Denis O'Dea
Acting
Born 1905-04-26
Died 1978-11-05
Dublin, Ireland
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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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Filmography
Treasure Island
Niagara
Darby O'Gill and the Little People
Captain Horatio Hornblower R.N.
Odd Man Out
Mogambo
Under Capricorn
The Fallen Idol
The Informer
The Rising of the Moon
Esther and the King
Sea Devils
The Plough and the Stars
The Story of Esther Costello
I Captured the King of the Leprechauns
Captain Lightfoot
Beloved Enemy
Marry Me
The Long Dark Hall
The Bad Lord Byron
Landfall
Cradle of Genius
The Mark of Cain
Guests of The Nation
Never Take No for an Answer
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