J.P. McGowan(1880-1952)

Director
Actor
Writer

IMDbProStarmeter See rank

J.P. McGowan

J.P. McGowan was born on 24 February 1880 in Terowie, South Australia, Australia. He was a director and actor, known for The Lost Express (1917), Hills of Missing Men (1922) and The Hurricane Express (1932). He was married to Mrs. Kaye Swart Northrop, Leona (Lorna) Haviland and Helen Holmes. He died on 26 March 1952 in Hollywood, California, USA.

IMDbProStarmeter See rank

Awards
- 1 win total

Photos48

View Poster

View Poster

View Poster

View Poster

View Poster

View Poster

View Poster

Known for

Helen Holmes in The Lost Express (1917)

The Lost Express

Director

1917

Florence Gilbert and J.P. McGowan in Hills of Missing Men (1922)

Hills of Missing Men

6.4

Director

1922

John Wayne in The Hurricane Express (1932)

The Hurricane Express

5.3

Director

1932

Do or Die (1921)

Director

1921

Credits

Director

Where the West Begins
5.0
- Director
- 1938
Roaring Six Guns
6.3
- Director
- 1937
Rough Riding Rhythm
6.3
- Director
- 1937
The Outlaw Tamer
5.3
- Director
- 1935
The Lone Bandit
7.1
- Director
- 1935
War of the Range
6.1
- Director
- 1933
Deadwood Pass
5.7
- Director
- 1933
Drum Taps
5.4
- Director
- 1933
When a Man Rides Alone
5.6
- Director
- 1933
The Hurricane Express
5.3
- Director
- 1932
The Scarlet Brand
6.1
- Director
- 1932
The Man from New Mexico
6.4
- Director
- 1932
Tangled Fortunes
- Director
- 1932
Lawless Valley
4.1
- Director (as J.P.McGowan)
- 1932
Mark of the Spur
5.8
- Director
- 1932

Actor

Dick Turpin, bandit gentilhomme
6.2
- Old Man (uncredited)
- 1951
Calling All Marines
5.8
- Doctor (uncredited)
- 1939
La Chevauchée fantastique
7.8
- (uncredited)
- 1939
Dick Tracy Returns
6.3
- Kruger (uncredited)
- 1938
Flaming Frontiers
6.8
- Bartender (uncredited)
- 1938
Bill Hickok le sauvage
7.0
- Henchman Scudder
- 1938
Le proscrit
6.6
- Clansman (uncredited)
- 1938
L'Homme Marqué
6.1
- Cop (uncredited)
- 1938
Kennedy's Castle
Short
- 1938
A Trip to Paris
6.5
- Minor Role (uncredited)
- 1938
Les flibustiers
6.6
- Jailer
- 1938
L'incendie de Chicago
6.7
- Saloon Manager (uncredited)
- 1938
Prairie Thunder
5.2
- Colonel Stanton
- 1937
Heart of the Rockies
6.3
- Big Ed Dawson
- 1937
Roaring Six Guns
6.3
- Sheriff (uncredited)
- 1937

Writer

What Price Vengeance
4.8
- scenario
- 1937
Secret Patrol
5.2
- screenplay
- 1936
Drum Taps
5.4
- screenplay
- 1933
The Hurricane Express
5.3
- screenplay
- 1932
Pioneers of the West
- adaptation
- 1929
Riders of the Storm
- story
- 1929
Wyoming Tornado
- story & scenario
- 1929
Captain Cowboy
- writer
- 1929
An Oklahoma Cowboy
- story & scenario
- 1929
Bad Men's Money
6.1
- screenplay
- story
- 1929
Mystery Valley
- writer
- 1928
The Devil's Tower
5.2
- scenario
- 1928
Trail Riders
- writer
- 1928
Dugan of the Dugouts
- writer
- 1928
Trailin' Back
- writer
- 1928

Personal details

Alternative names
- J. P. Mc Gowan
Born
- February 24, 1880
- Terowie, South Australia, Australia
Died
- March 26, 1952
- Hollywood, California, USA(undisclosed)
Spouses
Other works
Stage: Starred in "Paid in Full" by Eugene Walter on Broadway.
Publicity listings
- 1 Print Biography
- 18 Articles

Did you know

Trivia
McGowan fought in the Boer War in South Africa in the early 1900s in the Australian contingent of a British army unit called Montmorency's Scouts. He was a dispatch rider, and on one mission the horse he was riding tumbled over a precipice. The horse was killed and McGowan was severely injured. He wasn't found until some time after the incident, and was hospitalized for more than a year before he recovered from his injuries.

Nicknames
- Mac
- Jack

Related news

Contribute to this page

Suggest an edit or add missing content

Learn more about contributing

More to explore

Recently viewed

Please enable browser cookies to use this feature. Learn more.