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Robert A. McGowan is a Actor, Director and Scriptwriter American born on 22 may 1901 at Denver (USA)

Robert A. McGowan

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Birth name Robert Anthony McGowan
Nationality USA
Birth 22 may 1901 at Denver (USA)
Death 20 june 1955 (at 54 years) at Los Angeles (USA)

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.

Usually with

Hal Roach
Hal Roach
(40 films)
Robert F. McGowan
Robert F. McGowan
(32 films)
Billie "Buckwheat" Thomas
Billie "Buckwheat" Thomas
(51 films)
Allen Hoskins
Allen Hoskins
(38 films)
H. M. Walker
H. M. Walker
(35 films)
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Filmography of Robert A. McGowan (92 films)

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Actor

Free Wheeling
Free Wheeling (1932)

Directed by Robert F. McGowan
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Themes Children's films
Actors Dickie Moore, Stymie Beard, George McFarland, Dorothy DeBorba, Kendall McComas, Jacquie Lyn
Roles Man who gets socked while asleep by lamppost
Rating77% 3.8631753.8631753.8631753.8631753.863175
Confined to a neck brace, poor little rich boy Dickie would like to play with the neighborhood kids, but his overprotective mother will not let him. On the sly, however, Dickie sneaks out of his bedroom in search of adventure in the company of his best pal, Stymie. Purchasing a ride on the donkey-driven "taxicab" piloted by Breezy Brisbane, the boys, along with hitchhikers Spanky and Jacquie Lyn, experience enough thrills and excitement to last a lifetime when the taxi begins rolling down a steep hill minus brakes.
Monkey Business
Monkey Business (1926)
, 20minutes
Directed by Robert F. McGowan
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Themes Children's films
Actors Allen Hoskins, Joe Cobb, Jackie Condon, Mickey Daniels, Johnny Downs, Mary Kornman
Roles First officer
Rating63% 3.1776353.1776353.1776353.1776353.177635

Director

Shivering Shakespeare
Shivering Shakespeare (1930)

Directed by Robert A. McGowan
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Themes Children's films
Actors Norman Chaney, Mary Ann Jackson, Jackie Cooper, Allen Hoskins, Bobby Hutchins, Edgar Kennedy
Rating66% 3.31943.31943.31943.31943.3194
The gang participates, allegedly by force, in a boring play entitled The Gladiator's Dilemma. Written, produced and directed by the wife of Officer Kennedy, her husband is responsible for the special effects and will portray different characters as needed (including a giant named Ursus and an elephant).
Boxing Gloves
Boxing Gloves (1929)

Directed by Robert A. McGowan
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Themes Children's films
Actors Joe Cobb, Norman Chaney, Allen Hoskins, Jean Darling, Harry Spear, Mary Ann Jackson
Rating67% 3.368123.368123.368123.368123.36812
Joe's and Chubby's friendship is tested when their affections for Jean cause the two best friends to fight. At the same time, Farina and Harry have been unsuccessfully trying to go into business as fight promoters, and find in Joe's and Chubby's rivalry the ingredients for a perfect boxing match.
Cat, Dog & Co.
Cat, Dog & Co. (1929)

Directed by Robert A. McGowan
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Themes Children's films
Actors Bobby Hutchins, Joe Cobb, Allen Hoskins, Mary Ann Jackson, Jean Darling, Harry Spear
Rating65% 3.2577253.2577253.2577253.2577253.257725
Joe, Farina, and Harry are racing their dog-powered cars when they are stopped and reported to the President of the Be Kind to Animals Society. After promising to be kind to animals, the boys are made honorary society members. They soon convince other children to be kind to animals, and they release them from their cages to ensuing chaos.