Niall MacGinnis

AKA: Niall MacGinniss, Niall McGinnis, Nick O'Dea
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1913-03-29

Dublin, Ireland

Biography

Niall MacGinnis was an Irish actor who made around 80 screen appearances.

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Cast RolesCast Roles Played = {73}

Zeus

1963-06-19 7.168

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 ...
Genre :Adventure, Family, Fantasy

Vogel

1941-11-24 6.934

49th Parallel

In the early days of World War II, a German U-boat is sunk in Canada's Hudson Bay. Hoping to evade capture, a small band of German soldiers led by commanding officer Lieutenant Hirth attempts to cross ...
Genre :War, Thriller

Sea Captain

1948-12-10 7.4

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 ...
Genre :Drama

Konstantin Levin

1948-01-22 6

Anna Karenina

Stefan and Dolly Oblonsky have had a spat and Stefan has asked his sister, Anna Karenina, to come down to Moscow to help mend the rift. Anna's companion on the train from St. Petersburg is Countess Vr ...
Genre :Drama, Romance

Dr. Julian Karswell

1957-11-09 6.985

Night of the Demon

American professor John Holden arrives in London for a conference on parapsychology only to discover that the colleague he was supposed to meet was killed in a freak accident the day before. It turns ...
Genre :Fantasy, Horror, Mystery

German Checkpoint Guard

1965-12-16 7.1

The Spy Who Came In from the Cold

British agent Alec Leamas refuses to come in from the Cold War during the 1960s, choosing to face another mission, which may prove to be his final one. ...
Genre :Drama, Thriller

Tiberian

1967-03-25 4.9

The Viking Queen

Set in ancient Britain, at a time when much of Europe was ruled with harsh tyranny by Rome, a tribe of Britons led by Selina, set out to defy the invaders and discard their yoke of bondage. The Roman ...
Genre :Adventure

Roulin

1956-09-15 7.168

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, The ...
Genre :Drama, History

Menelaus

1956-01-26 6.245

Helen of Troy

Prince Paris of Troy, shipwrecked on a mission to the king of Sparta, meets and falls for Queen Helen before he knows who she is. Rudely received by the royal Greeks, he must flee...but fate and their ...
Genre :Adventure, War, Romance, History

Odins

1965-11-17 6.3

The War Lord

A knight in the service of a duke goes to a coastal village where an earlier attempt to build a defensive castle has failed. He begins to rebuild the duke's authority in the face of the barbarians at ...
Genre :History, Drama, War

Mr. Shaun

1960-02-24 6.4

Kidnapped

Kidnapped and cheated out of his inheritance, young David Balfour falls in with a Jacobite adventurer, Alan Breck Stewart. Falsely accused of murder, they must flee across the Highlands, evading the r ...
Genre :Action, Adventure, Drama, Family

Kruger

1959-07-08 5.3

Tarzan's Greatest Adventure

The greatest adventure of jungle king Tarzan. Four British villains raid a settlement to obtain explosives for use in a diamond mine. In doing so they nearly destroy the settlement, so Tarzan pursues ...
Genre :Adventure

Andrew Gray

1937-09-10 7.2

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. ...
Genre :Drama, Romance

Baron

1964-03-11 7.2

Becket

Thomas Becket, Henry II's longtime advisor, finds his friendship with the debauched king corroding when he is unwillingly appointed as Archbishop of Canterbury in an attempt to gain absolute loyalty f ...
Genre :Drama, History

Defense Counsel

1960-03-04 7.3

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 ...
Genre :Drama, Mystery, Thriller

Harbor Master

1968-12-26 5.9

Krakatoa, East of Java

A team of maritime salvage workers are about to embark on a recovery dive. However the 1883 Krakatoa Volcano eruption provides more pressing problems. ...
Genre :Action, Adventure, Drama, Thriller

Father Andrew

1962-03-11 7.3

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 m ...
Genre :Adventure, TV Movie

Blackie

1954-09-07 5.6

Betrayed

When the Dutch resistance brings in Carla Van Oven to spy on the Nazis, Col. Pieter Deventer initially suspects she could be a double agent. Van Oven eventually convinces Deventer of her character, an ...
Genre :Drama, Romance, War

Martin Luther

1953-05-08 7.115

Martin Luther

A biopic of Martin Luther, covering his life between 1505 and 1530, and the birth of the Protestant Reformation movement. ...
Genre :Drama, History

Brenner

1963-12-01 6.2

The Man Who Finally Died

Joe Newman, a naturalised Briton, is telephoned by his German father, whom he believed long dead, at the same time as a funeral is taking place in Bavaria - with his father's name on the coffin. His i ...
Genre :Thriller, Mystery

Erector Set

1970-02-01 6.1

The Kremlin Letter

After an unauthorized letter suggesting U.S. support for a Russian attack on China is sent to Moscow, a former naval officer and his team go undercover to retrieve it. Their plans are disrupted when a ...
Genre :Thriller, Action

Friar Tuck

1960-12-26 5.931

Sword of Sherwood Forest

Robin of Loxley and his men stumble on a plot to overthrow Hubert Walter, King's Chancellor and Archbishop of Canterbury. The plotters, the Sheriff of Nottingham and the Earl of Newark, have set an am ...
Genre :Adventure, History

Neil Isherwood

1958-11-23 6

Behind the Mask

A newly qualified surgeon takes the blame for his drug addict colleague after the death their patient through neglect. ...
Genre :Drama

Cleary

1965-03-30 7.1

The Truth About Spring

Tommy Tyler, a lazy Caribbean sailor, and his tom-boy daughter, Spring, are out to search for a buried treasure. Tommy brings aboard William Ashton, a young lawyer, to help with the search. Ashton tur ...
Genre :Adventure, Comedy, Drama

Ship's Captain

1966-03-25 3.8

A Man Could Get Killed

An American businessman visiting Lisbon gets mistaken for a British secret agent who stole some diamonds. As a result, he has everybody in Lisbon after him. ...
Genre :Action, Comedy

Mark Killain

1947-08-26 6.7

Captain Boycott

Based on real events, this historical drama is set in 19th-century Ireland, when poverty-stricken tenants dispossessed by greedy landowner Capt. Boycott (Cecil Parker) band together to assert their ri ...
Genre :Drama, History

Herald

1951-09-10 6.5

Murder in the Cathedral

Murder in the Cathedral is a story about Thomas Becket, Archbishop of Canterbury, and his struggles against temptation and personal vanity prior to his murder in the great Cathedral. ...
Genre :Drama, History

Boots Simpson

1969-02-10 5.5

Sinful Davey

A young man, convinced of his paternity, aims to emulate his notorious father by committing daring crimes. However, his childhood friend is equally determined to track him down and save him from his r ...
Genre :Crime, Adventure, Comedy

Baxter

1950-04-24 6.3

Chance of a Lifetime

The workers in a small plough factory take over the firm, but when a large order falls through, the old management come back to help out. ...
Genre :Drama

Harry Tilney

1954-03-29 6

Conflict of Wings

In rural Norfolk, villagers are spurred to action when it is announced that the nearby RAF station is taking over the Island of Children, a much-loved and untouched bird sanctuary, for rocket practice ...
Genre :Comedy

Garwood Drum

1971-10-01 0

River of Mystery

A couple of freelance explosives experts find jungle adventure while being stalked by a revolutionary leader and a diamond hunter. ...
Genre :Adventure, TV Movie

Paul Vass

1962-09-01 6.4

The Devil's Agent

German actor Peter van Eyck stars as Droste, a mild-mannered businessman who was an intelligence expert during World War II. When Droste runs into his old friend Baron Von Straub (Christopher Lee), th ...
Genre :Mystery, Drama

Jimmy Bancroft

1944-04-28 6.2

Tawny Pipit

Jimmy Bancroft, a fighter pilot, who is recovering from injuries sustained during the Battle of Britain, and Hazel Court, a nurse, come across a pair of rare birds nestling in a field. After a run in ...
Genre :Drama

Mr. Roger Campbell

1966-06-20 5.799

Island of Terror

A small island community is overrun with creeping, blobbish, tentacled monsters which liquefy and digest the bones from living creatures. The community struggles to fight back. ...
Genre :Horror, Science Fiction

Parmenio

1956-03-28 5.918

Alexander the Great

An engrossing spectacle set in the 4th-century BC, in which Alexander of Greece leads his troops forth, conquering all of the known world, in the belief that the Greek way of thinking will bring enlig ...
Genre :Adventure, History, Drama, War

Dr. Howe

1954-01-13 6.667

Hell Below Zero

Duncan Craig signs on a whaling ship, partly because his own business deal has fallen through, partly to help Judie Nordhall find her father. Rumor has it that her father may have been murdered by Eri ...
Genre :Adventure, Action

Radek

1960-03-09 5.5

Foxhole in Cairo

A German spy in Cairo must report back to Rommel with information on British positions. ...
Genre :Drama, War

Dr. Silversmith (segment 1 "Enoch")

1967-11-01 6.125

Torture Garden

Five people visit a fairground sideshow run by the sinister Dr. Diabolo. Having shown them a handful of haunted-house-style attractions, he promises them a genuinely scary experience if they will pay ...
Genre :Horror

Jack Beardmore

1936-08-10 4.8

The Crimson Circle

Based on the novel by Edgar Wallace, detectives at Scotland Yard try and track down The Crimson Circle, a secret society of blackmailers ...
Genre :Drama

Tom Cassidy

1951-03-12 0

Talk of a Million

A family reduced to imminent poverty by the father's disinclination to work; an American lawyer looking for the heir to half a million pounds; the scene is set for a hilarious tale of creative decepti ...
Genre :Comedy

Beauty Kelly

1957-07-11 5.1

The Shiralee

An Australian "swagman" finds his wife with another man, so he takes the daughter, Buster, with him. On the road together, going from town to town and from farm to farm, father and daughter explore ne ...
Genre :Drama

O'Rane

1948-11-22 7

No Room at the Inn

A group of children are evacuated during world war two into the care of an alcoholic woman. ...
Genre :Drama

Michael O'Leary

1959-06-24 6.5

Shake Hands with the Devil

In 1921 Dublin, the IRA battles the "Black & Tans," special British forces given to harsh measures. Irish-American medical student Kerry O'Shea hopes to stay aloof, but saving a wounded friend gets hi ...
Genre :Action, Drama

Dr. Jordon

1943-07-26 5.8

Undercover

Occupied Yugoslavia. With organised resistance shattered by the Nazi onslaught it is only the activity of small guerrilla bands that bring fresh hope to the people. But quislings and infiltrators are ...
Genre :Drama, War

Olaf

1942-06-08 5.6

The Day Will Dawn

When Hitler invades Poland, sports journalist Colin Metcalfe (Hugh Williams) is unexpectedly reassigned as a foreign correspondent in Norway. En route, his ship is attacked by a German U-boat, but his ...
Genre :Drama, War

Joe

1941-06-23 5.5

East of Piccadilly

A series of murders in the West End of London baffle the officers of Scotland Yard and draw the interest of a crime reporter to the case. ...
Genre :Mystery

Terence Elliott

1936-04-27 5

Ourselves Alone

In 1921, as Irish nationalists battle with British authorities, a young girl is torn between loyalty to her brother, an IRA leader, her fiance, a police inspector, and his comrade and rival in love, a ...
Genre :Drama

Macmorris - Captain in the English Army

1944-11-24 6.614

Henry V

In the midst of the Hundred Years' War, the young King Henry V of England embarks on the conquest of France in 1415. ...
Genre :History, Drama, War

Green Knight

1953-12-22 6

Knights of the Round Table

In Camelot, kingdom of Arthur and Merlin, Lancelot is well known for his courage and honor. But one day he must quit Camelot and the Queen Guinevere's love, leaving the Round Table without protection. ...
Genre :Romance, Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Drama

Walter

1958-03-08 6

Jack the Ripper

Comprised of 4 episodes from the unsold TV series "The Veil" (1958) - "Summer Heat," "Genesis," "Food on the Table," and "Jack the Ripper." ...
Genre :Fantasy, Horror

Father Vermeuhlen

1959-06-18 7.2

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. ...
Genre :Drama

Klaus

1963-03-31 0

A Face in the Rain

An American spy hides in an apartment. But the woman who lives there is herself the mistress of a German Officer. ...
Genre :War

Ned O'Neill

1960-06-17 4.9

A Terrible Beauty

In 1941, the IRA plans a campaign to coincide with the planned German invasion of England. Dermott O'Neil finds it easy to get into the IRA, but can he get out? ...
Genre :Drama, War

Captain Nathaniel Graveling

1962-11-12 7.373

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. ...
Genre :Drama, Action

Hans Muller

1949-09-20 5.2

Diamond City

Set in the diamond fields of South Africa, Stafford Parker is a lawman trying to maintain a semblance of law and order in the "Wild South". ...
Genre :Western, Adventure, Drama

Brendan Devereaux

1959-01-01 0

This Other Eden

A small town plans to erect a monument in memory of an IRA rebel killed during the 1920s. The son of the English Colonel who killed the rebel objects to this. ...
Genre :Drama, Comedy

Chick Slater

1944-04-03 0

The Hundred Pound Window

An accountant who has to take a second job working at a racetrack, soon becomes mixed up with a shady crowd. ...
Genre :Thriller, Crime, Drama

Defending Counsel Sullivan

1961-10-01 6.5

Johnny Nobody

When the atheistic ranting of Irish-American author James Mulcahy upsets the inhabitants of the Irish village to which he has retired, a mob threatens him. But moments after he has dared God to strike ...
Genre :Crime, Mystery

Lt. Peter Stretton

1936-11-02 0

Debt of Honour

A Colonel's daughter steals from the regimental mess funds to pay off her gambling debts. One of the officers, who is love with her, takes the blame, and is sent to Africa. ...
Genre :Drama

Man on Ship-Dedication Stand

1943-11-18 6.3

The Demi-Paradise

Ivan Kouznetsoff, a Russian engineer, recounts during World War II his stay in England prior to the war working on a new propeller for ice-breaking ships. Naïve about British people and convinced by h ...
Genre :Drama, Comedy, Romance

Capuchin Monk

1968-11-14 6.802

The Shoes of the Fisherman

Ukrainian bishop Kiril Lakota, a political prisoner in a Soviet gulag for twenty years, is unexpectedly released and sent to the Vatican, where, upon the sudden death of the Pope, leader of the Cathol ...
Genre :Drama

Headmaster

1962-06-01 0

The Webster Boy

A gambler comes out of prison, returns to his old-flame, and finds that she has a teenage son, who begins to believe that the ex-con is his father. ...
Genre :Drama

Torpedo Gunner's Mate - C / P.O. Mike Corrigan

1943-04-15 6.4

We Dive at Dawn

A gripping tale of WWII naval warfare in the Baltics, starring John Mills as Lt. Freddie Taylor, a British submarine Captain. The crew of the Sea Tiger are summoned from leave on shore with their fami ...
Genre :War, Action, Drama

1951-06-28 6.9

No Highway in the Sky

James Stewart plays aeronautical engineer Theodore Honey, the quintessential absent-minded professor: eccentric, forgetful, but brilliant. His studies show that the aircraft being manufactured by his ...
Genre :Drama, Thriller

Juan de la Cosa

1949-10-12 5.7

Christopher Columbus

Christopher Columbus overcomes intrigue at the Spanish court and convinces Queen Isabella that his plan to reach the East by sailing west is practical. ...
Genre :Action, Adventure, Drama, History

Warder

1973-11-08 6.1

The MacKintosh Man

A member of British Intelligence assumes a fictitious criminal identity and allows himself to be caught, imprisoned, and freed in order to infiltrate a spy organization and expose a traitor; only, som ...
Genre :Thriller

James Casey

1958-09-30 6.3

She Didn't Say No!

Bridget Monaghan, a single mother who has had six children by different fathers, shocks the conservative inhabitants of an Irish village. ...
Genre :Comedy

John Lunn

1935-06-08 7

Turn of the Tide

Turn of the Tide is a 1935 British film directed by Norman Walker. It was the first feature film made by J. Arthur Rank. It is set in a North Yorkshire fishing village, and relates the rivalry betwe ...
Genre :Romance, Drama

Derek O'Neill

1935-12-06 0

The Luck of the Irish

'The story of an Irishman's attempts to save his ancestral home through the fortunes of his racehorse.' (Northern Ireland Screen Digital Film Archive) ...
Genre :

Sidney

1955-04-07 0

Special Delivery

Complications ensue when a U.S. diplomat discovers that he has a baby on his hands and an undercover gal in his arms. ...
Genre :Comedy

Prison Governor

1960-06-17 0

In the Nick

A gang of small-time criminals are sent to an experimental prison where inmates are to be reformed, not punished. ...
Genre :Comedy

Colonel Probst

1962-10-04 7.3

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. ...
Genre :Action & Adventure, Crime, Drama, Mystery

Peter Keegan

1963-10-09 8

Festival

An anthology of single plays offering up adaptations of either of prominent stage plays or novels. ...
Genre :Drama