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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 …
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- Stagecoach (1939) as Bit Part (uncredited)
- Les Misérables (1935) as Javert's Plainclothesman
- Mississippi (1935) as Dealer (uncredited)
- The Prisoner of Shark Island (1936) as Ship's Captain (uncredited)
- Robin Hood of El Dorado (1936) as Danglong
- Diamond Jim (1935) as Engineer
- Borderland (1937) as El Rio Sheriff
- Kidnapped (1938) as Clansman
- Hunted Men (1938) as Cop
- The Lady and the Bandit (1951) as Old Man
- The Buccaneer (1938) as Jailer
- Slave Ship (1937) as Helmsman
- She Had to Eat (1937) as Police Sergeant (uncredited)
- The Call of the Savage (1935) as Freighter Captain
- Wagon Wheels (1934) as Couch
- The Red Rider (1934) as Scotty McKee
- The Accusing Finger (1936) as Inner Guard
- Flaming Gold (1932) as Mack
- The Hurricane Express (1932) Director
- Murder in the Fleet (1935) as Chief of Police (Uncredited)
- Prairie Thunder (1937) as Col. Stanton
- Rustlers of Red Dog (1935) as Capt. Trent [Chs. 3-4]
- Under Texas Skies (1930) Director
- The Great Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok (1938) as Scudder
- Somewhere in Sonora (1933) as Monte Black
- Empty Holsters (1937) as U.S. Marshal Billy O'Neill
- Silver Spurs (1936) as Webb Allison
- Roaring Six Guns (1937) Director
- Tiger True (1921) Director
- The Lure of the Circus (1918) Director
- Barriers of the Law (1925) as Steve Redding
- Ride 'Em Cowboy (1936) as Jim Howard
- Border Brigands (1935) as Inspector Winston - RCMP
- Outwitted (1925) as Tiger McGuire
- The Three Mesquiteers (1936) as Brack Canfield
- Señor Americano (1929) as Maddox
- When a Man Rides Alone (1933) Director
- Savage Fury (1956) as Ship's Captain
- No More Women (1934) as Captain of The Hawk
- Sinner Take All (1936) as Police Officer Murphy (uncredited)
- Canyon Hawks (1930) Director
- Whispering Smith Speaks (1935) as Caboose Passenger (uncredited)
- Bar 20 Rides Again (1935) as Buck Peters
- From the Manger to the Cross (1912) as Wise Man 1
- Plunging Hoofs (1929) as Jim Wales
- Guns and Guitars (1936) as Dave Morgan
- Breezy Bill (1930) as Sheriff
- Secret Patrol (1936) as Blacksmith Barstow
- The Brown Derby (1926) Writer
- The Hazards of Helen (1917) as Various roles
- Heart of the Rockies (1937) as Ed Dawson
- Drum Taps (1933) Director
- The Silent Code (1935) as Commissioner
- Gun Gospel (1927) as Bill Brogan
- Arizona Nights (1927) as Jeff Decker
- So This Is Arizona (1931) Director
- Stampede (1936) as Matt Stevens
- Captain Cowboy (1929) Director
- Crossed Trails (1924) as 'Pepper' Baldwin
- The Lawless Legion (1929) as Matson
- Near Eternity (1915) Director
- The Law of the Plains (1929) as Seagrue
- Hit the Saddle (1937) as Rance McGowan
- Jungle Jim (1937) as Ship Captain J.S. Robinson
- The Shaughraun (1912) as Corry Kinchela
- A Desperate Chance (1925) Director
- The Code of the Scarlet (1928) as Blake
- East of Java (1935) as Sergeant, Rescue Party
- Tarzan and the Golden Lion (1927) Director
- Headin' Westward (1929) as Sneezer Clark
- Manhattan Cowboy (1928) Director
- Call of the Desert (1930) Director
- Blackbirds (1915) Director
- Lawless Valley (1932) as Big Mike Carter, aka El Lobo, aka Texas Rand
- The Ace of Clubs (1925) Director
- Cold Nerve (1925) Director
- Thunderbolt's Tracks (1927) Director
- Senor Daredevil (1926) as Jesse Wilks
- The Outlaw Dog (1927) Director
- The Invaders (1929) Cast
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