Denis O'Dea
- Recitazione
- 26 aprile 1905 · Dublin, Ireland
- 5 novembre 1978
Biografia
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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Filmografia
- Ester e il re · Mordecai
- Cradle of Genius · In persona
- Darby O'Gill e il re dei folletti · Father Murphy
- I Captured the King of the Leprechauns · Father Murphy
- La storia di Esther Costello · Father Devlin
- Storie irlandesi · Police Sergeant Tom O'Hara (segment '1921')
- Il ribelle d'Irlanda · Regis Donnell
- Mogambo · Father Josef
- Gli sparvieri dello stretto · Lethierry
- Niagara · Inspector Starkey
- The Small Miracle · Father Damico
- Le avventure del capitano Hornblower · RAdm. Sir Rodney Leighton
- L'assassino arriva di notte · Sir Charles Morton
- L'isola del tesoro · Dr. Livesy
- Il peccato di Lady Considine · Mr. Corrigan
- Landfall · Captain Burnaby
- Marry Me · George Saunders
- The Bad Lord Byron · Prosecuting Counsel
- Idolo infranto · Inspector Crowe
- The Mark of Cain · Sir William Godgrey
- Fuggiasco · Inspector
- The Plough and the Stars · The Covey
- Nemico amato · Sean's I.R.A. Friend (Uncredited)
- Il traditore · Street Singer
- Guests of The Nation