Gibson Gowland
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Gibson Gowland (4 January 1877 Spennymoor, Durham, England, UK – 9 September 1951 London, England, UK) was an English film actor. Gowland came to the United States from England, by way of Canada, in 1913 where he met Beatrice Bird, also from England, whom he married. They moved to Hollywood, working as bit players. In 1916, his son, actor and photographer Peter Gowland, was born. His only starring role (out of 63 films) was in Greed (1924), directed by Erich von Stroheim, based on the Frank Norris novel McTeague, and costarring ZaSu Pitts. The film has since become a classic, despite its having been cut to one-fifth its original length for commercial release by MGM. Gowland portrayed the protagonist, dentist John McTeague. Von Stroheim also directed Gowland in his 1919 film Blind Husbands. Gowland was cast as Simon Buquet in the 1925 film version of The Phantom of the Opera. He had bit parts in dozens of films from 1938 to 1945, but was rarely credited on-screen. After two divorces, Gowland returned to England in 1944. He died in London at age 74 from a lethal case of diarrhea. He is buried in Golders Green Crematorium. Description above from the Wikipedia article Gibson Gowland, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
Credits
- 1949 · Gun Cargo as Henry Morgan
- 1945 · Kitty as Prison Guard (uncredited)
- 1944 · Gaslight as Servant (uncredited)
- 1944 · It Happened Tomorrow as
- 1944 · The Lodger as
- 1944 · Going My Way as Parishioner (uncredited)
- 1943 · A Guy Named Joe as Bartender (uncredited)
- 1943 · Slightly Dangerous as Opera patron (uncredited)
- 1943 · The Moon Is Down as Villager (uncredited)
- 1942 · Crossroads as Reporter (uncredited)
- 1942 · Mrs. Miniver as Man on Boat (uncredited)
- 1942 · The Remarkable Andrew as Jurist
- 1941 · The Wolf Man as Villager (uncredited)
- 1941 · Sundown as Churchgoer in Wheelchair (uncredited)
- 1941 · Broadway Limited as Cafe Customer (uncredited)
- 1941 · Mutiny in the Arctic as Crewman (uncredited)
- 1940 · The Ape as Posse Member
- 1940 · Doomed to Die as Doctor (uncredited)
- 1940 · Northwest Passage as MacPherson
- 1939 · Henry Goes Arizona as Rancher (uncredited)
- 1939 · Raffles as Villager (uncredited)
- 1937 · Cotton Queen as Gaoler
- 1937 · The Wife of General Ling as Mike
- 1936 · The House of the Spaniard as 1st Captain
- 1936 · Wolves of the Sea as Cafe Customer (edited from 'Hell's Harbor') (uncredited)
- 1935 · King of the Damned as Priest
- 1935 · The Mystery of the Mary Celeste as Andy Gilling
- 1935 · The Stoker as Steve
- 1934 · The Secret of the Loch as Angus
- 1934 · Nordpol - Ahoi! as
- 1934 · The Private Life of Don Juan as Don Alfredo, Carmen's Poor Husband
- 1933 · S.O.S. Iceberg as John Dragan
- 1933 · S.O.S. Iceberg as John Dragan
- 1932 · The Doomed Battalion as Innerhofer
- 1932 · Without Honors as Mike Donovan
- 1931 · Arrowsmith as Committee Member (uncredited)
- 1931 · A House Divided as Bartender (uncredited)
- 1931 · Land of Wanted Men as Terry
- 1930 · Cleaning Up as Burke
- 1930 · The Sea Bat as Limey
- 1930 · Hell Harbor as Henry Morgan
- 1929 · The Mysterious Island as Dmitry
- 1928 · Rose-Marie as Black Bastien
- 1927 · Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans as Angry Driver (uncredited)
- 1927 · Topsy and Eva as Simon Leegree
- 1927 · The First Auto as The Blacksmith
- 1927 · The Land Beyond the Law as Silent 'Oklahoma' Joe
- 1927 · The Broken Gate as Ephraim Adamson
- 1927 · The Night of Love as Bandit
- 1926 · Don Juan as Gentleman of Rome (uncredited)
- 1926 · The Outsider as Shadow
- 1925 · The Phantom of the Opera as Simon Buquet
- 1925 · The Prairie Wife as Ollie
- 1924 · Love and Glory as Jules Malicorne
- 1924 · Greed as John McTeague
- 1924 · The Border Legion as Gulden
- 1924 · The Red Lily as Le Turc
- 1923 · Shifting Sands as Samuel Thayer
- 1923 · Hutch Stirs 'em Up as Sir Arthur Blackrose
- 1921 · Ladies Must Live as Michael Le Prim
- 1920 · The Fighting Shepherdess as Bowers
- 1920 · The Right of Way as Jo Portugais
- 1919 · Behind the Door as Gideon Blank
- 1919 · Blind Husbands as Silent Sepp
- 1919 · The Four-Gun Bandit as Secondary Role (uncredited)
- 1918 · Breakers Ahead as Mike Burley
- 1917 · Bashful as Musician (uncredited)
- 1917 · Under Handicap as Batt Truxton
- 1917 · The Promise as Stromberg
- 1916 · The Father of Her Child as
- 1915 · Jewel as Dr. Ballard (as T.W. Gowland)