Niall MacGinnis
Acting
Biography
Niall MacGinnis was an Irish actor who made around 80 screen appearances.
Born: March 29, 1913
Place of Birth: Dublin, Ireland
Known For
Hamlet
Winner of four Academy Awards, including Best Picture and Best Actor, Sir Laurence Olivier’s Hamlet continues to be the most compelling version of Shakespeare’s beloved tragedy. Olivier is at his most inspired—both as director and as the melancholy Dane himself—as he breathes new life into the words of one of the world’s greatest dramatists.
The Saint
Simon Templar is The Saint, a handsome, sophisticated, debonair, modern-day Robin Hood who recovers ill-gotten wealth and redistributes it to those in need.
Never Take Sweets from a Stranger
Peter Carter, his wife Sally and their young daughter Jean move to a sleepy Canadian village, where Peter has been hired as a school principal. Their idyll is shattered when Jean becomes the victim of an elderly, and extremely powerful, paedophile. The film was neither a box office nor a critical success, it garnered criticism for breaking a significant public taboo.
Billy Budd
Billy is an innocent, naive seaman in the British Navy in 1797. When the ship's sadistic master-at-arms is murdered, Billy is accused and tried.
Lust for Life
An intense and imaginative artist, revered Dutch painter Vincent van Gogh possesses undeniable talent, but he is plagued by mental problems and frustrations with failure. Supported by his brother, Theo, the tormented Van Gogh eventually leaves Holland for France, where he meets volatile fellow painter Paul Gauguin and struggles to find greater inspiration.
The Edge of the World
A way of life is dying on a remote Scottish island, but some of the inhabitants resist evacuating to the mainland.
The Nun's Story
After leaving a wealthy Belgian family to become a nun, Sister Luke struggles with her devotion to her vows during crisis, disappointment, and World War II.
Theatre 625
Theatre 625 is a British television drama anthology series, produced by the BBC and transmitted on BBC2 from 1964 to 1968. It was one of the first regular programmes in the line-up of the channel, and the title referred to its production and transmission being in the higher-definition 625-line format, which only BBC2 used at the time.
Jason and the Argonauts
Jason, a fearless sailor and explorer, returns to his home land of Thessaly after a long voyage to claim his rightful throne. He learns, however, that he must first find the magical Golden Fleece. To do so, he must embark on an epic quest fraught with fantastic monsters and terrible perils.
The Prince and the Pauper
In the London of 1537, two boys resembling each other exactly meet accidentally and exchange "roles" for a short while. After many adventures, the prince regains his rightful identity and graciously makes his "twin" a ward of the court.
Filmography
as Warder
as Garwood Drum
as Erector Set
as Harbor Master
as Boots Simpson
as Capuchin Monk
as Dr. Silversmith (segment 1 "Enoch")
as Tiberian
as Mr. Roger Campbell
as Ship's Captain
as German Checkpoint Guard
as Odins
as Cleary
as Yevgeny Dorn
as Baron
as Brenner
as Zeus
as Klaus
as Captain Nathaniel Graveling
as Colonel Probst
as Paul Vass
as Headmaster
as Father Andrew
as Defending Counsel Sullivan
as Friar Tuck
as Ned O'Neill
as Prison Governor
as Radek
as Defense Counsel
as Mr. Shaun
as Brendan Devereaux
as Michael O'Leary
as Father Vermeuhlen
as Kruger
as Neil Isherwood
as James Casey
as Dr. Julian Karswell
as Beauty Kelly
as Roulin
as Parmenio
as Menelaus
as Sidney
as Blackie
as Harry Tilney
as Dr. Howe
as Green Knight
as Martin Luther
as Herald
as Tom Cassidy
as Baxter
as Juan de la Cosa
as Hans Muller
as Sea Captain
as O'Rane
as Konstantin Levin
as Mark Killain
as Macmorris - Captain in the English Army
as Jimmy Bancroft
as Man on Ship-Dedication Stand
as Dr. Jordon
as Torpedo Gunner's Mate - C / P.O. Mike Corrigan
as Olaf
as Vogel
as Joe
as Andrew Gray
as Lt. Peter Stretton
as Jack Beardmore
as Terence Elliott
as Derek O'Neill
as John Lunn