Barry Keegan

Acting

Born September 12, 1922, 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).

Filmography

• 1973The MacKintosh Man — Pub Customer (uncredited)
• Crown Court — William Cooke
• 1972Frenzy — Hospital Patient (uncredited)
• Full House
• The Protectors — Barney Mailer
• 1972Thrills Galore — Jack
• 1971Flight of the Doves — Powder
• 1971Ireland, Mother Ireland — Fitzpatrick
• Justice — Sam Hardy
• The Onedin Line — M'Guire
• The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes — Inspector Lipinzki
• Menace — O'Rourke
• 1969A Walk with Love and Death — Peasant Leader
• ITV Saturday Night Theatre — Malloy
• 1968Gold Is Where You Find It — Steve Lenihan
• The Root of All Evil? — Jack Shorter
• The Troubleshooters — Col. Grant
• Thirty-Minute Theatre — Tommy
• Detective — Acton
• Redcap — Sgt Greatorex
• The Four Seasons of Rosie Carr — George Quorn
• 1964The July Plot — SS General Count von Helidorf
• 1964The Summer in Gossensass — Herr Holst
• The Wednesday Play — SS General Count von Helidorf
• Theatre 625 — Larry Stormont, Sir Thomas Picton, Selbitz, Ba Fay
• Crane — Ferenc Szabo
• Espionage — Carter
• Festival — Stagehand - Minister of Arts and Crafts
• 1963The Barber of Stamford Hill
• The Human Jungle — Hogan
• 1963The Wrong Arm of the Law — Alf
• 1962A Prize of Arms — Supt. Cooper
• 1962Billy Budd
• 1962Flat Two — Charles Berry
• 1962In Search of the Castaways — Irish claimant
• The Saint — Martin Graham, Bosun
• The Scales of Justice — Webb
• 1961Danger! Men Working — Scanling
• 1961Gorgo — Mate
• 1961Hand in Hand — Mr. O'Malley
• 1961King of Kings — Bad Thief
• 1961Payroll — Bert Langridge
• Sir Francis Drake — Gomez
• Danger Man — Liamond
• 1960In the Nick — Screw Jenkins
• 1959Wrong Number — Max
• 1958Gideon's Day — Riley
• 1957Black Ice — Mick
• 1957The Birthday Present — Junior Reception Officer (uncredited)
• 1957The Film That Never Was
• 1957The Naked Truth — 2nd Irishman (uncredited)
• Armchair Theatre — The Corporal, Gaffney Stewart, Fitzpatrick
• 1956Jacqueline — Bob Quinton
• 1956Satellite in the Sky — Lefty
• 1956The Long Arm — Detective Constable in Hospital Ward
• 1956The Man Who Knew Too Much — Patterson (uncredited)
• 1955Above Us the Waves — Sailor on Towing Sub (uncredited)
• 1955Footsteps in the Fog — Constable Burke
• The Adventures of Robin Hood — Pat Nolan