record titled MacGowran Speaking Beckett to coincide with Samuel
Beckett's 60th birthday in 1966, and he won the 1970â€"71 Obie for
Best Performance By an Actor in the off-Broadway play MacGowran in the
Works of Beckett.He also specialised in the work of Seán O'Casey,
creating the role of Joxer in the Broadway musical Juno in 1959, based
on Juno and the Paycock, O'Casey's 1924 play about the Irish Civil
War. He played O'Casey's brother Archie in Young Cassidy (1965), one
of John Ford's later films (which the director had to abandon due to
ill health).
Irish actor, probably best known for his work with Samuel Beckett. His
last film role was as the alcoholic director Burke Dennings in The
Exorcist (1973).MacGowran was born on 13 October 1918 in Dublin. He
established his professional reputation as a member of the Abbey
Players in Dublin, while he achieved stage renown for his knowing
interpretations of the works of Samuel Beckett. He appeared as Lucky
in Waiting for Godot at the Royal Court Theatre, and with the Royal
Shakespeare Company in Endgame at the Aldwych Theatre. He released an
LP record titled MacGowran Speaking Beckett to coincide with Samuel
Beckett's 60th birthday in 1966, and he won the 1970â€"71 Obie for
Best Performance By an Actor in the off-Broadway play MacGowran in the
Works of Beckett.He also specialised in the work of Seán O'Casey,
creating the role of Joxer in the Broadway musical Juno in 1959, based
on Juno and the Paycock, O'Casey's 1924 play about the Irish Civil
War. He played O'Casey's brother Archie in Young Cassidy (1965), one
of John Ford's later films (which the director had to abandon due to
ill health).
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