Gibson Gowland (Actor)

Reviews of Gibson Gowland Movies

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Movies starring Gibson Gowland have generally received positive reviews and hold an average score of 64%.

Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans - released in 1927 - is Gibson Gowland's highest rated movie, with a score of 83% based on 475 reviews.

The lowest rated film from Gibson Gowland is Sundown - released in 1941 - with a score of 33% based on 2 reviews.

Actor Biography

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.

Gibson Gowland has acted in films with Connie Leon, May Whitty, Eric Wilton and Ward Bond.

Gibson Gowland has worked with these film directors: Wesley Ruggles, John Ford, William Wyler and Gordon Douglas.