Acting · b. 1880 · Terowie, Australia

J.P. McGowan

Biography

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 ...

Directed
Where the West Begins 1938 Roaring Six Guns 1937 Rough Riding Rhythm 1937 The Outlaw Tamer 1935 Drum Taps 1933 When a Man Rides Alone 1933 Deadwood Pass 1933 War of the Range 1933 The Hurricane Express 1932 Mark of the Spur 1932 The Scarlet Brand 1932 Lawless Valley 1932 Tangled Fortunes 1932 Human Targets 1932 Riders of the North 1931 Quick Trigger Lee 1931 So This Is Arizona 1931 Shotgun Pass 1931 Headin' for Trouble 1931 The Cyclone Kid 1931 O'Malley Rides Alone 1930 Under Texas Skies 1930 Canyon Hawks 1930 Code of Honor 1930 The Oklahoma Sheriff 1930 The Hunted Men 1930 Western Honor 1930 Breezy Bill 1930 The Man from Nowhere 1930 Beyond the Law 1930 Call of the Desert 1930 Covered Wagon Trails 1930 The Canyon of Missing Men 1930 Near the Rainbow's End 1930 The Last Roundup 1929 Code of the West 1929 A Texas Cowboy 1929 The Invaders 1929 Captain Cowboy 1929 Headin' Westward 1929 'Neath Western Skies 1929 The Cowboy and the Outlaw 1929 Below the Deadline 1929 The Fighting Terror 1929 Riders of the Rio Grande 1929 The Law of the Plains 1929 The Oklahoma Kid 1929 The Man from Nevada 1929 Pioneers of the West 1929 Bad Men's Money 1929 Arizona Days 1928 The Chinatown Mystery 1928 Manhattan Cowboy 1928 The Devil’s Tower 1928 The Lightnin’ Shot 1928 Mystery Valley 1928 Painted Trail 1928 Trail Raiders 1928 Trailin’ Back 1928 Tarzan and the Golden Lion 1927 The Outlaw Dog 1927 Thunderbolt's Tracks 1927 Red Signals 1927 The Lost Limited 1927 Crossed Signals 1926 Perils of the Rail 1926 The Fast Freight 1925 The Ace of Clubs 1925 The Road Agent 1925 Mistaken Orders 1925 The Lost Express 1925 Barriers of the Law 1925 Ambushed 1925 Cold Nerve 1925 Outwitted 1925 A Desperate Chance 1925 Webs of Steel 1925 The Bandit Tamer 1925 The Fighting Sheriff 1925 Duped 1925 Peggy of the Secret Service 1925 A Desperate Adventure 1924 A Two Fisted Tenderfoot 1924 The Whipping Boss 1924 Crossed Trails 1924 Baffled 1924 Courage 1924 Stormy Seas 1923 Perils of the Yukon 1922 Hills of Missing Men 1922 Captain Kidd 1922 Tiger True 1921 Do or Die 1921 Below the Deadline 1921 King of the Circus 1920 Elmo the Fearless 1920 The Vanishing Dagger 1920 Elmo, the Mighty 1919 The Red Glove 1919 The Lure of the Circus 1918 The Lost Express 1917 The Railroad Raiders 1917 The Hazards of Helen 1917 Medicine Bend 1916 Judith of the Cumberlands 1916 The Diamond Runners 1916 A Lass of the Lumberlands 1916 Whispering Smith 1916 The Manager of the B & A 1916 The Death Train 1915 A Deed of Daring 1915 A Railroader's Bravery 1915 The Fate of Number One 1915 The Girl on the Engine 1915 The Broken Circuit 1915 The Girl Telegrapher's Peril 1915 The Fast Mail's Danger 1915 The Little Engineer 1915 The Girl at Lone Point 1915 The Mettle of Jerry McGuire 1915 The Open Drawbridge 1915 A Desperate Leap 1915 When Rogues Fall Out 1915 The Engineer's Peril 1915 The Railroad Raiders of '62 1915 The Girl on the Trestle 1915 A Race for a Crossing 1915 The Box Car Trap 1915 A Life in the Balance 1915 The Girl Engineer 1915 The Human Chain 1915 The Broken Train 1915 The Midnight Limited 1915 A Wild Ride 1915 Near Eternity 1915 The Hazards of Helen Ep26: The Wild Engine 1915 In Danger's Path 1915 The Girl and the Game 1915 The Pay Train 1915 The Leap from the Water Tower 1915 Blackbirds 1915 The Operator at Black Rock 1914 Helen's Sacrifice 1914 His Nemesis 1914 The Plot at the Railroad Cut 1914 The Girl at the Throttle 1914 The Stolen Engine 1914 The Flying Freight's Captive 1914 The Black Diamond Express 1914 The Escape on the Limited 1914 The Lost Mail Sack 1914 The Flaw in the Alibi 1914 Kaintucky Bill 1914 The Car of Death 1914 A String of Pearls 1914 A Sawmill Hazard 1913 The Pursuit of the Smugglers 1913 The Grit of the Girl Telegrapher 1912
Acting
Savage Fury Ship's Captain 1956 The Lady and the Bandit Old Man 1951 Code of the Fearless Undetermined Minor Role 1939 Stagecoach Bit Part (uncredited) 1939 The Great Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok Scudder 1938 Kidnapped Clansman 1938 The Buccaneer Jailer 1938 Hunted Men Cop 1938 Hit the Saddle Rance McGowan 1937 Jungle Jim Ship Captain J.S. Robinson 1937 Borderland El Rio Sheriff 1937 Empty Holsters U.S. Marshal Billy O'Neill 1937 Heart of the Rockies Ed Dawson 1937 Prairie Thunder Col. Stanton 1937 Slave Ship Helmsman 1937 She Had to Eat Police Sergeant (uncredited) 1937 Silver Spurs Webb Allison 1936 Guns and Guitars Dave Morgan 1936 Stampede Matt Stevens 1936 Fury and the Woman Anderson 1936 Robin Hood of El Dorado Danglong 1936 Ride 'Em Cowboy Jim Howard 1936 The Three Mesquiteers Brack Canfield 1936 Sinner Take All Police Officer Murphy (uncredited) 1936 The Accusing Finger Inner Guard 1936 The Prisoner of Shark Island Ship's Captain (uncredited) 1936 The Silent Code Commissioner 1935 Mississippi Dealer (uncredited) 1935 The Call of the Savage Freighter Captain 1935 Bar 20 Rides Again Buck Peters 1935
Other Credits
What Price Vengeance Writer 1937 Secret Patrol Screenplay 1936 Dugan of the Dugouts Writer 1928 The Brown Derby Writer 1926
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