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Jimmy Mageean
Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
Jimmy Mageean was an American theatrical and film actor. Born in Massachusetts, he worked as an actor in the US, Canada, and England. He served in the Royal Irish Rifles in the Fi…
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Jimmy Mageean was an American theatrical and film actor. Born in Massachusetts, he worked as an actor in the US, Canada, and England. He served in the Royal Irish Rifles in the First World War, and settled in Belfast after the war ended. There, he became a leading figure in the city's theatre scene, alongside his close friend Richard Hayward. With Hayward, he moved towards cinema, and became a star of low-budget 'Quota Quickies'. He later returned to America, and died in San Diego in 1972.
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1956
My Wife's Family
Movie Dobson
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1954
Happy Ever After
Movie Divarsion
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1937
Against the Tide
Movie Tom Jenkins
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1937
Landslide
Movie Harry McGovan
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1937
Macushla
Movie Pat Muldoon
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1936
Irish and Proud of It
Movie Old Flaherty
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1936
The Early Bird
Movie Charlie Simpson
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1935
The Luck of the Irish
Movie Sir Brian O'Neill
