J.P. McGowan

J.P. McGowan

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.
Known For: Acting
Birthday: 1880-02-23
Place of Birth: Terowie, Australia
Also Known As: John Paterson McGowan

Movies List of J.P. McGowan

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Covered Wagon Trails

1930 Movie
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Arizona Days

1928 Movie
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'Neath Western Skies

1929 Movie
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The Hazards of Helen

1917 Movie
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The Railroad Raiders

1917 Movie
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Plunging Hoofs

1929 Movie
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Stormy Seas

1923 Movie
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Two Outlaws

1928 Movie
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Breezy Bill

1930 Movie
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A Texas Cowboy

1929 Movie
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The Invaders

1929 Movie
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No More Women

1934 Movie
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Perils of the Rail

1926 Movie
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Silver Spurs

1936 Movie
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Whispering Smith

1916 Movie
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Somewhere in Sonora

1933 Movie
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The Fast Freight

1925 Movie
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Dust of the Desert

1912 Movie
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The Poacher's Pardon

1912 Movie
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An Arabian Tragedy

1912 Movie
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The Little Gluers

1912 Movie
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The Shaughraun

1912 Movie
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Do or Die

1921 Movie
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King of the Circus

1920 Movie
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The Chinatown Mystery

1928 Movie
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Helen's Sacrifice

1914 Movie
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His Nemesis

1914 Movie
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The Broken Train

1915 Movie
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The Broken Rail

1915 Movie
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A Desperate Leap

1915 Movie
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Medicine Bend

1916 Movie
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Hit the Saddle

1937 Movie
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Guns and Guitars

1936 Movie
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Elmo the Fearless

1920 Movie
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Stampede

1936 Movie
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Secret Patrol

1936 Movie
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Jungle Jim

1937 Movie
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Kaintucky Bill

1914 Movie
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Lawless Valley

1932 Movie
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The Girl and the Game

1915 Movie
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Dugan of the Dugouts

1928 Movie
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Hills of Missing Men

1922 Movie
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Senor Daredevil

1926 Movie
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The Red Raiders

1927 Movie
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Gun Gospel

1927 Movie
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The Lawless Legion

1929 Movie
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Señor Americano

1929 Movie
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The Royal American

1927 Movie
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Fury and the Woman

1936 Movie
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The Silent Code

1935 Movie
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The Last Roundup

1929 Movie
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Ships of the Night

1928 Movie
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Code of the Fearless

1939 Movie
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Ride 'Em Cowboy

1936 Movie
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Borderland

1937 Movie
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Mississippi

1935 Movie
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Stagecoach

1939 Movie
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Bar 20 Rides Again

1935 Movie
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Murder in the Fleet

1935 Movie
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The Outlaw Tamer

1935 Movie
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Kidnapped

1938 Movie
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Quick Trigger Lee

1931 Movie
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The Red Rider

1934 Movie
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Empty Holsters

1937 Movie
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Heart of the Rockies

1937 Movie
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The Three Mesquiteers

1936 Movie
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Rough Riding Rhythm

1937 Movie
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By a Woman's Wit

1911 Movie
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Prairie Thunder

1937 Movie
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Headin' Westward

1929 Movie
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Border Brigands

1935 Movie
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Diamond Jim

1935 Movie
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Sinner Take All

1936 Movie
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Rustlers of Red Dog

1935 Movie
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The Lost Express

1925 Movie
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Flaming Gold

1932 Movie
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Slave Ship

1937 Movie
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The Buccaneer

1938 Movie
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When the Dead Return

1911 Movie
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Below the Deadline

1929 Movie
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The Colleen Bawn

1911 Movie
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The Accusing Finger

1936 Movie
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East of Java

1935 Movie
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Outwitted

1925 Movie
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The Fighting Terror

1929 Movie
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Crack O' Dawn

1926 Movie
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Barriers of the Law

1925 Movie
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The Black Ace

1928 Movie
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Captured by Bedouins

1912 Movie
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Winning a Widow

1912 Movie
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A Sawmill Hero

1911 Movie
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When Lovers Part

1910 Movie
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Rory O'More

1911 Movie
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His Mother

1912 Movie
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The Oklahoma Kid

1929 Movie
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Law of the Plains

1929 Movie
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Arizona Nights

1927 Movie
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She Had to Eat

1937 Movie
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The Special Messenger

1911 Movie
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The Whipping Boss

1924 Movie
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Red Signals

1927 Movie
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O'Malley Rides Alone

1930 Movie
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Les Misérables

1935 Movie
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Tragedy of the Desert

1912 Movie
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Crossed Trails

1924 Movie
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Baffled

1924 Movie