Acting credits
24
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Actor
Denis O'Dea
Acting
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Movies: 24Series: 0
TMDB ID: 85410
IMDb ID: nm0640614
Known for: Acting
Born: April 26, 1905
Died: November 5, 1978
Age: 73
Place of birth: Dublin, Ireland
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1935 - 1960
Years active: 26
Average TMDB rating: 6.66
Wikidata: Q1187574
Also known as
Dennis 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).
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Movie credits linked with Denis O'Dea.
5.1
Esther and the King
as Mordecai
1960 Movie
Cradle of Genius
as Self
1960 Movie
6.6
Darby O'Gill and the Little People
as Father Murphy
1959 Movie
9.0
I Captured the King of the Leprechauns
as Father Murphy
1959 Movie
7.0
The Story of Esther Costello
as Father Devlin
1957 Movie
6.9
The Rising of the Moon
as Police Sergeant Tom O'Hara (segment '1921')
1957 Movie
6.2
Captain Lightfoot
as Regis Donnell
1955 Movie
6.4
Mogambo
as Father Josef
1953 Movie
5.8
Sea Devils
as Lethierry
1953 Movie
6.8
Niagara
as Inspector Starkey
1953 Movie
6.0
Never Take No for an Answer
as Father Damico
1951 Movie
6.9
Captain Horatio Hornblower R.N.
as RAdm. Sir Rodney Leighton
1951 Movie
6.4
The Long Dark Hall
as Sir Charles Morton
1951 Movie
6.6
Treasure Island
as Dr. Livesy
1950 Movie
7.0
Landfall
as Captain Burnaby
1949 Movie
6.0
Under Capricorn
as Mr. Corrigan
1949 Movie
4.3
Marry Me
as George Saunders
1949 Movie
7.2
The Fallen Idol
as Inspector Crowe
1948 Movie
6.0
The Mark of Cain
as Sir William Godgrey
1947 Movie
7.3
Odd Man Out
as Inspector
1947 Movie
5.8
The Plough and the Stars
as The Covey
1936 Movie
6.1
Beloved Enemy
as Sean's I.R.A. Friend (Uncredited)
1936 Movie
6.8
The Informer
as Street Singer
1935 Movie
5.0
Guests of The Nation
1935 Movie