Known For
Acting
Born
Jan 03, 1877
Died
Sep 09, 1951
Place of Birth
Spennymoor, Durham, England, UK
Credits
75 titles
Gibson Gowland
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.
Known For
Filmography
Gun Cargo
Henry Morgan
Kitty
Prison Guard (uncredited)
Gaslight
Servant (uncredited)
It Happened Tomorrow
A Guy Named Joe
Bartender (uncredited)
The Lodger
Going My Way
Parishioner (uncredited)
Slightly Dangerous
Opera patron (uncredited)
The Moon Is Down
Villager (uncredited)
Crossroads
Reporter (uncredited)
Mrs. Miniver
Man on Boat (uncredited)
The Remarkable Andrew
Jurist
The Wolf Man
Villager (uncredited)
Sundown
Churchgoer in Wheelchair (uncredited)
Broadway Limited
Cafe Customer (uncredited)
Mutiny in the Arctic
Crewman (uncredited)
The Ape
Posse Member
Doomed to Die
Doctor (uncredited)
Northwest Passage
MacPherson
Henry Goes Arizona
Rancher (uncredited)
Raffles
Villager (uncredited)
Cotton Queen
Gaoler
The Wife of General Ling
Mike
The House of the Spaniard
1st Captain
Wolves of the Sea
Cafe Customer (edited from 'Hell's Harbor') (uncredited)
King of the Damned
Priest
The Mystery of the Mary Celeste
Andy Gilling
The Stoker
Steve
The Secret of the Loch
Angus
Nordpol - Ahoi!
The Private Life of Don Juan
Don Alfredo, Carmen's Poor Husband
S.O.S. Iceberg
John Dragan
S.O.S. Iceberg
John Dragan
The Doomed Battalion
Innerhofer
Without Honor
Mike Donovan
Arrowsmith
Committee Member (uncredited)
A House Divided
Bartender (uncredited)
Land of Wanted Men
Terry
Cleaning Up
Burke
The Sea Bat
Limey
Hell Harbor
Henry Morgan
The Mysterious Island
Dmitry
Rose-Marie
Black Bastien
Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans
Angry Driver (uncredited)
The Isle of Forgotten Women
John Stort
Topsy and Eva
Simon Leegree
The First Auto
The Blacksmith
The Land Beyond the Law
Silent 'Oklahoma' Joe
The Broken Gate
Ephraim Adamson
The Night of Love
Bandit