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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.

Release Date	Title	Character Name	Rating
January 1st, 1956	Savage Fury	Ship's Captain	7
August 13th, 1951	The Lady and the Bandit	Old Man	6.8
March 2nd, 1939	Stagecoach	Bit Part (uncredited)	7.6
January 5th, 1939	Code of the Fearless	Undetermined Minor Role	4.7
June 30th, 1938	The Great Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok	Scudder	9
May 27th, 1938	Kidnapped	Clansman	6
May 27th, 1938	Hunted Men	Cop	5.7
February 4th, 1938	The Buccaneer	Jailer	6.4
September 10th, 1937	Prairie Thunder	Col. Stanton	4.3
September 6th, 1937	Heart of the Rockies	Ed Dawson	8
August 14th, 1937	Rough Riding Rhythm	Pete Hobart	9
July 10th, 1937	Empty Holsters	U.S. Marshal Billy O'Neill	8
July 2nd, 1937	She Had to Eat	Police Sergeant (uncredited)	5.6
June 16th, 1937	Slave Ship	Helmsman	5.1
March 3rd, 1937	Hit the Saddle	Rance McGowan	6
February 26th, 1937	Borderland	El Rio Sheriff	7.5
January 18th, 1937	Jungle Jim	Ship Captain J.S. Robinson	5.4
December 18th, 1936	Sinner Take All	Police Officer Murphy (uncredited)	4.9
November 26th, 1936	Stampede	Matt Stevens	9
November 17th, 1936	The Accusing Finger	Inner Guard	5.8
September 22nd, 1936	Fury and the Woman	Anderson	7
September 22nd, 1936	The Three Mesquiteers	Brack Canfield	7
September 20th, 1936	Ride 'Em Cowboy	Jim Howard	10
June 22nd, 1936	Guns and Guitars	Dave Morgan	5.8
June 2nd, 1936	Secret Patrol	Blacksmith Barstow	9
March 17th, 1936	Robin Hood of El Dorado	Danglong	5.2
February 28th, 1936	The Prisoner of Shark Island	Ship's Captain (uncredited)	6.9
January 29th, 1936	Silver Spurs	Webb Allison	10
December 6th, 1935	Bar 20 Rides Again	Buck Peters	6.7
December 1st, 1935	East of Java	Sergeant, Rescue Party	7.5
November 20th, 1935	The Silent Code	Commissioner	6.5
September 1st, 1935	Diamond Jim	Engineer	6.5
May 31st, 1935	Border Brigands	Inspector Winston - RCMP	7
May 24th, 1935	Murder in the Fleet	Chief of Police (Uncredited)	6.6
May 15th, 1935	Whispering Smith Speaks	Caboose Passenger (uncredited)	10
April 20th, 1935	Les Misérables	Javert's Plainclothesman	7.1
April 14th, 1935	The Call of the Savage	Freighter Captain	6
March 22nd, 1935	Mississippi	Dealer (uncredited)	6.8
March 15th, 1935	The Outlaw Tamer	Sheriff Jim Porter	9
January 1st, 1935	Rustlers of Red Dog	Capt. Trent [Chs. 3-4]	8.5
December 18th, 1934	When Lightning Strikes	Lafe Broderick	7.5
September 15th, 1934	Wagon Wheels	Couch	5.1
July 16th, 1934	The Red Rider	Scotty McKee	7
March 3rd, 1934	No More Women	Captain of The Hawk	4.8
May 27th, 1933	Somewhere in Sonora	Monte Black	5.1
September 28th, 1932	Flaming Gold	Mack	6.4
March 3rd, 1932	Lawless Valley	Big Mike Carter, aka El Lobo, aka Texas Rand	4.5
November 24th, 1931	Quick Trigger Lee	Brings note / Director	8
June 1st, 1930	The Canyon of Missing Men	Slug Sagel	9
February 1st, 1930	Covered Wagon Trails	TBD	10
January 24th, 1930	Breezy Bill	Sheriff	10
January 1st, 1930	O'Malley Rides Alone	Angus McGregor	10
December 26th, 1929	A Texas Cowboy	Brute Kettle	7
November 10th, 1929	Señor Americano	Maddox	7
November 1st, 1929	The Oklahoma Kid	TBD	7
November 1st, 1929	Pioneers of the West	Tom Dorgan	9
October 1st, 1929	The Invaders	TBD	7
October 1st, 1929	The Cowboy and the Outlaw	Pepper Hardcastle	8
August 19th, 1929	The Law of the Plains	Seagrue	9
August 1st, 1929	The Fighting Terror	TBD	8
June 30th, 1929	The Last Roundup	Hash	7
April 10th, 1929	Plunging Hoofs	Jim Wales	8
March 31st, 1929	Bad Men's Money	Sheriff Bud Jennings	10
February 17th, 1929	The Lawless Legion	Matson	9
February 15th, 1929	Headin' Westward	Sneezer Clark	8
January 2nd, 1929	Below the Deadline	Taggart	4
January 1st, 1929	'Neath Western Skies	Dugan	8
November 27th, 1928	Ships of the Night	Motilla	8
November 18th, 1928	Two Outlaws	Abner Whitcomb	9
November 14th, 1928	The Old Code	Raoul de Valle	TBD
September 23rd, 1928	The Lightnin’ Shot	TBD	7
September 2nd, 1928	The Black Ace	TBD	10
September 1st, 1928	The Chinatown Mystery	TBD	9
August 1st, 1928	Arizona Days	Ed Hicks	3.7
July 1st, 1928	The Code of the Scarlet	Blake	10
June 1st, 1928	The Devil’s Tower	George Stilwell	8
April 15th, 1928	Dugan of the Dugouts	Capt. von Brinken	7
December 7th, 1927	The Slaver	’Iron' Larsen	10
November 6th, 1927	Gun Gospel	Bill Brogan	10
September 27th, 1927	The Red Raiders	Captain Ortwell	8
August 28th, 1927	Arizona Nights	Jeff Decker	9
July 1st, 1927	The Royal American	Capt. Burke	8
April 4th, 1927	The Lost Limited	Thomas Webber	8
March 1st, 1927	Red Signals	Jim Twyler	9
October 22nd, 1926	Perils of the Rail	Barker's Accomplice at Smelter Junction	7.5
October 16th, 1926	Crack O' Dawn	Earle Thorpe Sr.	6
August 3rd, 1926	Moran of the Mounted	Sgt. Churchill	7
August 1st, 1926	Senor Daredevil	Jesse Wilks	10
November 23rd, 1925	The Patent Leather Pug	James Curtis	8
July 28th, 1925	The Lost Express	Train Engineer	9
July 1st, 1925	The Fast Freight	TBD	4.5
April 25th, 1925	Duped	'Hard Rock' Ralston	8
March 26th, 1925	Barriers of the Law	Steve Redding	9
January 1st, 1925	Outwitted	Tiger McGuire	8
April 8th, 1924	Crossed Trails	'Pepper' Baldwin	10
February 13th, 1924	A Two Fisted Tenderfoot	Stephen Lawlor	8
February 9th, 1924	The Whipping Boss	Livingston	7
February 1st, 1924	Baffled	Jack Norton	8
July 1st, 1923	Stormy Seas	Capt. Morgan	8
February 26th, 1922	Hills of Missing Men	Capt. Brandt / The Dragon	10
January 2nd, 1921	Do or Die	Capt. Alvarez / Satan	8
January 2nd, 1920	King of the Circus	TBD	8
January 2nd, 1920	Elmo the Fearless	TBD	8
April 9th, 1917	The Railroad Raiders	Thomas Desmond	TBD
February 24th, 1917	The Hazards of Helen	Various roles	TBD
July 3rd, 1916	Medicine Bend	Whispering Smith	TBD
June 5th, 1916	Whispering Smith	Whispering Smith	TBD
November 27th, 1915	A Desperate Leap	TBD	10
November 6th, 1915	The Mettle of Jerry McGuire	Jerry McGuire	7
September 4th, 1915	The Broken Rail	Trow - of the Working Crew	TBD
May 29th, 1915	A Railroader's Bravery	Thomas - the Chief of the Gang	TBD
May 22nd, 1915	The Broken Train	Warren - Railroad Employee	TBD
March 20th, 1915	The Railroad Raiders of '62	Lockwood - the old one-armed Flagman	TBD
January 9th, 1915	The Leap from the Water Tower	Rand - the Fireman	TBD
January 2nd, 1915	The Girl Telegrapher's Peril	Blake - a Lineman	TBD
January 2nd, 1915	The Girl and the Game	Spike	TBD
December 26th, 1914	The Escape on the Limited	Brandt - a Defaulting Cashier	TBD
December 19th, 1914	The Black Diamond Express	Dan Haddon - a Cowboy	TBD
December 12th, 1914	The Flying Freight's Captive	Rand - a Yeggman	TBD
November 18th, 1914	His Nemesis	Mammoth - Manning's Business Rival	10
November 14th, 1914	Helen's Sacrifice	Benton	TBD
July 7th, 1914	Kaintucky Bill	Kaintucky Bill - a Moonshiner	8
January 10th, 1913	The Wives of Jamestown	The O’Rourke	TBD
December 23rd, 1912	The Shaughraun	Corry Kinchela	7
December 14th, 1912	Ireland, the Oppressed	Lord Kilhannack	10
November 30th, 1912	The Mayor from Ireland	Shamus Foley	TBD
November 18th, 1912	The Little Gluers	Valentine Hay	9
October 3rd, 1912	From the Manger to the Cross	Wise Man 1	5.1
September 30th, 1912	The Poacher's Pardon	Mr. Wallace - the Gamekeeper	7
September 21st, 1912	The Grit of the Girl Telegrapher	TBD	10
July 5th, 1912	Winning a Widow	TBD	8
July 1st, 1912	Tragedy of the Desert	The Arab Sheik	9
June 26th, 1912	Captured by Bedouins	Lt. Greig	10
June 19th, 1912	An Arabian Tragedy	TBD	7
June 3rd, 1912	Dust of the Desert	Sheik Mohammad	TBD
February 14th, 1912	Far from Erin's Isle	TBD	TBD
February 9th, 1912	Vagabonds	Big Jim	TBD
January 25th, 1912	His Mother	John Foster	5.5
November 17th, 1911	The Fishermaid of Ballydavid	Policeman	TBD
October 16th, 1911	The Colleen Bawn	Hardress Cregan	7.4
September 3rd, 1911	Rory O'More	Commander of the English troops	5.2
August 16th, 1911	The Special Messenger	Royal	8
June 15th, 1911	Railroad Raiders of '62	Federal Officer	5
May 5th, 1911	When the Dead Return	Jacques	TBD
May 3rd, 1911	The Fiddler’s Requiem	Dolores' father	7
April 13th, 1911	Slim Jim's Last Chance	The Rancher	6
April 4th, 1911	By a Woman's Wit	TBD	6.7
March 22nd, 1911	A Sawmill Hero	TBD	TBD
December 23rd, 1910	When Lovers Part	TBD	4
November 23rd, 1910	The Lad from Old Ireland	Election Agent	5.4
TBD	Danger Quest	Col. Spiffy	8

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