J.P. McGowan
Acting
From Wikipedia 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.
Savage Fury
Ship's Captain
The Lady and the Bandit
Old Man
Stagecoach
Bit Part (uncredited)
Code of the Fearless
Undetermined Minor Role
The Great Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok
Scudder
Hunted Men
Cop
Kidnapped
Clansman
The Buccaneer
Jailer
Prairie Thunder
Col. Stanton
Heart of the Rockies
Ed Dawson
Rough Riding Rhythm
Pete Hobart
Empty Holsters
U.S. Marshal Billy O'Neill
She Had to Eat
Police Sergeant (uncredited)
Slave Ship
Helmsman
Hit the Saddle
Rance McGowan
Borderland
El Rio Sheriff
Jungle Jim
Ship Captain J.S. Robinson
Sinner Take All
Police Officer Murphy (uncredited)
Stampede
Matt Stevens
The Accusing Finger
Inner Guard
The Three Mesquiteers
Brack Canfield
Fury and the Woman
Anderson
Ride 'Em Cowboy
Jim Howard
Guns and Guitars
Dave Morgan
Secret Patrol
Blacksmith Barstow
Robin Hood of El Dorado
Danglong
The Prisoner of Shark Island
Ship's Captain (uncredited)
Silver Spurs
Webb Allison
Bar 20 Rides Again
Buck Peters
East of Java
Sergeant, Rescue Party
The Silent Code
Commissioner
Diamond Jim
Engineer
Border Brigands
Inspector Winston - RCMP
Murder in the Fleet
Chief of Police (Uncredited)
Whispering Smith Speaks
Caboose Passenger (uncredited)
Les Misérables
Javert's Plainclothesman
The Call of the Savage
Freighter Captain
Mississippi
Dealer (uncredited)
The Outlaw Tamer
Sheriff Jim Porter
Rustlers of Red Dog
Capt. Trent [Chs. 3-4]
When Lightning Strikes
Lafe Broderick
Wagon Wheels
Couch
The Red Rider
Scotty McKee
No More Women
Captain of The Hawk
Somewhere in Sonora
Monte Black
Flaming Gold
Mack
Lawless Valley
Big Mike Carter, aka El Lobo, aka Texas Rand
Quick Trigger Lee
Brings note / Director
The Canyon of Missing Men
Slug Sagel
Covered Wagon Trails
Breezy Bill
Sheriff
O'Malley Rides Alone
Angus McGregor
A Texas Cowboy
Brute Kettle
Señor Americano
Maddox
Pioneers of the West
Tom Dorgan
The Oklahoma Kid
The Cowboy and the Outlaw
Pepper Hardcastle
The Invaders
The Law of the Plains
Seagrue
The Fighting Terror
The Last Roundup
Hash
Plunging Hoofs
Jim Wales
Bad Men's Money
Sheriff Bud Jennings
The Lawless Legion
Matson
Headin' Westward
Sneezer Clark
Below the Deadline
Taggart
'Neath Western Skies
Dugan
Ships of the Night
Motilla
Two Outlaws
Abner Whitcomb
The Lightnin’ Shot
The Black Ace
The Chinatown Mystery
Arizona Days
Ed Hicks
The Code of the Scarlet
Blake
The Devil’s Tower
George Stilwell
Dugan of the Dugouts
Capt. von Brinken
The Slaver
’Iron' Larsen
Gun Gospel
Bill Brogan
The Red Raiders
Captain Ortwell
Arizona Nights
Jeff Decker
The Royal American
Capt. Burke
The Lost Limited
Thomas Webber
Red Signals
Jim Twyler
Perils of the Rail
Barker's Accomplice at Smelter Junction
Crack O' Dawn
Earle Thorpe Sr.
Moran of the Mounted
Sgt. Churchill
Senor Daredevil
Jesse Wilks
The Patent Leather Pug
James Curtis
The Lost Express
Train Engineer
The Fast Freight
Duped
'Hard Rock' Ralston
Barriers of the Law
Steve Redding
Outwitted
Tiger McGuire
Crossed Trails
'Pepper' Baldwin
A Two Fisted Tenderfoot
Stephen Lawlor
The Whipping Boss
Livingston
Baffled
Jack Norton
Stormy Seas
Capt. Morgan
Hills of Missing Men
Capt. Brandt / The Dragon
Do or Die
Capt. Alvarez / Satan
Elmo the Fearless
King of the Circus
The Railroad Raiders
Thomas Desmond
The Hazards of Helen
Various roles
Medicine Bend
Whispering Smith
Whispering Smith
Whispering Smith
A Desperate Leap
The Mettle of Jerry McGuire
Jerry McGuire
The Broken Rail
Trow - of the Working Crew
A Railroader's Bravery
Thomas - the Chief of the Gang
The Broken Train
Warren - Railroad Employee
The Railroad Raiders of '62
Lockwood - the old one-armed Flagman
The Leap from the Water Tower
Rand - the Fireman
The Girl and the Game
Spike
The Girl Telegrapher's Peril
Blake - a Lineman
The Escape on the Limited
Brandt - a Defaulting Cashier
The Black Diamond Express
Dan Haddon - a Cowboy
The Flying Freight's Captive
Rand - a Yeggman
His Nemesis
Mammoth - Manning's Business Rival
Helen's Sacrifice
Benton
Kaintucky Bill
Kaintucky Bill - a Moonshiner
The Wives of Jamestown
The O’Rourke
The Shaughraun
Corry Kinchela
Ireland, the Oppressed
Lord Kilhannack
The Mayor from Ireland
Shamus Foley
The Little Gluers
Valentine Hay
From the Manger to the Cross
Wise Man 1
The Poacher's Pardon
Mr. Wallace - the Gamekeeper
The Grit of the Girl Telegrapher
Winning a Widow
Tragedy of the Desert
The Arab Sheik
Captured by Bedouins
Lt. Greig
An Arabian Tragedy
Dust of the Desert
Sheik Mohammad
Far from Erin's Isle
Vagabonds
Big Jim
His Mother
John Foster
The Fishermaid of Ballydavid
Policeman
The Colleen Bawn
Hardress Cregan
Rory O'More
Commander of the English troops
The Special Messenger
Royal
Railroad Raiders of '62
Federal Officer
When the Dead Return
Jacques
The Fiddler’s Requiem
Dolores' father
Slim Jim's Last Chance
The Rancher
By a Woman's Wit
A Sawmill Hero
When Lovers Part
The Lad from Old Ireland
Election Agent