Born March 30, 1926· Buncrana, County Donegal, Ireland
† Died June 15, 1989
18Roles★ 6.4Average rating
Emerging from a modest Irish background, the son of a bank manager was raised in Moville after being born in Buncrana and educated at St Eunan’s College, where he staged a musical at sixteen; a brief stint at Maynooth College gave way to a lifelong commitment to the stage when he joined the Abbey Theatre in 1947 and met his future wife, actress Ronnie Masterson. His career spanned theatre, televis…
