Gibson Gowland

From Wikipedia the free encyclopedia 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 onefifth 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 onscreen 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 Description above from the Wikipedia article Gibson Gowland licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia