Liam Redmond

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Liam Redmond
Born	(1913-07-27)27 July 1913 Limerick, Ireland
Died	31 October 1989(1989-10-31) (aged 76) Dublin, Ireland
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1935–1970s
Spouse(s)	Barbara MacDonagh

Liam Redmond (27 July 1913 – 31 October 1989) was an Irish actor known for his stage, film and television roles.

Early life

Redmond was one of four children born to carpenter Thomas and Eileen Redmond. Educated at the Christian Brothers schools in Dublin, he later attended at University College, Dublin and initially read medicine before moving into drama.

Acting career

While Director of the Dramatic Society he met and married the society's secretary Barbara MacDonagh (sister of Donagh MacDonagh) and had four children.

Redmond was invited to join the Abbey Theatre in 1935 as a producer by William Butler Yeats, the Irish poet. Yeates wrote his play Death of Cuchullain particularly with Redmond in mind.

Redmond made his acting debut at the Abbey Theatre in 1935 in Sean O'Casey's The Silver Tassie. His first stage appearance was in 1939 in New York in The White Steed. After returning to Britain at the outbreak of the Second World War he was a regular on the London stage.

Returning to Broadway in the 1950s, Redmond played Canon McCooey in The Wayward Saint winning the George Jean Nathan Award for his performance.

Redmond found plenty of TV and film work throughout the 1950s and 60s and was regularly seen in TV series such as The Avengers, Daniel Boone, The Saint and Z-Cars. He was often called upon as a character actor in various military, religious and judicial roles in films such as I See a Dark Stranger (1946), Captain Boycott (1947), High Treason (1951), The Cruel Sea (1953), Playboy of the Western World (1962), Kid Galahad (1962), The Luck of Ginger Coffey (1964), Tobruk (1967), The Ghost and Mr. Chicken (1968) and Barry Lyndon (1975).

Redmond retired to Dublin and died at age 76 after a long period of ill heath in 1989. His wife Barbara predeceased him.

Filmography

I See a Dark Stranger (1946)
Captain Boycott (1947)
Daughter of Darkness (1948)
Saints and Sinners (1949)
Sword in the Desert (1949)
The Twenty Questions Murder Mystery (1950)
High Treason (1951)
The Gentle Gunman (1952)
The Cruel Sea (1953)
Devil on Horseback (1954)
Happy Ever After (1954)
Final Appointment (1954)
The Divided Heart (1954)
Passing Stranger (1954)
The Glass Cage (1955)
23 Paces to Baker Street (1956)
Jacqueline (1956)
Yield to the Night (1956)
Safari (1956)
The Long Haul (1957)
Night of the Demon (1957)
The Diplomatic Corpse (1958)
Rooney (1958)

Ice-Cold in Alex (1958)
She Didn't Say No! (1958)
No Trees in the Street (1959)
The Boy and the Bridge (1959)
Alive and Kicking (1959)
Scent of Mystery (1960)
Under Ten Flags (1960)
The Valiant (1962)
The Phantom of the Opera (1962)
Kid Galahad (1962)
Playboy of the Western World (1963)
The Luck of Ginger Coffey (1964)
The Amorous Adventures of Moll Flanders (1965)
The Ghost and Mr. Chicken (1966)
Tobruk (1967)
The 25th Hour (1967)
The Adventures of Bullwhip Griffin (1967)
The Last Safari (1967)
The Sky Bike (1967)
Till Death Us Do Part (1971)
Philadelphia, Here I Come (1975)
Barry Lyndon (1975)

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Name	Redmond, Liam
Alternative names
Short description	Versatile Irish actor
Date of birth	1813
Place of birth	Limerick, Ireland
Date of death	31 October 1989
Place of death	Dublin, Ireland

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