Main
Niall MacGinnis
عربي

Niall MacGinnis (1913 - 1977) نيال ماكجينيس

Biography

An Irish actor, born in Dublin, Ireland as Patrick Niall MacGinnis. He received his education at Stonyhurst College and a Jesuit school in England, and he studied medicine at Trinity College in Dublin, qualifying to work as a resident surgeon. During World War II, he worked as a...Read more surgeon in the Royal Navy, and after the war, he worked in theaters for stock companies, and moved to work at the Old Vic Theatre in London, and presented Shakespeare’s plays. He began his film career with Turn of the Tide (1935). During World War II, he presented some war films and war effort films. He then arrived in the United States and performed on Broadway and Hollywood. Then he returned to England and appeared in a number of historical films. In the seventies, he returned to practicing medicine. He was married twice and had a child. He's known for Island of Terror (1966), Curse of the Demon (1957) and Jason and the Argonauts (1963). He died of cancer in Wales, United Kingdom on January 6, 1977, at age 63.

- Nationality:
- Ireland
- Date of Birth:
- 29 March 1913
- Birth Country:
- Ireland
- Died on:
- 6 January 1977
- Death Country:
- UK

Watch Online

- - Bab Al Jahim
  - 2021 - Series
  - subscribe
- - El Daawa Ammah
  - 2022 - Movie
  - subscribe
- - Al Ghurfa 207
  - 2022 - Series - Short
  - subscribe
- - Bayt El Refaei
  - 2024 - Series
  - subscribe

Filmography

Actor (10)
- - - The MacKintosh Man
    - 1973 - Movie
- - - Jason and the Argonauts
    - 1963 - Movie
- - - Tarzan's Greatest Adventure
    - 1959 - Movie
- - - Alexander the Great
    - 1956 - Movie
- - - Lust for Life
    - 1956 - Movie
- - - Betrayed
    - 1954 - Movie
- - - Knights of the Round Table
    - 1953 - Movie
- - - Hamlet
    - 1948 - Movie
- - - Henry V
    - 1944 - Movie
- - - 49th Parallel
    - 1941 - Movie

Known for

(According to views)

photos

[9 photos]

More details

Biographies:

An Irish actor, born in Dublin, Ireland as Patrick Niall MacGinnis. He received his education at Stonyhurst College and a Jesuit school in England, and he studied medicine at...Read more Trinity College in Dublin, qualifying to work as a resident surgeon. During World War II, he worked as a surgeon in the Royal Navy, and after the war, he worked in theaters for stock companies, and moved to work at the Old Vic Theatre in London, and presented Shakespeare’s plays. He began his film career with Turn of the Tide (1935). During World War II, he presented some war films and war effort films. He then arrived in the United States and performed on Broadway and Hollywood. Then he returned to England and appeared in a number of historical films. In the seventies, he returned to practicing medicine. He was married twice and had a child. He's known for Island of Terror (1966), Curse of the Demon (1957) and Jason and the Argonauts (1963). He died of cancer in Wales, United Kingdom on January 6, 1977, at age 63.

Trivia:

He appeared in 5 films nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture: 49th Parallel (1941), Henry V (1944), The Nun's Story (1959) and Becket (1964), and Hamlet (1948), with the later winning Best Picture.
He married Sheila Macdonald in 1942, and after their divorce, he married Eleanor in 1955. They had a child, and he remained with her until he died in 1977.