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Robert Anthony McGowan (May 22, 1901 – June 20, 1955) was an American screenwriter and film director.
Biography
Born in Denver, McGowan is best known as a junior director for the Our Gang short subjects film series from 1926 to 1930, and as the co-writer of the series during the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer period from 1938 to 1944. McGowan was named for his uncle, Our Gang senior director Robert F. McGowan. Since both Robert McGowans worked on the series, Robert Anthony McGowan was usually credited as Anthony Mack.
While McGowan directed a number of Our Gang entries in the late-1920s, his work is considered lesser than that of his uncle. He appears on-screen in the 1932 short Free Wheeling, in which he is socked by a boxing glove attached to the kids' makeshift taxi.
Personal
McGowan married Madeline Rosselle, the daughter of a choreographer, and had two children. His daughter Mickie McGowan (1938-2022) was a voice actor, casting agent, and ADR director. McGowan's personal memorabilia was destroyed.
Death
His career came to an end during the Communist "witch hunt" era of the late-1940s, during which he was blacklisted for associating with blacklisted screenwriters. He died in Los Angeles, California on June 20, 1955, five months after his uncle, at the age of 54.
Selected filmography
= Screenwriter
=Gas House Kids Go West (1947)
= Director
=External links
Robert A. McGowan at IMDb
Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- Zach McGowan
- Baby Blues (film 1941)
- When the Wind Blows (film 1930)
- The Girl in the Taxi (film 1921)
- Alfred Russel Wallace
- Fast Company (film 1924)
- Broadway Melody of 1936
- Wild Poses
- Agama Hindu
- Sinema Kanada
- Robert A. McGowan
- Robert McGowan
- Robert F. McGowan
- Rose McGowan
- McGowan
- Zach McGowan
- Mark McGowan
- Shivering Shakespeare
- Our Gang
- Alistair McGowan
