Denis O'Dea
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| File:Denis O'Dea (1933).jpg
Denis O'Dea in 1933. Photo by Carl Van Vechten
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| Born | April 26, 1905 Dublin, Ireland |
| Died | Script error: The function "death_date_and_age" does not exist. Dublin, Ireland |
| Years active | 1935–60 |
| Spouse(s) | Siobhan McKenna (1946–78) (his death) 1 son |
Denis O'Dea (April 26, 1905 – November 5, 1978) was an Irish stage and film actor.
He was born in Dublin. 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.[1] He worked in insurance until taking up acting. O'Dea was a leading member of Dublin's Abbey Theatre, where his work led to a number of notable film roles, including two mid-1930s John Ford films, The Informer (1935 film) 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).[2]
Other films in which he appeared include: The Mark of Cain (1947), The Fallen Idol (1948, again for Reed, and again as a police inspector), Alfred Hitchcock's Under Capricorn (1949), The Bad Lord Byron (1949), Landfall (1949), Disney's Treasure Island (1950), Marry Me! (1950), Captain Horatio Hornblower (1951), The Long Dark Hall (1951), Mogambo (1953; another John Ford film), Niagara (1953), Never Take No For An Answer (1953), The Rising of the Moon (1957), Captain Lightfoot (1957), Darby O'Gill and the Little People (1959) and Esther and the King (1960).[3]
Family
He was married to actress Siobhán McKenna from 1946 until his death in 1978 at the age of 73; they had one son, Donnacha O'Dea, who was a champion swimmer and professional poker player.[2]
Filmography
- The Mark of Cain (1947)
- Under Capricorn (1949)
- Sea Devils (1953)
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