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Denis O'Dea
Acting
26 Apr 1905
† 05 Nov 1978
Dublin, Ireland
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...
Also Known As
Dennis O'Dea
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Denis O'Dea's Movies
68%
Niagara
26 Jan 1953
66%
Treasure Island
19 Jul 1950
73%
Odd Man Out
30 Jan 1947
72%
The Fallen Idol
30 Sept 1948
60%
Under Capricorn
08 Sept 1949
64%
Mogambo
23 Sept 1953
66%
Darby O'Gill and the Little People
24 Jun 1959
69%
Captain Horatio Hornblower R.N.
10 Apr 1951
68%
The Informer
09 May 1935
58%
Sea Devils
12 Apr 1953
69%
The Rising of the Moon
10 Aug 1957
62%
Captain Lightfoot
26 Mar 1955
51%
Esther and the King
18 Nov 1960
58%
The Plough and the Stars
26 Dec 1936
70%
The Story of Esther Costello
06 Nov 1957
64%
The Long Dark Hall
06 Feb 1951
61%
Beloved Enemy
25 Dec 1936
60%
The Mark of Cain
14 Mar 1947
60%
The Bad Lord Byron
18 Apr 1949
70%
Landfall
30 Sept 1949