Gibson Gowland
Born: 1877-01-03 in Spennymoor, Durham, England, UK
Died: 1951-09-09
Known For: Acting
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Gibson Gowland, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Filmography
1949
- Gun Cargo as Henry Morgan
1945
- Kitty as Prison Guard (uncredited)
1944
- Gaslight as Servant (uncredited)
- Going My Way as Parishioner (uncredited)
- A Guy Named Joe as Bartender (uncredited)
- It Happened Tomorrow
- The Lodger
1943
- The Moon Is Down as Villager (uncredited)
- Slightly Dangerous as Opera patron (uncredited)
1942
- Mrs. Miniver as Man on Boat (uncredited)
- Crossroads as Reporter (uncredited)
- The Remarkable Andrew as Jurist
1941
- The Wolf Man as Villager (uncredited)
- Sundown as Churchgoer in Wheelchair (uncredited)
- Mutiny in the Arctic as Crewman (uncredited)
- Broadway Limited as Cafe Customer (uncredited)
1940
- Northwest Passage as MacPherson
- Doomed to Die as Doctor (uncredited)
- The Ape as Posse Member
1939
- Raffles as Villager (uncredited)
- Henry Goes Arizona as Rancher (uncredited)
1937
- The Wife of General Ling as Mike
- Cotton Queen as Gaoler
1936
- Wolves of the Sea as Cafe Customer (edited from 'Hell's Harbor') (uncredited)
- The House of the Spaniard as 1st Captain
1935
- The Stoker as Steve
- The Mystery of the Mary Celeste as Andy Gilling
- King of the Damned as Priest
1934
- The Private Life of Don Juan as Don Alfredo, Carmen's Poor Husband
- The Secret of the Loch as Angus
- Nordpol - Ahoi!
1933
- S.O.S. Iceberg as John Dragan
- S.O.S. Iceberg as John Dragan
1932
- The Doomed Battalion as Innerhofer
- Without Honor as Mike Donovan
1931
- Arrowsmith as Committee Member (uncredited)
- A House Divided as Bartender (uncredited)
- Land of Wanted Men as Terry
1930
- Hell Harbor as Henry Morgan
- Cleaning Up as Burke
- The Sea Bat as Limey
1929
- The Mysterious Island as Dmitry
1928
- Rose-Marie as Black Bastien
1927
- Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans as Angry Driver (uncredited)
- The Isle of Forgotten Women as John Stort
- The Land Beyond the Law as Silent 'Oklahoma' Joe
- The Night of Love as Bandit
- Topsy and Eva as Simon Leegree
- The First Auto as The Blacksmith
- The Broken Gate as Ephraim Adamson
1926
- Don Juan as Gentleman of Rome (uncredited)
- The Outsider as Shadow
1925
- The Phantom of the Opera as Simon Buquet
- The Prairie Wife as Ollie
1924
- Greed as John McTeague
- The Red Lily as Le Turc
- The Border Legion as Gulden
- Love and Glory as Jules Malicorne
1923
- Shifting Sands as Samuel Thayer
- Hutch Stirs 'em Up as Sir Arthur Blackrose
- The Harbour Lights as Mark Helstone
1921
- Ladies Must Live as Michael Le Prim
1920
- The Right of Way as Jo Portugais
- The Fighting Shepherdess as Bowers
1919
- Blind Husbands as Silent Sepp
- Behind the Door as Gideon Blank
- The White Heather as The Captain
- The Four-Gun Bandit as Secondary Role (uncredited)
1918
- Breakers Ahead as Mike Burley
1917
- Under Handicap as Batt Truxton
- The Secret of Black Mountain as Jack Rance
- Bashful as Musician (uncredited)
- The Promise as Stromberg
1916
- The Father of Her Child as Rufus Strong
1915
- Jewel as Dr. Ballard (as T.W. Gowland)