Gibson Gowland
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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.
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Movies (75)
Gun Cargo
1949 · Henry Morgan
Kitty
1945 · Prison Guard (uncredited)
Gaslight
1944 · Servant (uncredited)
It Happened Tomorrow
1944
A Guy Named Joe
1944 · Bartender (uncredited)
The Lodger
1944
Going My Way
1944 · Parishioner (uncredited)
Slightly Dangerous
1943 · Opera patron (uncredited)
The Moon Is Down
1943 · Villager (uncredited)
Crossroads
1942 · Reporter (uncredited)
Mrs. Miniver
1942 · Man on Boat (uncredited)
The Remarkable Andrew
1942 · Jurist
The Wolf Man
1941 · Villager (uncredited)
Sundown
1941 · Churchgoer in Wheelchair (uncredited)
Broadway Limited
1941 · Cafe Customer (uncredited)
Mutiny in the Arctic
1941 · Crewman (uncredited)
The Ape
1940 · Posse Member
Doomed to Die
1940 · Doctor (uncredited)
Northwest Passage
1940 · MacPherson
Henry Goes Arizona
1939 · Rancher (uncredited)
Raffles
1939 · Villager (uncredited)
Cotton Queen
1937 · Gaoler
The Wife of General Ling
1937 · Mike
The House of the Spaniard
1936 · 1st Captain
Wolves of the Sea
1936 · Cafe Customer (edited from 'Hell's Harbor') (uncredited)
King of the Damned
1935 · Priest
The Mystery of the Mary Celeste
1935 · Andy Gilling
The Stoker
1935 · Steve
The Secret of the Loch
1934 · Angus
North Pole - Ahoy!
1934
The Private Life of Don Juan
1934 · Don Alfredo, Carmen's Poor Husband
S.O.S. Iceberg
1933 · John Dragan
S.O.S. Iceberg
1933 · John Dragan
The Doomed Battalion
1932 · Innerhofer
Without Honor
1932 · Mike Donovan
Arrowsmith
1931 · Committee Member (uncredited)
A House Divided
1931 · Bartender (uncredited)
Land of Wanted Men
1931 · Terry
Cleaning Up
1930 · Burke
The Sea Bat
1930 · Limey
Hell Harbor
1930 · Henry Morgan
The Mysterious Island
1929 · Dmitry
Rose-Marie
1928 · Black Bastien
Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans
1927 · Angry Driver (uncredited)
The Isle of Forgotten Women
1927 · John Stort
Topsy and Eva
1927 · Simon Leegree
The First Auto
1927 · The Blacksmith
The Land Beyond the Law
1927 · Silent 'Oklahoma' Joe
The Broken Gate
1927 · Ephraim Adamson
The Night of Love
1927 · Bandit
Don Juan
1926 · Gentleman of Rome (uncredited)
The Outsider
1926 · Shadow
The Phantom of the Opera
1925 · Simon Buquet
The Prairie Wife
1925 · Ollie
Love and Glory
1924 · Jules Malicorne
Greed
1924 · John McTeague
The Border Legion
1924 · Gulden
The Red Lily
1924 · Le Turc
Shifting Sands
1923 · Samuel Thayer
Hutch Stirs 'em Up
1923 · Sir Arthur Blackrose
The Harbour Lights
1923 · Mark Helstone
Ladies Must Live
1921 · Michael Le Prim
The Fighting Shepherdess
1920 · Bowers
The Right of Way
1920 · Jo Portugais
Behind the Door
1919 · Gideon Blank
Blind Husbands
1919 · Silent Sepp
The Four-Gun Bandit
1919 · Secondary Role (uncredited)
The White Heather
1919 · The Captain
Breakers Ahead
1918 · Mike Burley
Bashful
1917 · Musician (uncredited)
The Secret of Black Mountain
1917 · Jack Rance
Under Handicap
1917 · Batt Truxton
The Promise
1917 · Stromberg
The Father of Her Child
1916 · Rufus Strong
Jewel
1915 · Dr. Ballard (as T.W. Gowland)
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