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Gibson Gowland
English film actor (–)
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| Born | ()4 January Spennymoor, County Durham, England |
| Died | 9 September () (aged&#;74) London, England |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years&#;active | |
| Spouses | Beatrice Bird &#; &#; (m.&#;; div.&#;)&#;Sylvia Andrew &#; (divorced)&#; |
| Children | 2, including Peter Gowland |
Gibson Gowland (4 January &#; 9 September ) was an English film actor.
Biography
Gowland was born 4 January in either or [1][a] in Spennymoor, County Durham. He started work as a sailor and later became the mate on a ship. For several years from the age of 25 he went to South Africa, where he hunted for big game, prospected for diamonds and also organised a theatrical company in Johannesburg, and acted in it.
He prospected in Canada, where he made his debut on the legitimate stage.[citation needed]
Gowland went to the United States from Britain by way of Canada in where he met Beatrice Bird, also from Great Britain, whom he married.
Gibson gowland biography books Gibson Gowland (4 January – 9 September ) was an English film actor. Gowland was born 4 January in either or [1][a] in Spennymoor, County Durham. He started work as a sailor and later became the mate on a ship.They moved to Hollywood, working as bit players. In he acted in D.W. Griffith's The Birth of a Nation, followed by Intolerance. In , his son, actor and photographer Peter Gowland, was born.[citation needed]
Often cast as a villain, his only starring role (out of 63 films) was in Greed (), directed by Erich von Stroheim, based on the Frank Norris novel McTeague, and costarring ZaSu Pitts.
The film has 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 film Blind Husbands.
Biography books on famous people I refer to my father, Gibson Gowland, as "the unknown celebrity" because of his only starring role in a film that has become a classic, Greed directed by Erich von Stroheim in He was McTeague, the lead character.Gowland was cast as Simon Buquet in the film version of The Phantom of the Opera. He had bit parts in dozens of films from to , but was rarely credited on-screen. After two divorces, Gowland returned to England in He died in London on 9 September [2] at the age of He was buried in Golders Green Crematorium.[citation needed]
Selected filmography
References
- ^Media reports at the time of his death claim Gowland was 74 years old, so this article lists the year of his birth as
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