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