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John Joseph "Jack" MacGowran (13 October 1918 – 31 January 1973) was an Irish character actor, probably best known for his work with Samuel Beckett. His last film role was as the alcoholic director Burke Dennings in ''The Exorcist''. ==Stage career== MacGowran was born on 13 October 1918 in Dublin. He established his professional reputation as a member of the Abbey Players in Dublin, while he achieved stage renown for his knowing interpretations of the works of Samuel Beckett. He appeared as Lucky in ''Waiting For Godot'' at the Royal Court Theatre, and with the Royal Shakespeare Company in ''Endgame'' at the Aldwych Theatre. He released an LP record, ''MacGowran Speaking Beckett'', to coincide with Samuel Beckett's 60th birthday in 1966, and won the 1970-71 Obie for Best Performance By an Actor in the off-Broadway play ''MacGowran in the works of Beckett''. He also specialised in the work of Sean O'Casey, creating the role of ''Joxer'' in the Broadway musical ''Juno'' in 1959, based with O'Casey's 1924 play about the Troubles, ''Juno and the Paycock''. Fittingly, he played O'Casey's brother Archie in ''Young Cassidy'' (1965), one of John Ford's last films (which the director had to abandon due to ill health). In 1954 he moved to London, where he became a member of the Royal Shakespeare Company. There he struck up a lasting friendship with Peter O'Toole, whom he later appeared alongside with in Richard Brooks' ''Lord Jim'' (1965). However he apparently had a somewhat fractious relationship with Royal Shakespeare Director Peter Hall. He was Old Gobbo in ''The Merchant of Venice'' and when the set arrived Hall called all the cast into the theatre to view it. MacGowran was not there, still in his dressing room. An assistant was sent to fetch him. He returned alone: "Mr MacGowran says, Mr. Hall, that if you had read the play you would know that Old Gobbo was blind." Jack MacGowran played the title role of "Gandhi" in the Broadway play written by Gurney Campbell in 1971, directed by Jose Quintero. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Jack MacGowran」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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