Jul 11, 1882 - Denver, Colorado, USA
Robert Francis McGowan (July 11, 1882 – January 27, 1955) was an American film director and producer, best known as the senior director of the Our Gang short subjects film series from 1922 until 1933.
McGowan died of cancer in Santa Monica, California, on January 27, 1955, at the age of 72. His nephew, screenwriter and director Robert A. McGowan, died five months later.
From Wikipedia.
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| Movie | 1919 | The Devil's Trail | ||
| Movie | 1929 | Railroadin' | Man who stumbles on the Limited |
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| Movie | 1948 | Who Killed Doc Robbin? | Producer | Production |
| Movie | 1940 | The Old Swimmin' Hole | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1926 | Thundering Fleas | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1931 | The Little Rascals: The Best of Our Gang Collection (In Color) | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1947 | Curley | Producer | Production |
| Movie | 1936 | Frontier Justice | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1929 | Boxing Gloves | Producer | Production |
| Movie | 1929 | Lazy Days | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1929 | Lazy Days | Producer | Production |
| Movie | 1933 | Wild Poses | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1929 | Railroadin' | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1929 | Railroadin' | Producer | Production |
| Movie | 1929 | Small Talk | Producer | Production |
| Movie | 1929 | Small Talk | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1932 | Birthday Blues | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1933 | Mush and Milk | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1933 | Forgotten Babies | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1930 | Pups Is Pups | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1931 | Dogs Is Dogs | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1932 | Choo-Choo! | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1932 | A Lad an' a Lamp | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1932 | Free Wheeling | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1932 | Readin' and Writin' | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1932 | Spanky | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1932 | The Pooch | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1933 | The Kid from Borneo | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1933 | Fish Hooky | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1931 | Shiver My Timbers | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1931 | Love Business | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1931 | Bargain Day | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1931 | Little Daddy | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1931 | Fly My Kite | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1929 | Wiggle Your Ears | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1931 | Big Ears | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1929 | Bouncing Babies | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1930 | A Tough Winter | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1936 | Too Many Parents | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1930 | Bear Shooters | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1930 | The First Seven Years | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1930 | School's Out | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1930 | Teacher's Pet | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1926 | Buried Treasure | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1926 | Monkey Business | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1926 | Uncle Tom's Uncle | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1926 | Shivering Spooks | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1926 | Baby Clothes | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1926 | War Feathers | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1926 | Good Cheer | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1922 | Fire Fighters | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1922 | Our Gang | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1922 | Young Sherlocks | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1922 | A Quiet Street | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1922 | One Terrible Day | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1922 | Saturday Morning | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1923 | Dogs of War! | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1923 | The Champeen | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1923 | No Noise | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1923 | The Big Show | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1923 | Giants vs. Yanks | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1928 | The Smile Wins | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1923 | Sunday Calm | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1923 | July Days | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1923 | Derby Day | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1928 | Spook Spoofing | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1923 | Lodge Night | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1928 | Barnum & Ringling, Inc. | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1923 | Back Stage | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1923 | Stage Fright | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1923 | A Pleasant Journey | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1947 | Curley | Story | Writing |
| Movie | 1924 | Seein' Things | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1924 | The Sun Down Limited | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1924 | Fast Company | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1924 | Cradle Robbers | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1924 | It's a Bear | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1924 | Big Business | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1924 | Jubilo, Jr. | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1924 | Commencement Day | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1924 | The Buccaneers | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1924 | Tire Trouble | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1924 | Every Man for Himself | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1924 | High Society | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1924 | The Mysterious Mystery! | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1936 | Divot Diggers | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1925 | Boys Will Be Joys | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1925 | Official Officers | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1925 | Dog Days | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1925 | The Love Bug | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1925 | Better Movies | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1925 | Your Own Back Yard | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1925 | Ask Grandma | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1925 | Circus Fever | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1925 | One Wild Ride | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1925 | The Big Town | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1925 | Shootin' Injuns | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1925 | Mary, Queen of Tots | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1926 | The Fourth Alarm | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1940 | Tomboy | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1928 | Crazy House | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1938 | Sons of the Legion | Writer | Writing |
| Movie | 1927 | Seeing the World | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1927 | The Glorious Fourth | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1928 | The Spanking Age | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1929 | Little Mother | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1929 | Moan & Groan, Inc. | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1929 | Bouncing Babies | Producer | Production |
| Movie | 1940 | Haunted House | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1932 | Hook and Ladder | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1931 | Love Fever | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1931 | Helping Grandma | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1929 | Saturday's Lesson | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1927 | Love My Dog | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1920 | Kids Is Kids | Scenario Writer | Writing |
| Movie | 1927 | Heebee Jeebees | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1929 | Saturday's Lesson | Story | Writing |
| Movie | 1931 | Dogs Is Dogs | Producer | Production |
| Movie | 1926 | Telling Whoppers | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1929 | Noisy Noises | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1928 | School Begins | Producer | Production |
| Movie | 1927 | The Old Wallop | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1931 | Helping Grandma | Producer | Production |
| Movie | 1933 | Bedtime Worries | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1932 | Hook and Ladder | Producer | Production |
| Movie | 1931 | Little Daddy | Producer | Production |
| Movie | 1932 | The Pooch | Producer | Production |
| Movie | 1932 | Choo-Choo! | Producer | Production |
| Movie | 1933 | Wild Poses | Producer | Production |
| Movie | 1929 | Moan & Groan, Inc. | Producer | Production |
| Movie | 1930 | Shivering Shakespeare | Story | Writing |
| Movie | 1930 | Shivering Shakespeare | Supervising Producer | Production |
| Movie | 1930 | The First Seven Years | Producer | Production |
| Movie | 1930 | When the Wind Blows | Producer | Production |
| Movie | 1934 | One Too Many | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 2021 | The Little Rascals - The ClassicFlix Restorations, Volume 1 | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 2022 | The Little Rascals - The ClassicFlix Restorations, Volume 5 | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1930 | Teacher's Pet | Story | Writing |
| Movie | 1930 | Bear Shooters | Producer | Production |
| Movie | 2012 | The Best of The Little Rascals in 3D | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1929 | Thundering Toupees | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1927 | Yale vs. Harvard | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1933 | Bedtime Worries | Producer | Production |
| Movie | 1933 | Crook's Tour | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1928 | Fair and Muddy | Supervising Producer | Production |
