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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 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.
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- wc Gender: Male
- calendar_month Birth Date: 1880-02-23
- event Death Date 1952-03-26
- school Known for: Acting
- star Popularity: 2
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Covered Wagon Trails
1930-02-01
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The Canyon of Missing Men
1930-06-01
1
Arizona Days
1928-08-01
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'Neath Western Skies
1929-01-01
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The Railroad Raiders
1917-04-09
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The Hazards of Helen
1917-02-24
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Two Outlaws
1928-11-18
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Plunging Hoofs
1929-04-10
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Stormy Seas
1923-07-01
0
Breezy Bill
1930-01-24
0
A Texas Cowboy
1929-12-26
0
The Invaders
1929-10-01
5
When Lightning Strikes
1934-12-18
4.5
No More Women
1934-03-03
6
Perils of the Rail
1926-10-22
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Silver Spurs
1936-01-29
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Whispering Smith
1916-06-05
5
Somewhere in Sonora
1933-05-27
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The Fast Freight
1925-07-01
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Dust of the Desert
1912-06-03
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An Arabian Tragedy
1912-06-19
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The Poacher's Pardon
1912-09-30
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The Little Gluers
1912-11-18
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Ireland, the Oppressed
1912-12-14
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The Shaughraun
1912-12-23
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King of the Circus
1920-01-02
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Do or Die
1921-01-02
0
The Chinatown Mystery
1928-09-01
0
The Flying Freight's Captive
1914-12-12
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The Black Diamond Express
1914-12-19
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The Escape on the Limited
1914-12-26
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The Girl Telegrapher's Peril
1915-01-02
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The Railroad Raiders of '62
1915-03-20
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Helen's Sacrifice
1914-11-14
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His Nemesis
1914-11-18
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The Broken Train
1915-05-22
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A Railroader's Bravery
1915-05-29
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The Broken Rail
1915-09-04
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The Mettle of Jerry McGuire
1915-11-06
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A Desperate Leap
1915-11-27
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Medicine Bend
1916-07-03
5.3
Hit the Saddle
1937-03-03
4.2
Guns and Guitars
1936-06-22
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Elmo the Fearless
1920-01-02
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Stampede
1936-11-26
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Secret Patrol
1936-06-02
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The Great Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok
1938-06-30
5
Railroad Raiders of '62
1911-06-15
4.8
Jungle Jim
1937-01-18
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Kaintucky Bill
1914-07-07
2.2
Lawless Valley
1932-03-03
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The Girl and the Game
1915-01-02
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Dugan of the Dugouts
1928-04-15
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Hills of Missing Men
1922-02-26
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Senor Daredevil
1926-08-01
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The Red Raiders
1927-09-27
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Gun Gospel
1927-11-06
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The Code of the Scarlet
1928-07-01
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The Lawless Legion
1929-02-17
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Señor Americano
1929-11-10
0
The Royal American
1927-07-01
0
The Leap from the Water Tower
1915-01-09
5.2
From the Manger to the Cross
1912-10-03
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Fury and the Woman
1936-09-22
4
The Silent Code
1935-11-20
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Ships of the Night
1928-11-27
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The Last Roundup
1929-06-30
4.7
Robin Hood of El Dorado
1936-03-17
5
Code of the Fearless
1939-01-05
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Ride 'Em Cowboy
1936-09-20
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Borderland
1937-02-26
6.7
Mississippi
1935-03-22
7.7
Stagecoach
1939-03-03
5
The Call of the Savage
1935-04-14
6
Bar 20 Rides Again
1935-12-06
5
Murder in the Fleet
1935-05-24
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The Outlaw Tamer
1935-03-15
6
Kidnapped
1938-05-27
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Whispering Smith Speaks
1935-05-15
0
Quick Trigger Lee
1931-11-24
4
The Red Rider
1934-07-16
0
Empty Holsters
1937-07-10
4
Slim Jim's Last Chance
1911-04-13
5
The Three Mesquiteers
1936-09-22
6
Heart of the Rockies
1937-09-06
0
Rough Riding Rhythm
1937-08-14
6.5
By a Woman's Wit
1911-04-04
3.5
Prairie Thunder
1937-09-10
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Headin' Westward
1929-02-15
0
Border Brigands
1935-05-31
6
Diamond Jim
1935-09-01
4.6
Sinner Take All
1936-12-18
8
Rustlers of Red Dog
1935-01-01
0
The Lost Express
1925-07-28
5.5
Flaming Gold
1932-09-28
5.1
The Lad from Old Ireland
1910-11-23
4.8
Slave Ship
1937-06-16
0
The Cowboy and the Outlaw
1929-10-01
6.4
The Buccaneer
1938-02-04
0
When the Dead Return
1911-05-05
1
Below the Deadline
1929-01-02
6.5
The Colleen Bawn
1911-10-16
4.7
The Accusing Finger
1936-11-17
6
The Lady and the Bandit
1951-08-13
6
East of Java
1935-12-01
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Outwitted
1925-01-01
0
The Fighting Terror
1929-08-01
5
Crack O' Dawn
1926-10-16
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Barriers of the Law
1925-03-26
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The Black Ace
1928-09-02
4
When Lovers Part
1910-12-23
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The Fiddler’s Requiem
1911-05-03
4.2
Rory O'More
1911-09-03
0
A Sawmill Hero
1911-03-22
0
Captured by Bedouins
1912-06-26
0
Winning a Widow
1912-07-05
4
His Mother
1912-01-25
0
Law of the Plains
1929-08-19
0
The Oklahoma Kid
1929-11-01
0
Arizona Nights
1927-08-28
5
She Had to Eat
1937-07-02
0
The Special Messenger
1911-08-16
0
The Whipping Boss
1924-02-09
0
Red Signals
1927-03-01
0
O'Malley Rides Alone
1930-01-01
7.2
Les Misérables
1935-04-20
0
Tragedy of the Desert
1912-07-01
0
Crossed Trails
1924-04-08
0
Baffled
1924-02-01
0
A Two Fisted Tenderfoot
1924-02-13
0
The Wives of Jamestown
1913-01-10
6
Hunted Men
1938-05-27
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The Fast Freight
1925-07-01
6
The Fast Freight
1925-07-01
6
A Sawmill Hazard
1913-01-11
6
The Operator at Black Rock
1914-08-05
6
Arizona Days
1928-08-01
6
The Death Train
1915-03-06
6
A Deed of Daring
1915-07-17
6
Helen's Sacrifice
1914-11-14
6
The Plot at the Railroad Cut
1914-11-21
6
His Nemesis
1914-11-18
6
His Nemesis
1914-11-18
6
The Girl at the Throttle
1914-11-28
6
A Railroader's Bravery
1915-05-29
6
The Stolen Engine
1914-12-05
6
The Girl on the Engine
1915-07-24
6
The Fate of Number One
1915-07-13
6
The Flying Freight's Captive
1914-12-12
6
The Black Diamond Express
1914-12-19
6
The Escape on the Limited
1914-12-26
6
The Girl Telegrapher's Peril
1915-01-02
6
The Broken Circuit
1915-01-16
6
The Fast Mail's Danger
1915-01-23
6
The Little Engineer
1915-01-30
6
The Mettle of Jerry McGuire
1915-11-06
6
A Desperate Leap
1915-11-27
6
When Rogues Fall Out
1915-12-25
6
Medicine Bend
1916-07-03
6
Judith of the Cumberlands
1916-07-31
6
The Engineer's Peril
1915-02-20
6
The Open Drawbridge
1915-02-27
6
The Railroad Raiders of '62
1915-03-20
6
The Girl at Lone Point
1915-03-27
6
The Diamond Runners
1916-08-28
6
The Diamond Runners
1916-08-28
6
O'Malley Rides Alone
1930-01-01
6
O'Malley Rides Alone
1930-01-01
6
Riders of the North
1931-04-05
6
A Life in the Balance
1915-04-03
6
The Girl on the Trestle
1915-04-10
6
The Girl Engineer
1915-04-17
6
A Race for a Crossing
1915-04-24
6
The Box Car Trap
1915-05-01
6
The Broken Train
1915-05-22
6
The Human Chain
1915-06-05
6
Near Eternity
1915-06-19
6
The Midnight Limited
1915-07-03
6
A Wild Ride
1915-07-10
6
The Lost Mail Sack
1914-10-07
6
The Ace of Clubs
1925-07-14
6
The Hurricane Express
1932-08-01
6
The Hurricane Express
1932-08-01
6
Mark of the Spur
1932-02-10
6
Tiger True
1921-01-08
6
The Scarlet Brand
1932-04-10
6
Roaring Six Guns
1937-09-01
6
Tarzan and the Golden Lion
1927-03-20
6
The Flaw in the Alibi
1914-06-29
6
Drum Taps
1933-01-23
6
When a Man Rides Alone
1933-01-14
6
Secret Patrol
1936-06-02
6
Under Texas Skies
1930-11-15
6
The Hazards of Helen Ep26: The Wild Engine
1915-05-07
6
Kaintucky Bill
1914-07-07
6
Deadwood Pass
1933-05-05
6
Lawless Valley
1932-03-03
6
The Hazards of Helen Ep33: In Danger's Path
1915-06-26
6
Perils of the Yukon
1922-07-24
6
Where the West Begins
1938-02-02
6
The Girl and the Game
1915-01-02
6
King of the Circus
1920-01-02
6
A Lass of the Lumberlands
1916-01-02
6
The Lost Express
1917-09-17
6
Dugan of the Dugouts
1928-04-15
6
Drum Taps
1933-01-23
6
Crossed Signals
1926-09-28
6
Hills of Missing Men
1922-02-26
6
Hills of Missing Men
1922-02-26
6
Do or Die
1921-01-02
6
Elmo the Fearless
1920-01-02
6
Elmo, the Mighty
1919-01-02
6
The Brown Derby
1926-07-04
6
The Pay Train
1915-06-11
6
The Leap from the Water Tower
1915-01-09
6
The Lost Express
1917-09-17
6
Canyon Hawks
1930-08-25
6
The Last Roundup
1929-06-30
6
Code of the West
1929-11-01
6
Tangled Fortunes
1932-03-22
6
The Car of Death
1914-08-28
6
The Chinatown Mystery
1928-09-01
6
Outwitted
1925-01-01
6
Code of Honor
1930-10-16
6
Stormy Seas
1923-07-01
6
The Oklahoma Sheriff
1930-07-10
6
Western Honor
1930-05-15
6
The Hunted Men
1930-04-01
6
Breezy Bill
1930-01-24
6
The Man from Nowhere
1930-04-04
6
A Texas Cowboy
1929-12-26
6
The Invaders
1929-10-01
6
War of the Range
1933-09-21
6
Rough Riding Rhythm
1937-08-14
6
The Outlaw Tamer
1935-03-15
6
Quick Trigger Lee
1931-11-24
6
The Outlaw Dog
1927-05-22
6
A Desperate Adventure
1924-09-25
6
Perils of the Rail
1926-10-22
6
Whispering Smith
1916-06-05
6
What Price Vengeance
1937-05-25
6
The Road Agent
1925-07-30
6
The Lure of the Circus
1918-11-18
6
Mistaken Orders
1925-06-29
6
The Pursuit of the Smugglers
1913-04-08
6
Beyond the Law
1930-10-01
6
Call of the Desert
1930-03-01
6
Captain Cowboy
1929-05-29
6
Captain Cowboy
1929-05-29
6
Headin' Westward
1929-02-15
6
Covered Wagon Trails
1930-02-01
6
The Canyon of Missing Men
1930-06-01
6
'Neath Western Skies
1929-01-01
6
'Neath Western Skies
1929-01-01
6
Captain Kidd
6
The Lost Express
1917-09-17
6
The Lost Express
1925-07-28
6
So This Is Arizona
1931-08-01
6
Barriers of the Law
1925-03-26
6
A String of Pearls
1914-01-01
6
Near the Rainbow's End
1930-06-10
6
The Cowboy and the Outlaw
1929-10-01
6
Below the Deadline
1929-01-02
6
Ambushed
1925-07-01
6
The Fighting Terror
1929-08-01
6
A Two Fisted Tenderfoot
1924-02-13
6
Thunderbolt's Tracks
1927-04-01
6
Cold Nerve
1925-06-08
6
Outwitted
1925-01-01
6
Blackbirds
1915-10-14
6
A Desperate Chance
1925-07-01
6
Manhattan Cowboy
1928-10-01
6
Law of the Plains
1929-08-19
6
Riders of the Rio Grande
1929-09-27
6
The Oklahoma Kid
1929-11-01
6
The Red Glove
1919-03-17
6
Red Signals
1927-03-01
6
The Whipping Boss
1924-02-09
6
Human Targets
1932-01-10
6
The Manager of the B & A
1916-09-25
6
The Railroad Raiders
1917-04-09
6
A Lass of the Lumberlands
1916-01-02
6
The Railroad Raiders
1917-04-09
6
The Railroad Raiders
1917-04-09
6
The Girl and the Game
1915-01-02
6
The Vanishing Dagger
1920-06-07
6
Below the Deadline
1921-11-06
6
The Hazards of Helen
1917-02-24
6
Judith of the Cumberlands
1916-07-31
6
Shotgun Pass
1931-11-01
6
Webs of Steel
1925-10-01
6
Crossed Trails
1924-04-08
6
Baffled
1924-02-01