J.P. McGowan
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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.
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Films (258)
Savage Fury
1956 · Ship's Captain
The Lady and the Bandit
1951 · Old Man
Stagecoach
1939 · Bit Part (uncredited)
Code of the Fearless
1939 · Undetermined Minor Role
The Great Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok
1938 · Scudder
Kidnapped
1938 · Clansman
Hunted Men
1938 · Cop
The Buccaneer
1938 · Jailer
Where the West Begins
1938 · Director
Prairie Thunder
1937 · Col. Stanton
Heart of the Rockies
1937 · Ed Dawson
Roaring Six Guns
1937 · Director
Rough Riding Rhythm
1937 · Pete Hobart, Director
Empty Holsters
1937 · U.S. Marshal Billy O'Neill
She Had to Eat
1937 · Police Sergeant (uncredited)
Slave Ship
1937 · Helmsman
What Price Vengeance
1937 · Writer
Hit the Saddle
1937 · Rance McGowan
Borderland
1937 · El Rio Sheriff
Jungle Jim
1937 · Ship Captain J.S. Robinson
Sinner Take All
1936 · Police Officer Murphy (uncredited)
Stampede
1936 · Matt Stevens
The Accusing Finger
1936 · Inner Guard
Fury and the Woman
1936 · Anderson
The Three Mesquiteers
1936 · Brack Canfield
Ride 'Em Cowboy
1936 · Jim Howard
Guns and Guitars
1936 · Dave Morgan
Secret Patrol
1936 · Blacksmith Barstow, Screenplay
Robin Hood of El Dorado
1936 · Danglong
The Prisoner of Shark Island
1936 · Ship's Captain (uncredited)
Silverspurs
1936 · Webb Allison
Bar 20 Rides Again
1935 · Buck Peters
East of Java
1935 · Sergeant, Rescue Party
The Silent Code
1935 · Commissioner
Diamond Jim
1935 · Engineer
Border Brigands
1935 · Inspector Winston - RCMP
Murder in the Fleet
1935 · Chief of Police (Uncredited)
Whispering Smith Speaks
1935 · Caboose Passenger (uncredited)
Les Misérables
1935 · Javert's Plainclothesman
The Call of the Savage
1935 · Freighter Captain
Mississippi
1935 · Dealer (uncredited)
The Outlaw Tamer
1935 · Sheriff Jim Porter, Director
The Lone Bandit
1935 · Director
Rustlers of Red Dog
1935 · Capt. Trent [Chs. 3-4]
When Lightning Strikes
1934 · Lafe Broderick
Wagon Wheels
1934 · Couch
The Red Rider
1934 · Scotty McKee
No More Women
1934 · Captain of The Hawk
War of the Range
1933 · Director
Somewhere in Sonora
1933 · Monte Black
Deadwood Pass
1933 · Director
Drum Taps
1933 · Director, Screenplay
When a Man Rides Alone
1933 · Director
Flaming Gold
1932 · Mack
The Hurricane Express
1932 · Screenplay, Director
The Scarlet Brand
1932 · Director
Tangled Fortunes
1932 · Director
Lawless Valley
1932 · Big Mike Carter, aka El Lobo, aka Texas Rand, Director
Mark of the Spur
1932 · Director
Human Targets
1932 · Director
Quick Trigger Lee
1931 · Brings note / Director, Director
Shotgun Pass
1931 · Director
The Cyclone Kid
1931 · Director
Headin' for Trouble
1931 · Director
So This Is Arizona
1931 · Director
Riders of the North
1931 · Director
Under Texas Skies
1930 · Director
The Code of Honor
1930 · Director
Beyond the Law
1930 · Director
Canyon Hawks
1930 · Director
The Oklahoma Sheriff
1930 · Director
Near the Rainbow's End
1930 · Director
The Canyon of Missing Men
1930 · Slug Sagel, Director
Western Honor
1930 · Director
The Man from Nowhere
1930 · Director
The Hunted Men
1930 · Director
The Call of the Desert
1930 · Director
Covered Wagon Trails
1930 · Director
Breezy Bill
1930 · Sheriff, Director
O'Malley Rides Alone
1930 · Angus McGregor, Producer, Director
The Parting of the Trails
1930 · Director
A Texas Cowboy
1929 · Brute Kettle, Director
Señor Americano
1929 · Maddox
The Oklahoma Kid
1929 · Director
Pioneers of the West
1929 · Tom Dorgan, Director, Adaptation, Producer
Code of the West
1929 · Director
The Invaders
1929 · Director
The Cowboy and the Outlaw
1929 · Pepper Hardcastle, Director
Riders of the Rio Grande
1929 · Director
The Law of the Plains
1929 · Seagrue, Director
The Fighting Terror
1929 · Director
The Man from Nevada
1929 · Director, Producer
Wyoming Tornado
1929 · Director, Writer
The Last Roundup
1929 · Hash, Director
Captain Cowboy
1929 · Director, Writer
An Oklahoma Cowboy
1929 · Director, Writer
Plunging Hoofs
1929 · Jim Wales
Bad Men's Money
1929 · Sheriff Bud Jennings, Director, Screenplay, Story
The Lawless Legion
1929 · Matson
Headin' Westward
1929 · Sneezer Clark, Director
Below the Deadline
1929 · Taggart, Director
'Neath Western Skies
1929 · Dugan, Director, Producer
Ships of the Night
1928 · Motilla
Two Outlaws
1928 · Abner Whitcomb
The Old Code
1928 · Raoul de Valle
Manhattan Cowboy
1928 · Director
The Lightnin’ Shot
1928 · Director, Writer
The Black Ace
1928
The Chinatown Mystery
1928 · Director
Arizona Days
1928 · Ed Hicks, Director
The Code of the Scarlet
1928 · Blake
Mystery Valley
1928 · Director, Writer
The Devil’s Tower
1928 · George Stilwell, Director
Dugan of the Dugouts
1928 · Capt. von Brinken, Writer
Trail Raiders
1928 · Director, Writer
Trailin’ Back
1928 · Director, Writer
Painted Trail
1928 · Director
The Slaver
1927 · ’Iron' Larsen
Gun Gospel
1927 · Bill Brogan
The Red Raiders
1927 · Captain Ortwell
Arizona Nights
1927 · Jeff Decker
The Royal American
1927 · Capt. Burke
The Outlaw Dog
1927 · Director
The Lost Limited
1927 · Thomas Webber, Director
Thunderbolt's Tracks
1927 · Director
Tarzan and the Golden Lion
1927 · Director
Red Signals
1927 · Jim Twyler, Director
When a Dog Loves
1927 · Director
Perils of the Rail
1926 · Barker's Accomplice at Smelter Junction, Director
Crack O' Dawn
1926 · Earle Thorpe Sr.
Crossed Signals
1926 · Director
The Lost Express
1926 · Train Engineer, Director
Moran of the Mounted
1926 · Sgt. Churchill
Senor Daredevil
1926 · Jesse Wilks
The Brown Derby
1926 · Writer
The Patent Leather Pug
1925 · James Curtis
Peggy of the Secret Service
1925 · Director
Webs of Steel
1925 · Director
The Road Agent
1925 · Director
The Ace of Clubs
1925 · Director
The Bandit Tamer
1925 · Director
The Fast Freight
1925 · Scenario Writer, Director
Red Blood
1925 · Eagle Custer, Director
Ambushed
1925 · Director
A Desperate Chance
1925 · Director
Mistaken Orders
1925 · Director
Cold Nerve
1925 · Director
The Fighting Sheriff
1925 · Director
Duped
1925 · 'Hard Rock' Ralston, Director
Barriers of the Law
1925 · Steve Redding, Director
Outwitted
1925 · Tiger McGuire, Writer, Director
Courage
1924 · Director
A Desperate Adventure
1924 · Director
Crossed Trails
1924 · 'Pepper' Baldwin, Director
A Two Fisted Tenderfoot
1924 · Stephen Lawlor, Director
The Whipping Boss
1924 · Livingston, Director
Baffled
1924 · Jack Norton, Director
Stormy Seas
1923 · Capt. Morgan, Director
Perils of the Yukon
1922 · Director
Captain Kidd
1922 · Director
Hills of Missing Men
1922 · Capt. Brandt / The Dragon, Director, Writer
Below the Deadline
1921 · Director
Cold Steel
1921 · Steele Weir
Tiger True
1921 · Director
Do or Die
1921 · Capt. Alvarez / Satan, Director
The Vanishing Dagger
1920 · Director
King of the Circus
1920 · Director
Elmo the Fearless
1920 · Director
The Red Glove
1919 · Director
Elmo, the Mighty
1919 · Director
The Lure of the Circus
1918 · Director
The Lost Express
1917 · Director, Writer, Producer
The Railroad Raiders
1917 · Thomas Desmond, Director, Producer, Editor
The Hazards of Helen
1917 · Various roles, Director
The Manager of the B & A
1916 · Director
The Diamond Runners
1916 · Director, Scenario Writer
Judith of the Cumberlands
1916 · Director, Producer
Medicine Bend
1916 · Whispering Smith, Director
Whispering Smith
1916 · Whispering Smith, Director
A Lass of the Lumberlands
1916 · Director, Producer
When Rogues Fall Out
1915 · Director
A Desperate Leap
1915 · Director
The Mettle of Jerry McGuire
1915 · Jerry McGuire, Director
Blackbirds
1915 · Director
The Broken Rail
1915 · Trow - of the Working Crew
The Girl on the Engine
1915 · Director
A Deed of Daring
1915 · Director
The Fate of Number One
1915 · Director
A Wild Ride
1915 · Director
The Midnight Limited
1915 · Director
In Danger's Path
1915 · Director
Near Eternity
1915 · Director
The Pay Train
1915 · Director
The Human Chain
1915 · Director
A Railroader's Bravery
1915 · Thomas - the Chief of the Gang, Director
The Broken Train
1915 · Warren - Railroad Employee, Director
The Hazards of Helen Ep26: The Wild Engine
1915 · Director
The Box Car Trap
1915 · Director
A Race for a Crossing
1915 · Director
The Girl Engineer
1915 · Director
The Girl on the Trestle
1915 · Director
A Life in the Balance
1915 · Director
The Girl at Lone Point
1915 · Director
The Railroad Raiders of '62
1915 · Lockwood - the old one-armed Flagman, Director
The Death Train
1915 · Director
The Open Drawbridge
1915 · Director
The Engineer's Peril
1915 · Director
The Little Engineer
1915 · Director
The Fast Mail's Danger
1915 · Director
The Broken Circuit
1915 · Director
The Leap from the Water Tower
1915 · Rand - the Fireman, Director
The Girl Telegrapher's Peril
1915 · Blake - a Lineman, Director
The Girl and the Game
1915 · Spike, Director, Writer
The Escape on the Limited
1914 · Brandt - a Defaulting Cashier, Director
The Black Diamond Express
1914 · Dan Haddon - a Cowboy, Director
The Flying Freight's Captive
1914 · Rand - a Yeggman, Director
The Stolen Engine
1914 · Director
The Girl at the Throttle
1914 · Director
The Plot at the Railroad Cut
1914 · Director
His Nemesis
1914 · Mammoth - Manning's Business Rival, Director, Writer
Helen's Sacrifice
1914 · Benton, Director
The Lost Mail Sack
1914 · Director
The Car of Death
1914 · Director
The Operator at Black Rock
1914 · Director
Kaintucky Bill
1914 · Kaintucky Bill - a Moonshiner, Director
The Flaw in the Alibi
1914 · Director
A String of Pearls
1914 · Director
The Pursuit of the Smugglers
1913 · Director
A Sawmill Hazard
1913 · Director
The Wives of Jamestown
1913 · The O’Rourke
The Shaughraun
1912 · Corry Kinchela
Ireland, the Oppressed
1912 · Lord Kilhannack
The Mayor from Ireland
1912 · Shamus Foley
The Little Gluers
1912 · Valentine Hay
From the Manger to the Cross
1912 · Wise Man 1
The Poacher's Pardon
1912 · Mr. Wallace - the Gamekeeper
The Grit of the Girl Telegrapher
1912 · Director
Winning a Widow
1912
Tragedy of the Desert
1912 · The Arab Sheik
Captured by Bedouins
1912 · Lt. Greig
An Arabian Tragedy
1912
Dust of the Desert
1912 · Sheik Mohammad
Far from Erin's Isle
1912
Vagabonds
1912 · Big Jim
His Mother
1912 · John Foster
The Fishermaid of Ballydavid
1911 · Policeman
The Colleen Bawn
1911 · Hardress Cregan
Rory O'More
1911 · Commander of the English troops
The Special Messenger
1911 · Royal
Railroad Raiders of '62
1911 · Federal Officer
When the Dead Return
1911 · Jacques
The Fiddler’s Requiem
1911 · Dolores' father
Slim Jim's Last Chance
1911 · The Rancher
By a Woman's Wit
1911
A Sawmill Hero
1911
When Lovers Part
1910
The Lad from Old Ireland
1910 · Election Agent
Danger Quest
· Col. Spiffy
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