Actor

Gibson Gowland

January 3, 1877 · Spennymoor, Durham, England, UK

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.

Notable work

7.8
Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans (1927)
as Angry Driver (uncredited)
7
The Wolf Man (1941)
as Villager (uncredited)
7.5
Gaslight (1944)
as Servant (uncredited)
7.1
The Phantom of the Opera (1925)
as Simon Buquet

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