Cast
Denis O'Dea
Acting
Cast
Denis O'Dea
Known for
Acting
Born
1905-04-26
From
Dublin, Ireland
Died
1978-11-05
Also known as Dennis O'Dea
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 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).
★6.8
MOVIE1953
Niagara
as Inspector Starkey
★6.6
MOVIE1950
Treasure Island
as Dr. Livesy
★7.2
MOVIE1948
The Fallen Idol
as Inspector Crowe
★6.0
MOVIE1949
Under Capricorn
as Mr. Corrigan
★7.0
MOVIE1951
Captain Horatio Hornblower R.N.
as RAdm. Sir Rodney Leighton
★6.7
MOVIE1959
Darby O'Gill and the Little People
as Father Murphy
★6.4
MOVIE1953
Mogambo
as Father Josef
★6.8
MOVIE1935
The Informer
as Street Singer
★5.5
MOVIE1960
Esther and the King
as Mordecai
★7.3
MOVIE1947
Odd Man Out
as Inspector
★5.8
MOVIE1953
Sea Devils
as Lethierry
★9.0
MOVIE1959
I Captured the King of the Leprechauns
as Father Murphy
★6.7
MOVIE1951
The Long Dark Hall
as Sir Charles Morton
★5.7
MOVIE1936
The Plough and the Stars
as The Covey
★6.4
MOVIE1955
Captain Lightfoot
as Regis Donnell
★6.8
MOVIE1957
The Rising of the Moon
as Police Sergeant Tom O'Hara (segment '1921')
★6.3
MOVIE1936
Beloved Enemy
as Sean's I.R.A. Friend (Uncredited)
★7.0
MOVIE1957
The Story of Esther Costello
as Father Devlin
★6.1
MOVIE1949
The Bad Lord Byron
as Prosecuting Counsel
★5.8
MOVIE1949
Marry Me
as George Saunders
★6.3
MOVIE1951
Never Take No for an Answer
as Father Damico
★6.2
MOVIE1947
The Mark of Cain
as Sir William Godgrey
★10.0
MOVIE1960
Cradle of Genius
as Self
★5.0
MOVIE1935
Guests of The Nation
★7.6
MOVIE1949
Landfall
as Captain Burnaby