Personal Info
Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
April 26, 1905
Place of Birth:
Dublin, Ireland
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Denis O'Dea
Biography
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).
Known For
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | Esther and the King | Mordecai |
| 1960 | Cradle of Genius | Self |
| 1959 | Darby O'Gill and the Little People | Father Murphy |
| 1959 | I Captured the King of the Leprechauns | Father Murphy |
| 1957 | The Rising of the Moon | Police Sergeant Tom O'Hara (segment '1921') |
| 1957 | The Story of Esther Costello | Father Devlin |
| 1955 | Captain Lightfoot | Regis Donnell |
| 1953 | Mogambo | Father Josef |
| 1953 | Niagara | Inspector Starkey |
| 1953 | Sea Devils | Lethierry |
| 1951 | Captain Horatio Hornblower R.N. | RAdm. Sir Rodney Leighton |
| 1951 | Never Take No for an Answer | Father Damico |
| 1951 | The Long Dark Hall | Sir Charles Morton |
| 1950 | Treasure Island | Dr. Livesy |
| 1949 | Landfall | Captain Burnaby |
| 1949 | Under Capricorn | Mr. Corrigan |
| 1949 | The Bad Lord Byron | Prosecuting Counsel |
| 1949 | Marry Me | George Saunders |
| 1948 | The Fallen Idol | Inspector Crowe |
| 1947 | Odd Man Out | Inspector |
| 1947 | The Mark of Cain | Sir William Godgrey |
| 1936 | The Plough and the Stars | The Covey |
| 1936 | Beloved Enemy | Sean's I.R.A. Friend (Uncredited) |
| 1935 | Guests of The Nation | |
| 1935 | The Informer | Street Singer |
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