Acting

Barry Keegan

Acting · Born 1922-09-12 · Dublin, Ireland

Barry Keegan was an actor who had a successful Hollywood career. Keegan began his acting career appearing in various films, such as the Stewart Granger adaptation "Footsteps in the Fog" (1955), "Satellite in the Sky" (1956) and the James Stewart suspenseful adaptation "The Man Who Knew Too Much" (1956). He also appeared in the thriller "The Safecracker" (1958) with Ray Milland. He kept working in film throughout the fifties and the sixties, starring in "Gideon's Day" (1959) with Jack Hawkins, "Moment of Danger" (1960) with Trevor Howard and "Gorgo" (1961). He also appeared in "King of Kings" (1961). Film continued to be his passion as he played roles in the dramatic adaptation "Billy Budd" (1962) with Terence Stamp, the adaptation "In Search of the Castaways" (1962) with Maurice Chevalier and the Peter Sellers comedy "The Wrong Arm of the Law" (1962). He also appeared in "A Walk With Love and Death" (1969) with Anjelica Huston. Keegan more recently acted in "Flight of the Doves" (1971).

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Film
The MacKintosh Man
1973 · Pub Customer (uncredited)
Crown Court
1972 · William Cooke
Full House
Full House
1972
The Protectors
1972 · Barney Mailer
Film
Thrills Galore
1972 · Jack
Film
Frenzy
1972 · Hospital Patient (uncredited)
The Onedin Line
1971 · M'Guire
Justice
1971 · Sam Hardy
The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes
1971 · Inspector Lipinzki
Film
Flight of the Doves
1971 · Powder
Menace
Menace
1970 · O'Rourke
Film
A Walk with Love and Death
1969 · Peasant Leader
ITV Saturday Night Theatre
1969 · Malloy
The Root of All Evil?
The Root of All Evil?
1968 · Jack Shorter
Film
Gold Is Where You Find It
1968 · Steve Lenihan
Thirty-Minute Theatre
1965 · Tommy
The Troubleshooters
1965 · Col. Grant
Film
The July Plot
1964 · SS General Count von Helidorf
Redcap
1964 · Sgt Greatorex
The Wednesday Play
1964 · SS General Count von Helidorf
The Four Seasons of Rosie Carr
The Four Seasons of Rosie Carr
1964 · George Quorn
Theatre 625
1964 · Larry Stormont
Detective
1964 · Acton
Festival
Festival
1963 · Stagehand - Minister of Arts and Crafts
Espionage
1963 · Carter
Crane
Crane
1963 · Ferenc Szabo
The Human Jungle
1963 · Hogan
Film
The Wrong Arm of the Law
1963 · Alf
Film
The Barber of Stamford Hill
1963
Film
A Prize of Arms
1962 · Supt. Cooper
Film
In Search of the Castaways
1962 · Irish claimant
Film
Billy Budd
1962
The Saint
1962 · Martin Graham
The Scales of Justice
1962 · Webb
Sir Francis Drake
1961 · Gomez
Film
King of Kings
1961 · Bad Thief
Film
Hand in Hand
1961 · Mr. O'Malley
Film
Gorgo
1961 · Mate
Film
Payroll
1961 · Bert Langridge
Danger Man
1960 · Liamond
Film
In the Nick
1960 · Screw Jenkins
Film
Wrong Number
1959 · Max
Film
Gideon's Day
1958 · Riley
Black Ice
Film
Black Ice
1957 · Mick
Film
The Naked Truth
1957 · 2nd Irishman (uncredited)
Film
The Birthday Present
1957 · Junior Reception Officer (uncredited)
Film
Satellite in the Sky
1956 · Lefty
Armchair Theatre
1956 · The Corporal
Film
Jacqueline
1956 · Bob Quinton
Film
The Long Arm
1956 · Detective Constable in Hospital Ward
Film
The Man Who Knew Too Much
1956 · Patterson (uncredited)
The Adventures of Robin Hood
1955 · Pat Nolan
Film
Footsteps in the Fog
1955 · Constable Burke
Film
Above Us the Waves
1955 · Sailor on Towing Sub (uncredited)
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