Gibson Gowland
Biography
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.
Personal Details
Also Known As
Movies (50)
Gun Cargo
as Henry Morgan
1949
A Guy Named Joe
as Bartender (uncredited)
1949
Kitty
as Prison Guard (uncredited)
1945
Gaslight
as Servant (uncredited)
1944
It Happened Tomorrow
1944
The Lodger
1944
Going My Way
as Parishioner (uncredited)
1944
Slightly Dangerous
as Opera patron (uncredited)
1943
The Moon Is Down
as Villager (uncredited)
1943
Crossroads
as Reporter (uncredited)
1942
Mrs. Miniver
as Man on Boat (uncredited)
1942
The Remarkable Andrew
as Jurist
1942
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)
1941
The Ape
as Posse Member
1940
Doomed to Die
as Doctor (uncredited)
1940
Northwest Passage
as MacPherson
1940
Henry Goes Arizona
as Rancher (uncredited)
1939
Raffles
as Villager (uncredited)
1939
Cotton Queen
as Gaoler
1937
The Wife of General Ling
as Mike
1937
The House of the Spaniard
as 1st Captain
1936
Wolves of the Sea
as Cafe Customer (edited from 'Hell's Harbor') (uncredited)
1936
King of the Damned
as Priest
1935
The Mystery of the Mary Celeste
as Andy Gilling
1935
The Stoker
as Steve
1935
The Secret of the Loch
as Angus
1934
Nordpol - Ahoi!
1934
The Private Life of Don Juan
as Don Alfredo, Carmen's Poor Husband
1934
S.O.S. Iceberg
as John Dragan
1933
S.O.S. Iceberg
as John Dragan
1933
The Doomed Battalion
as Innerhofer
1932
Without Honor
as Mike Donovan
1932
Arrowsmith
as Committee Member (uncredited)
1931
A House Divided
as Bartender (uncredited)
1931
Land of Wanted Men
as Terry
1931
Cleaning Up
as Burke
1930
The Sea Bat
as Limey
1930
Hell Harbor
as Henry Morgan
1930
The Mysterious Island
as Dmitry
1929
Rose-Marie
as Black Bastien
1928
Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans
as Angry Driver (uncredited)
1927
The Isle of Forgotten Women
as John Stort
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
1927