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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.
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Filmography
all 76
Movies 75
TV Shows 1
self 1
Gun Cargo (1949)
Kitty (1945)
Gaslight (1944)
Going My Way (1944)
A Guy Named Joe (1943)
Slightly Dangerous (1943)
The Moon Is Down (1943)
Crossroads (1942)
Mrs. Miniver (1942)
The Wolf Man (1941)
Sundown (1941)
Broadway Limited (1941)
Mutiny in the Arctic (1941)
The Ape (1940)
Doomed to Die (1940)
Northwest Passage (1940)
Henry Goes Arizona (1939)
Raffles (1939)
Cotton Queen (1937)
The House of the Spaniard (1936)
Wolves of the Sea (1936)
The Mystery of the Mary Celeste (1935)
Nordpol - Ahoi! (1934)
The Private Life of Don Juan (1934)
S.O.S. Iceberg (1933)
S.O.S. Iceberg (1933)
The Doomed Battalion (1932)
Without Honors (1932)
Arrowsmith (1931)
A House Divided (1931)
Hell Harbor (1930)
Rose-Marie (1928)
Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans (1927)
The Isle of Forgotten Women (1927)
Topsy and Eva (1927)
The First Auto (1927)
The Land Beyond the Law (1927)
The Broken Gate (1927)
Don Juan (1926)
The Outsider (1926)
The Phantom of the Opera (1925)
Love and Glory (1924)
Greed (1924)
The Red Lily (1924)
Shifting Sands (1923)
Hutch Stirs 'em Up (1923)
Ladies Must Live (1921)
The Right of Way (1920)
Behind the Door (1919)
Blind Husbands (1919)
The Four-Gun Bandit (1919)
Breakers Ahead (1918)
Bashful (1917)
The Secret of Black Mountain (1917)
Under Handicap (1917)
The Promise (1917)
The Father of Her Child (1916)
Jewel (1915)
Pennington's Choice
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GenderMale
Birthday1877-01-03
Deathday1951-09-09 (74 years old)
Birth PlaceCounty Durham, United Kingdom
CitizenshipsUnited Kingdom
Also Known AsThomas Gowland, T.H. Gowland, T.H. Gibson-Gowland, T.H. Gibson Gowland, G.H. Gowland
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