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Robert F. McGowan

American film director and producer (1882–1955)
Person human Q3435067

Facts

19 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[12]
Date of birth
July 11, 1882
Date of death
January 27, 1955
Place of birth
Denver
Place of death
Santa Monica
Country of citizenship
United States[10]
Occupation
film director, film producer, actor, screenwriter, director
Languages spoken, written or signed
English[15]
Copyright status as a creator
copyrights on works have expired[20]
Family name
McGowan[13]
Given name
Robert[14]
Has works in the collection
Harvard Film Archive[18]
Native language
English[11]
On focus list of Wikimedia project
Harvard Film Archive Project[17]
P14724
25024039[21]
P14750
77E5-F757-64B9-FC11-0D44[22]
Start of work period
1921[16]
Writing language
English[19]
🏷️ Also known as
en Robert Francis McGowan en Robert McGowan en Robert F McGowan en Robert F. McGowan ar روبرت ف. ماكغوان cs Robert Francis McGowan es Robert Francis McGowan fa رابرت اف. مک‌گاون ja ロバート・F・マクガワン ja ロバート・マッゴーワン ru Роберт Ф. Макгоун
🔖 Identifiers · 30
ISNI
0000000116420825
VIAF cluster ID
51896504
GND ID
141812125
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Our Gang with Director Robert McGowan.jpg ↗
ACMI ID
creators/32015
AllMovie person ID
p183369
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
141205627
Cinémathèque québécoise person ID
106472
Danish National Filmography person ID
28368
Film.ru person ID
robert-f-mcgowan
Freebase ID
/m/05dxl_
George Eastman Museum people ID
99045
Show all 30 identifiers +18
IMDb ID
nm0569697
IdRef ID
07505681X
Kinobox person ID
886322
Kinopoisk person ID
221000
MYmovies person ID
222435
Movie Walker Press person ID
13863
MovieMeter person ID
103926
NL CR AUT ID
xx0164310
National Library of Spain SpMaBN ID (BNE v1.0)
XX4617549
OpenMLOL author ID
302139
PORT person ID
173280
Prabook ID
2062926
Related category
Category:Films directed by Robert F. McGowan
Swedish Film Database person ID
156909
TMDB person ID
103926
WikiTree person ID
McGowan-2766
WorldCat Entities ID
E39PBJy8B6GTCRXtTgC86hCCwC
ČSFD person ID
18768

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🔗 Connections
Films directed 19
Our Gang, Derby Day, Dogs of War, The Big Show, Fire Fighters, High Society, One Terrible Day, The Buccaneers +11 more
Occupation 5
actor, film director, screenwriter, film producer, director
Films written 2
Bored of Education, Twin Beds
Country of citizenship 1
United States
Given name 1
Robert
Instance of 1
human
Languages spoken, written or signed 1
English
Native language 1
English
Place of birth 1
Denver
Place of death 1
Santa Monica
Sex or gender 1
male
Writing language 1
English
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Summary

Born in Denver[1], he… he was born on July 11, 1882[2]. He died in Santa Monica[3]. He died on January 27, 1955[4]. He worked as a film director[5], film producer[6], actor[7], screenwriter[8], and director[9].

FAQs

Where was Robert F. McGowan born?

Born in Denver[1].

Where did Robert F. McGowan die?

Robert F. McGowan died in Santa Monica[3].

What did Robert F. McGowan do for work?

Robert F. McGowan worked as film director[5], film producer[6], actor[7], screenwriter[8], and director[9].

Related Entities

United States

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [1] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [12] ↑ . BnF authorities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [7] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [8] ↑ . HOLLIS. Retrieved . id.lib.harvard.edu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [9] ↑ . www.acmi.net.au. wikidata.org.
  11. [2] ↑ . BnF authorities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [4] ↑ . BnF authorities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [15] ↑ . IdRef. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [18] ↑ . HOLLIS. Retrieved . id.lib.harvard.edu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [20] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  21. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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  1. 4w ago · Rémi sim · 2026-10-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14750 → 77E5-F757-64B9-FC11-0D44
    Instance of → —
    Place of birth → Denver
    Family name → McGowan
    + 21 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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