# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/j-p-mcgowan
# Generated: 2026-08-14T00:31:46.454Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/j-p-mcgowan"
name: "J. P. McGowan"
slug: "j-p-mcgowan"
description: "John Paterson McGowan was a pioneering Hollywood actor and director and occasionally a screenwriter and producer. McGowan remains the only Australian to have been made a life member of the Screen Directors Guild."
tagline: "Australian film director (1880–1952)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/J_P_McGowan_03.JPG?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Actors"
  slug: "actors"
profileType:
  name: "Actor"
  slug: "actor"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1880-02-24"
deathDate: "1952-03-26"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           45.22
  momentum:             2.334801762114537
  historical:           13.34341333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0569645/"
    handle:    "nm0569645"
sources:
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "J. P. McGowan"
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    title: "جی. پی. مک‌گوان"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._P._McGowan"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._P._McGowan"
    title: "J. P. McGowan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "J.P. McGowan"
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  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/J.P._McGowan"
    title: "J.P. McGowan"
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  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._P._McGowan"
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    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
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    title: "J.P. McGowan"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump