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