Barry Keegan
- Acting
- September 12, 1922 · Dublin, Ireland
- September 26, 1977
Biography
Barry Keegan was an actor who had a successful Hollywood career. Keegan began his acting career appearing in various films, such as the Stewart Granger adaptation "Footsteps in the Fog" (1955), "Satellite in the Sky" (1956) and the James Stewart suspenseful adaptation "The Man Who Knew Too Much" (1956). He also appeared in the thriller "The Safecracker" (1958) with Ray Milland. He kept working in film throughout the fifties and the sixties, starring in "Gideon's Day" (1959) with Jack Hawkins, "Moment of Danger" (1960) with Trevor Howard and "Gorgo" (1961). He also appeared in "King of Kings" (1961). Film continued to be his passion as he played roles in the dramatic adaptation "Billy Budd" (1962) with Terence Stamp, the adaptation "In Search of the Castaways" (1962) with Maurice Chevalier and the Peter Sellers comedy "The Wrong Arm of the Law" (1962). He also appeared in "A Walk With Love and Death" (1969) with Anjelica Huston. Keegan more recently acted in "Flight of the Doves" (1971).
Known for
Filmography
- The MacKintosh Man · Pub Customer (uncredited)
- Crown Court · William Cooke
- Full House
- The Protectors · Barney Mailer
- Thrills Galore · Jack
- Frenzy · Hospital Patient (uncredited)
- The Onedin Line · M'Guire
- Justice · Sam Hardy
- The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes · Inspector Lipinzki
- Ireland, Mother Ireland · Fitzpatrick
- Flight of the Doves · Powder
- Menace · O'Rourke
- A Walk with Love and Death · Peasant Leader
- ITV Saturday Night Theatre · Malloy
- The Root of All Evil? · Jack Shorter
- Gold Is Where You Find It · Steve Lenihan
- Thirty-Minute Theatre · Tommy
- The Troubleshooters · Col. Grant
- The July Plot · SS General Count von Helidorf
- Redcap · Sgt Greatorex
- The Wednesday Play · SS General Count von Helidorf
- The Summer in Gossensass · Herr Holst
- The Four Seasons of Rosie Carr · George Quorn
- Theatre 625 · Larry Stormont, Sir Thomas Picton
- Detective · Acton
- Festival · Stagehand - Minister of Arts and Crafts
- Espionage · Carter
- Crane · Ferenc Szabo
- The Human Jungle · Hogan
- The Wrong Arm of the Law · Alf
- The Barber of Stamford Hill
- A Prize of Arms · Supt. Cooper
- In Search of the Castaways · Irish claimant
- Billy Budd
- The Saint · Martin Graham, Bosun
- Flat Two · Charles Berry
- The Scales of Justice · Webb
- Sir Francis Drake · Gomez
- King of Kings · Bad Thief
- Danger! Men Working · Scanling
- Hand in Hand · Mr. O'Malley
- Gorgo · Mate
- Payroll · Bert Langridge
- Danger Man · Liamond
- In the Nick · Screw Jenkins
- Wrong Number · Max
- Gideon's Day · Riley
- Black Ice · Mick
- The Naked Truth · 2nd Irishman (uncredited)
- The Birthday Present · Junior Reception Officer (uncredited)
- The Film That Never Was
- Satellite in the Sky · Lefty
- Armchair Theatre · The Corporal, Gaffney Stewart
- Jacqueline · Bob Quinton
- The Long Arm · Detective Constable in Hospital Ward
- The Man Who Knew Too Much · Patterson (uncredited)
- The Adventures of Robin Hood · Pat Nolan
- Footsteps in the Fog · Constable Burke
- Above Us the Waves · Sailor on Towing Sub (uncredited)