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