J. P. Mcgowan
About
Read More
Also Known As
John P Mcgowan,
John Mcgowan,
Jack Mcgowan
Birth Place
Terowie, South Australia, AU
Born
February 24, 1880
Cause of Death
Unknown
Biography
Read More
J.P. McGowan always looked at the world in a creative way, and it transferred to his impeccable eye as a director. McGowan worked on a variety of projects during his early entertainment career, including "Do or Die" (1921), "Elmo, the Fearless" (1920) and "The Girl and the Game" (1915). He also contributed to "The Hazards of Helen" (1914), "The Lost Express" (1917) and "The Railroad Rai...
Filmography
Read More
Rough Riding Rhythm
(1938)
Director
Where the West Begins
(1938)
Director
Roaring Six Guns
(1937)
Director
The Lone Bandit
(1935)
Director
The Outlaw Tamer
(1935)
Director
Lawless Valley
(1934)
Director
Family & Companions
Read More
Helen Holmes
Wife
Actor. Appeared in husband's films.
Biography
J.P. McGowan always looked at the world in a creative way, and it transferred to his impeccable eye as a director. McGowan worked on a variety of projects during his early entertainment career, including "Do or Die" (1921), "Elmo, the Fearless" (1920) and "The Girl and the Game" (1915). He also contributed to "The Hazards of Helen" (1914), "The Lost Express" (1917) and "The Railroad Raiders" (1917). He kept working in film throughout the twenties and the thirties, starring in "Below the Deadline" (1929), "Pioneers of the West" (1929) and the Jack Perrin western "Plunging Hoofs" (1929). Film continued to be his passion as he played roles in "No More Women" (1934), the Tom Tyler adventure "The Fighting Hero" (1934) and the Randolph Scott western "Wagon Wheels" (1934). He also appeared in the James Ellison western "Bar 20 Rides Again" (1935) and "The Outlaw Tamer" (1935) with Lane Chandler. McGowan last directed the western "Where the West Begins" (1938) with Jack Randall. McGowan was married to Helen Holmes. McGowan passed away in March 1952 at the age of 72.
Filmography
Director (Feature Film)
Rough Riding Rhythm
(1938)
Director
Where the West Begins
(1938)
Director
Roaring Six Guns
(1937)
Director
The Lone Bandit
(1935)
Director
The Outlaw Tamer
(1935)
Director
Lawless Valley
(1934)
Director
When a Man Rides Alone
(1933)
Director
Drum Taps
(1933)
Director
War of the Range
(1933)
Director
Deadwood Pass
(1933)
Director
War on the Range
(1933)
Director
Mark of the Spur
(1932)
Director
Man from New Mexico
(1932)
Director
Human Targets
(1932)
Director
The Scarlet Brand
(1932)
Director
Tangled Fortunes
(1932)
Director
Hurricane Express
(1932)
Director
Riders of the North
(1931)
Director
Headin' for Trouble
(1931)
Director
Shotgun Pass
(1931)
Director
Quick Trigger Lee
(1931)
Director
The Cyclone Kid
(1931)
Director
Breezy Bill
(1930)
Director
The Canyon of Missing Men
(1930)
Director
Call of the Desert
(1930)
Director
O'Malley Rides Alone
(1930)
Director
Covered Wagon Trails
(1930)
Director
The Parting of the Trails
(1930)
Director
The Man From Nowhere
(1930)
Director
Hunted Men
(1930)
Director
Near the Rainbow's End
(1930)
Director
The Oklahoma Sheriff
(1930)
Director
Under Texas Skies
(1930)
Director
Code of Honor
(1930)
Director
Beyond the Law
(1930)
Director
The Invaders
(1929)
Director
The Cowboy and the Outlaw
(1929)
Director
Pioneers of the West
(1929)
Director
The Phantom Rider
(1929)
Director
Captain Cowboy
(1929)
Director
Code of the West
(1929)
Director
The Last Roundup
(1929)
Director
The Fighting Terror
(1929)
Director
The Oklahoma Kid
(1929)
Director
Bad Men's Money
(1929)
Director
Riders of the Storm
(1929)
Director
Riders of the Rio Grande
(1929)
Director
'Neath Western Skies
(1929)
Director
The Lone Horseman
(1929)
Director
The Man From Nevada
(1929)
Director
Below the Deadline
(1929)
Director
Devil's Tower
(1928)
Director
Arizona Days
(1928)
Director
West of Santa Fe
(1928)
Director
Silent Trail
(1928)
Director
Mystery Valley
(1928)
Director
Lightnin' Shot
(1928)
Director
On the Divide
(1928)
Director
Texas Tommy
(1928)
Director
Headin' Westward
(1928)
Director
Trail Riders
(1928)
Director
Manhattan Cowboy
(1928)
Director
Trailin' Back
(1928)
Director
Law of the Mounted
(1928)
Director
Painted Trail
(1928)
Director
The Chinatown Mystery
(1928)
Director
Aflame in the Sky
(1927)
Director
Tarzan and the Golden Lion
(1927)
Director
The Lost Limited
(1927)
Director
Thunderbolt's Tracks
(1927)
Director
The Outlaw Dog
(1927)
Director
Red Signals
(1927)
Director
When a Dog Loves
(1927)
Director
Silver Fingers
(1926)
Director
Desperate Chance
(1926)
Director
Red Blood
(1926)
Director
Iron Fist
(1926)
Director
Cyclone Bob
(1926)
Director
Unseen Enemies
(1926)
Director
Perils of the Rail
(1926)
Director
The Lost Trail
(1926)
Director
Mistaken Orders
(1926)
Director
The Open Switch
(1926)
Director
Riding Romance
(1926)
Director
Fighting Luck
(1926)
Director
The Lost Express
(1926)
Director
Road Agent
(1926)
Director
Buried Gold
(1926)
Director
The Ace of Clubs
(1926)
Director
Crossed Signals
(1926)
Director
Border Intrigue
(1925)
Director
Barriers of the Law
(1925)
Director
The Train Wreckers
(1925)
Director
Duped
(1925)
Director
Outwitted
(1925)
Director
Webs of Steel
(1925)
Director
The Fighting Sheriff
(1925)
Director
The Gambling Fool
(1925)
Director
Peggy of the Secret Service
(1925)
Director
Cold Nerve
(1925)
Director
Blood and Steel
(1925)
Director
Crossed Trails
(1924)
Director
Baffled
(1924)
Director
Courage
(1924)
Director
Calibre 45
(1924)
Director
A Two Fisted Tenderfoot
(1924)
Director
A Desperate Adventure
(1924)
Director
Western Vengeance
(1924)
Director
The Whipping Boss
(1924)
Director
Stormy Seas
(1923)
Director
One Million in Jewels
(1923)
Director
Hills of Missing Men
(1922)
Director
Reckless Chances
(1922)
Director
Captain Kidd
(1922)
Director
Perils of the Yukon
(1922)
Director
Discontented Wives
(1921)
Director
The Ruse of the Rattler
(1921)
Director
Tiger True
(1921)
Director
Do or Die
(1921)
Director
Below the Deadline
(1920)
Director
Elmo, the Fearless
(1920)
Director
The Lure of the Circus
(1919)
Director
The Red Glove
(1919)
Director
The Lost Express
(1917)
Director
The Railroad Raiders
(1917)
Director
The Manager of the B. and A.
(1916)
Director
Medicine Bend
(1916)
Director
Whispering Smith
(1916)
Director
The Diamond Runners
(1916)
Director
Judith of the Cumberlands
(1916)
Director
Lass of the Lumberlands
(1916)
Director
Blackbirds
(1915)
Director
The Voice in the Fog
(1915)
Director
The Hazards of Helen
(1915)
Director
The Girl and the Game
(1915)
Director
The Mettle of Jerry McGuire
(1915)
Director
Cast (Feature Film)
The Lady and the Bandit
(1951)
Old man
A Trip to Paris
(1938)
Kidnapped
(1938)
Clansman
The Buccaneer
(1938)
Jailer
Rough Riding Rhythm
(1938)
Hobart
The Great Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok
(1938)
Westbound Limited
(1937)
Freight engineer
Empty Holsters
(1937)
Billy O'Neill
Prairie Thunder
(1937)
Colonel Stanton
Heart of the Rockies
(1937)
Big Editor Dawson
Hit the Saddle
(1937)
Rance McGowan
Fury and the Woman
(1937)
Anderson
Slave Ship
(1937)
Helmsman
She Had to Eat
(1937)
Police inspector
The Prisoner of Shark Island
(1936)
Ship's captain
Little Lord Fauntleroy
(1936)
Man in church
The Three Mesquiteers
(1936)
Brack Canfield
Ride 'Em Cowboy
(1936)
Jim Howard
Guns and Guitars
(1936)
Dave Morgan
Stampede
(1936)
[Matt] Stevens
Silverspurs
(1936)
Webb Allison
Secret Patrol
(1936)
Blacksmith [Barstow]
Moonlight Murder
(1936)
Medical guard
The Accusing Finger
(1936)
Inner guard-prison yard
Robin Hood of El Dorado
(1936)
Danglong
Sinner Take All
(1936)
Murphy
The Virginia Judge
(1935)
Man in hula tent
Murder in the Fleet
(1935)
Chief of police
Bar 20 Rides Again
(1935)
Buck Peters
The Silent Code
(1935)
Commissioner
Border Brigands
(1935)
Comissioner Winston
Les Misérables
(1935)
Javert's plainclothesman
The Outlaw Tamer
(1935)
Sheriff Jim Porter
East of Java
(1935)
Sergeant
Calm Yourself
(1935)
Mississippi
(1935)
Dealer
This Is the Life
(1935)
Tramp
Goin' to Town
(1935)
Cowboy
Diamond Jim
(1935)
Engineer
Marie Galante
(1934)
Foreman
The Fighting Hero
(1934)
No More Women
(1934)
Captain of <I>Hawk</I>
Lawless Valley
(1934)
Big Mike Carter, also known as "El Lobo"
When Lightning Strikes
(1934)
[Lafe] Broderick
Wagon Wheels
(1934)
Couch
Evelyn Prentice
(1934)
Clark
Have a Heart
(1934)
Detective
Somewhere in Sonora
(1933)
Monte Black
Son of the Plains
(1931)
Dan Farrell
Breezy Bill
(1930)
Sheriff
O'Malley Rides Alone
(1930)
McGregor
Covered Wagon Trails
(1930)
King Kincaid
The Canyon of Missing Men
(1930)
The Clean-Up
(1929)
Frank Lawrence
The Cowboy and the Outlaw
(1929)
Pepper Hardcastle
The Last Roundup
(1929)
Below the Deadline
(1929)
Taggart
The Oklahoma Kid
(1929)
Plunging Hoofs
(1929)
Jim Wales
The Lone Horseman
(1929)
The Phantom Rider
(1929)
Pioneers of the West
(1929)
Tom Dorgan
The Invaders
(1929)
Bad Men's Money
(1929)
The Fighting Terror
(1929)
The Lawless Legion
(1929)
Matson
'Neath Western Skies
(1929)
Dugan
Señor Americano
(1929)
Maddux
Ships of the Night
(1928)
Motilla
Texas Tommy
(1928)
The Old Code
(1928)
Raoul de Valle
On the Divide
(1928)
Devil Dogs
(1928)
Captain Standing
The Two Outlaws
(1928)
Abner Whitcomb
Lightnin' Shot
(1928)
Law of the Mounted
(1928)
Devil's Tower
(1928)
George Stilwell
Arizona Days
(1928)
[Villain]
The Code of the Scarlet
(1928)
Blake
West of Santa Fe
(1928)
Headin' Westward
(1928)
Sneezer Clark
Dugan of the Dugouts
(1928)
Captain von Brinken
Silent Trail
(1928)
The Black Ace
(1928)
The Lost Limited
(1927)
Thomas Webber
The Royal American
(1927)
Captain Burke
Gun Gospel
(1927)
Bill Brogan
The Red Raiders
(1927)
Captain Ortwell
The Slaver
(1927)
"Iron" Larsen
Arizona Nights
(1927)
Jeff Decker
Red Signals
(1927)
Jim Twyler
Whispering Smith Rides
(1927)
Señor Daredevil
(1926)
Jesse Wilks
Red Blood
(1926)
Eagle Custer
Danger Quest
(1926)
Colonel Spiffy
Moran of the Mounted
(1926)
Sergeant Churchill
The Patent Leather Pug
(1926)
Border Intrigue
(1925)
"Tough" Tidings
Crack o' Dawn
(1925)
Earle Thorpe, Sr.
Barriers of the Law
(1925)
Steve Redding
Duped
(1925)
"Hard Rock" Ralston
Makers of Men
(1925)
Sergeant Banks
Outwitted
(1925)
Tiger McGuire
The Fear Fighter
(1925)
James Curtis
Crossed Trails
(1924)
"Pepper" Baldwin/Bandy Dawson
The Whipping Boss
(1924)
Livingston
One Million in Jewels
(1923)
Burke
Stormy Seas
(1923)
Captain Morgan
Hills of Missing Men
(1922)
The Dragon
Reckless Chances
(1922)
Terry Nolan
The Ruse of the Rattler
(1921)
The Rattlesnake
A Crook's Romance
(1921)
Cold Steel
(1921)
Steele Weir
Discontented Wives
(1921)
John Gaylord
Do or Die
(1921)
The Railroad Raiders
(1917)
Medicine Bend
(1916)
Whispering Smith
Whispering Smith
(1916)
Whispering Smith
The Girl and the Game
(1915)
From the Manger to the Cross
(1913)
Writer (Feature Film)
What Price Vengeance
(1937)
Scen
Secret Patrol
(1936)
Scen
When Lightning Strikes
(1934)
Story and cont
Drum Taps
(1933)
Story and cont
Pioneers of the West
(1929)
Scen
Bad Men's Money
(1929)
Scen
Captain Cowboy
(1929)
Story
Riders of the Storm
(1929)
Story
Bad Men's Money
(1929)
Story
Dugan of the Dugouts
(1928)
Scen
Lightnin' Shot
(1928)
Scen
Trailin' Back
(1928)
Scen
Mystery Valley
(1928)
Scen
Trail Riders
(1928)
Scen
Devil's Tower
(1928)
Scen
The Gambling Fool
(1925)
Story
Outwitted
(1925)
Writer
One Million in Jewels
(1923)
Writer
Hills of Missing Men
(1922)
Writer
The Lost Express
(1917)
Screenplay
The Diamond Runners
(1916)
Scen
Producer (Feature Film)
Fighting Luck
(1926)
Producer
Perils of the Rail
(1926)
Producer
The Lure of the Circus
(1919)
Producer
Editing (Feature Film)
Captain Cowboy
(1929)
Film Editor
Production Companies (Feature Film)
Unseen Enemies
(1926)
Company
Life Events
Companions
Helen Holmes
Wife
Actor. Appeared in husband's films.
