Niall Tóibín
Acting
Biography
Niall Toibin was an Irish comedian and actor. Born in Cork into an Irish speaking family, Tóibín grew up on the north-side of the city in Bishop's Field. He married Judy Kenny (1931-2001) in 1957. He had five children and seven grandchildren. He had an illustrious acting career spanning over four decades. On October 29 2002 he received the CFT Excellence Award for Best Actor.
Born: November 21, 1929
Place of Birth: Cork, County Cork, Ireland
Known For
The Wonderful World of Disney
Walt Disney Productions has produced an anthology television series under several different titles since 1954. The original version of the series premiered on ABC, Wednesday night, October 27, 1954. The show, which was hosted by Walt Disney until his death and then from 1996 to 2002 by then-CEO Michael Eisner (with one-off hosts or no hosts during other periods) has since aired continually as either a weekly program or an irregular series of specials on several networks and streaming services, most recently on ABC and Disney+. The show is the second longest showing prime-time program on American television, behind its rival, Hallmark Hall of Fame. However, Hallmark Hall of Fame was a weekly program only during its first five seasons, while Disney remained a weekly program for more than forty years.
The Ballroom of Romance
A lonely farmer's daughter hopes to find love at the village ballroom.
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.
Ryan's Daughter
In the wake of the 1916 Easter Rising, a married schoolteacher in a small Irish village has an affair with a troubled British officer.
Eat the Peach
Two young Irish men are watching an old Elvis Presley movie in which a carnival cyclist performs an act called the Wall of Death. Transfixed, they decide to put together their own "Wall of Death".
Children in the Crossfire
For the children of Northern Ireland, violence and hatred are a way of life passed from one generation to the next. In "Children in the Crossfire" four children from both sides of the conflict come to America through a special project, and discover each other away from the ravages of their homeland.
Who Bombed Birmingham?
Docudrama film exploring the efforts of World in Action researchers Ian MacBride and Chris Mullin in proving that the "Birmingham Six" only admitted to the bombing under extreme duress, and that the five IRA members were in fact responsible for the deadly attacks
Poitín
A poitín (moonshine) maker attempts to avoid the attentions of the Gardaí (police) in Connemara in the west of Ireland.
Ballykissangel
A young British priest adjusts to life in a rural Irish community where life revolves around the church and the local pub. Everyone knows everyone else's business, and everyone usually has an opinion on it. While characters come and go, the small-town qualities remain.
Philadelphia, Here I Come
Friel contrasts Gar's cloistered emotional life with his gregarious social persona by portraying him as two distinct characters, a public self (Donal McCann) and a private self (Des Cave).
Filmography
as Self
as Paddy
as Judge Ballaugh
as Father Geraldo
as Sean
as Father Mac
as Handy Paige
as Joe Donnelly
as Michael Murray Snr
as Preston Warner
as Lanigan
as Paddy Joe Hill
as Martin Fitzgerald
as John Lively
as Sean Gallagher
as Canon
as Reverend Coot
as Desi Lavers
as Malachy
as Boots
as Assist. Com. Webb
as Malachy
as Vincent Lavery
as The Minister
as Sir Ralph Murie
as Jack Holland
as Slipper
as Eyes Horgan
as Andred
as Giuseppe
as Sean
as Tony Murphy
as The Farmer
as Priest
as Defence Counsel
as Sleamhnan
as Irishman
as Con Sweeney
as Doctor (uncredited)
as Sergeant O'Casey
as The Defence Counsel
as O'Keefe
as Brendan Behan
as Kettering
as Speaker
as Kettering