Godfrey Quigley | |
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Born | Godfrey John Quigley 4 May 1923 |
Died | 7 September 1994
Dublin, Ireland | (aged 71)
Nationality | Irish |
Alma mater | Abbey School of Acting |
Occupation(s) | Film, television and stage actor |
Years active | 1949–1989 |
Organization | Globe Theatre Company founder |
Spouse | Genevieve Lyons (1954—??) (divorced) |
Godfrey Quigley (4 May 1923 – 7 September 1994) was an Irish film, television and stage actor. He appeared in Stanley Kubrick's films A Clockwork Orange and Barry Lyndon.
Quigley was born in Jerusalem, Mandatory Palestine, where his father was serving as an officer in the British Army. [1] The family returned to Ireland in the 1930s and, following military service in the Second World War, Quigley trained as an actor at the Abbey School of Acting. [1]
In 1949, Quigley made his first film appearance, in Saints and Sinners. [2] He appeared in two Stanley Kubrick films: first as the prison chaplain in A Clockwork Orange (1971), and then as Captain Grogan in Barry Lyndon (1975). [3] In British television, he played a has-been gangster in the serial Big Breadwinner Hog (1969). [4] His theatre roles include the Irishman in Tom Murphy's The Gigli Concert, for which he won the Harvey's Best Actor Award in 1984. [5]
In the 1950s, Quigley co-founded the Globe Theatre Company, [5] whose members included his wife, Genevieve Lyons. The company was disestablished in 1960. [1] During the same period, he produced the radio soap opera The Kennedys of Castleross. [5]
In 1983 Quigley appeared in the film Educating Rita. [3]
Quigley died in Dublin of Alzheimer's disease, aged 71. [6] [7]
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1949 | Saints and Sinners | Colin | Uncredited |
1957 | The Rising of the Moon | Christy Donigan | |
1958 | Rooney | Tom Reilly | |
1959 | Broth of a Boy | Desmond Phillips | |
1960 | The Siege of Sidney Street | Blakey | |
1962 | Dead Man's Evidence | Supt. O'Brien | |
1964 | Nothing But the Best | Coates | |
1964 | The Counterfeit Constable | Inspector Savory | |
1966 | Daleks' Invasion Earth 2150 A.D. | Dortmun | |
1969 | Guns in the Heather | Meister | |
1969 | The Reckoning | Dr. Carolan | |
1971 | Get Carter | Eddie | |
1971 | A Clockwork Orange | Prison Chaplain | |
1973 | Conflict | Father Walter | |
1975 | Barry Lyndon | Captain Grogan | |
1977 | The Man in the Iron Mask | Baisemeaux | |
1983 | Educating Rita | Rita's father | |
1989 | All Dogs Go to Heaven | Terrier | Voice (final film role) |
Godfrey Quigley | |
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Born | Godfrey John Quigley 4 May 1923 |
Died | 7 September 1994
Dublin, Ireland | (aged 71)
Nationality | Irish |
Alma mater | Abbey School of Acting |
Occupation(s) | Film, television and stage actor |
Years active | 1949–1989 |
Organization | Globe Theatre Company founder |
Spouse | Genevieve Lyons (1954—??) (divorced) |
Godfrey Quigley (4 May 1923 – 7 September 1994) was an Irish film, television and stage actor. He appeared in Stanley Kubrick's films A Clockwork Orange and Barry Lyndon.
Quigley was born in Jerusalem, Mandatory Palestine, where his father was serving as an officer in the British Army. [1] The family returned to Ireland in the 1930s and, following military service in the Second World War, Quigley trained as an actor at the Abbey School of Acting. [1]
In 1949, Quigley made his first film appearance, in Saints and Sinners. [2] He appeared in two Stanley Kubrick films: first as the prison chaplain in A Clockwork Orange (1971), and then as Captain Grogan in Barry Lyndon (1975). [3] In British television, he played a has-been gangster in the serial Big Breadwinner Hog (1969). [4] His theatre roles include the Irishman in Tom Murphy's The Gigli Concert, for which he won the Harvey's Best Actor Award in 1984. [5]
In the 1950s, Quigley co-founded the Globe Theatre Company, [5] whose members included his wife, Genevieve Lyons. The company was disestablished in 1960. [1] During the same period, he produced the radio soap opera The Kennedys of Castleross. [5]
In 1983 Quigley appeared in the film Educating Rita. [3]
Quigley died in Dublin of Alzheimer's disease, aged 71. [6] [7]
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1949 | Saints and Sinners | Colin | Uncredited |
1957 | The Rising of the Moon | Christy Donigan | |
1958 | Rooney | Tom Reilly | |
1959 | Broth of a Boy | Desmond Phillips | |
1960 | The Siege of Sidney Street | Blakey | |
1962 | Dead Man's Evidence | Supt. O'Brien | |
1964 | Nothing But the Best | Coates | |
1964 | The Counterfeit Constable | Inspector Savory | |
1966 | Daleks' Invasion Earth 2150 A.D. | Dortmun | |
1969 | Guns in the Heather | Meister | |
1969 | The Reckoning | Dr. Carolan | |
1971 | Get Carter | Eddie | |
1971 | A Clockwork Orange | Prison Chaplain | |
1973 | Conflict | Father Walter | |
1975 | Barry Lyndon | Captain Grogan | |
1977 | The Man in the Iron Mask | Baisemeaux | |
1983 | Educating Rita | Rita's father | |
1989 | All Dogs Go to Heaven | Terrier | Voice (final film role) |