Denis O'Dea (26 April 1905 – 5 November 1978) was an Irish stage and film actor.
Denis O'Dea (26 April 1905 – 5 November 1978) was an Irish stage and film actor.
He was born in Dublin and attended Synge Street CBS. When very young he and his mother Kathleen (from County Kerry) moved in with her sister, who kept a boarding house at 54 South Richmond Street. He worked in insurance until taking up acting. O'Dea was a leading member of Dublin's Abbey Theatre where he had a great acting career from 1929 to 1953; a list of his performances can be found in the Abbey archives.He also appeared in numerous plays by Irish playwright Teresa Deevy, some of which toured New York and England. His work led to a number of notable film roles, including two mid-1930s John Ford films, The Informer and The Plough and the Stars (1936), and the part of the police inspector in pursuit of IRA man James Mason in Carol Reed's Odd Man Out (1947).
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Wikipedia: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1187574
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Filmography (Movies)
Esther and the King
Character:Mordecai
Release Date:18/11/1960
Cradle of Genius
Character:Self
Release Date:11/11/1960
Darby O'Gill and the Little People
Character:Father Murphy
Release Date:24/06/1959
I Captured the King of the Leprechauns
Character:Father Murphy
Release Date:29/05/1959
The Story of Esther Costello
Character:Father Devlin
Release Date:06/11/1957
The Rising of the Moon
Character:Police Sergeant Tom O'Hara (segment '1921')
Release Date:10/08/1957
Captain Lightfoot
Character:Regis Donnell
Release Date:26/03/1955
Mogambo
Character:Father Josef
Release Date:23/09/1953
Sea Devils
Character:Lethierry
Release Date:12/04/1953
Niagara
Character:Inspector Starkey
Release Date:26/01/1953
Never Take No for an Answer
Character:Father Damico
Release Date:18/12/1951
Captain Horatio Hornblower R.N.
Character:RAdm. Sir Rodney Leighton
Release Date:10/04/1951
The Long Dark Hall
Character:Sir Charles Morton
Release Date:06/02/1951
Treasure Island
Character:Dr. Livesy
Release Date:19/07/1950
Landfall
Character:Captain Burnaby
Release Date:30/09/1949
Under Capricorn
Character:Mr. Corrigan
Release Date:08/09/1949
Marry Me
Character:George Saunders
Release Date:07/06/1949
The Bad Lord Byron
Character:Prosecuting Counsel
Release Date:18/04/1949
The Fallen Idol
Character:Inspector Crowe
Release Date:30/09/1948
The Mark of Cain
Character:Sir William Godgrey
Release Date:14/03/1947
Odd Man Out
Character:Inspector
Release Date:30/01/1947
The Plough and the Stars
Character:The Covey
Release Date:26/12/1936
Beloved Enemy
Character:Sean's I.R.A. Friend (Uncredited)
Release Date:25/12/1936
The Informer
Character:Street Singer
Release Date:09/05/1935
Guests of The Nation
Character:
Release Date:01/01/1935
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