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Barry Keegan

Barry Keegan

Acting1922Dublin, Ireland

Biography

Barry Keegan was an actor who had a successful Hollywood career. Keegan began his acting career appearing in various films, such as the Stewart Granger adaptation "Footsteps in the Fog" (1955), "Satellite in the Sky" (1956) and the James Stewart suspenseful adaptation "The Man Who Knew Too Much" (1956). He also appeared in the thriller "The Safecracker" (1958) with Ray Milland. He kept working in film throughout the fifties and the sixties, starring in "Gideon's Day" (1959) with Jack Hawkins, "Moment of Danger" (1960) with Trevor Howard and "Gorgo" (1961). He also appeared in "King of Kings" (1961). Film continued to be his passion as he played roles in the dramatic adaptation "Billy Budd" (1962) with Terence Stamp, the adaptation "In Search of the Castaways" (1962) with Maurice Chevalier and the Peter Sellers comedy "The Wrong Arm of the Law" (1962). He also appeared in "A Walk With Love and Death" (1969) with Anjelica Huston. Keegan more recently acted in "Flight of the Doves" (1971).

Acting History

1973
The MacKintosh Man
as Pub Customer (uncredited)
The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes
TVas Inspector Lipinzki1 eps
The Protectors
TVas Barney Mailer1 eps
Crown Court
TVas William Cooke3 eps
1972
Frenzy
as Hospital Patient (uncredited)
1971
Justice
TVas Sam Hardy1 eps
The Onedin Line
TVas M'Guire
1970
Menace
TVas O'Rourke
1969
1968
1965
Theatre 625
TVas Selbitz / Larry Stormont / Sir Thomas Picton / Ba Fay1 eps
The Troubleshooters
TVas Col. Grant1 eps
1964
The July Plot
as SS General Count von Helidorf
The Saint
TVas Bosun1 eps
Festival
TVas Stagehand - Minister of Arts and Crafts1 eps
Detective
TVas Acton
The Wednesday Play
TVas SS General Count von Helidorf1 eps
1962
Flat Two
as Charles Berry
A Prize of Arms
as Supt. Cooper
1961
King of Kings
as Bad Thief
Payroll
as Bert Langridge
Gorgo
as Mate
Hand in Hand
as Mr. O'Malley
1960
In the Nick
as Screw Jenkins
1959
1958
Gideon's Day
as Riley
1957
Black Ice
as Mick
The Naked Truth
as 2nd Irishman (uncredited)
The Birthday Present
as Junior Reception Officer (uncredited)
1956
The Long Arm
as Detective Constable in Hospital Ward
Jacqueline
as Bob Quinton
The Man Who Knew Too Much
as Patterson (uncredited)
1955
Above Us the Waves
as Sailor on Towing Sub (uncredited)
Footsteps in the Fog
as Constable Burke

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Personal Info

Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
9/12/1922
Day of Death
9/26/1977
Place of Birth
Dublin, Ireland
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