Robert Anthony McGowan (May 22, 1901 – June 20, 1955) was an American screenwriter and film director.
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.
His daughter Mickie McGowan (1938-2022) was a voice actor, casting agent, and ADR director.
[citation needed] He died in Los Angeles, California on June 20, 1955, five months after his uncle, at the age of 54.