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Denis O'Dea (26 April 1905 – 5 November 1978) was an Irish stage and film actor.
Treasure Island
1950
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).
Gender
Male
Birthday
April 26, 1905
Died
November 5, 1978
Birthplace
Dublin, Ireland
Also Known As
Never Take No for an Answer
1951
Captain Lightfoot
1955
Treasure Island
1950
I Captured the King of the Leprechauns
1959
Esther and the King
1960
Sea Devils
1953
Niagara
1953
The Informer
1935
Captain Horatio Hornblower R.N.
1951
Landfall
1949
Under Capricorn
1949
The Bad Lord Byron
1949
Darby O'Gill and the Little People
1959
Cradle of Genius
1960
Beloved Enemy
1936
The Fallen Idol
1948
Mogambo
1953
Odd Man Out
1947
The Plough and the Stars
1936
Marry Me
1949
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