Person
Jimmy Mageean
Acting · 1891–1972 · Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
Biography
Jimmy Mageean was an American theatrical and film actor. Born in Massachusetts, he worked as an actor in the US, Canada, and England. He served in the Royal Irish Rifles in the First World War, and settled in Belfast after the war ended. There, he became a leading figure in the city's theatre scene, alongside his close friend Richard Hayward. With Hayward, he moved towards cinema, and became a star of low-budget 'Quota Quickies'. He later returned to America, and died in San Diego in 1972.
Known for
Landslide
Harry McGovan
My Wife's Family
Dobson
Happy Ever After
Divarsion
The Early Bird
Charlie Simpson
Irish and Proud of It
Old Flaherty
Macushla
Pat Muldoon
The Luck of the Irish
Sir Brian O'Neill
Against the Tide
Tom Jenkins
Filmography
- 1956My Wife's FamilyDobson
- 1954Happy Ever AfterDivarsion
- 1937Against the TideTom Jenkins
- 1937LandslideHarry McGovan
- 1937MacushlaPat Muldoon
- 1936Irish and Proud of ItOld Flaherty
- 1936The Early BirdCharlie Simpson
- 1935The Luck of the IrishSir Brian O'Neill
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