Barry Keegan
Born: 1922-09-12 in Dublin, Ireland
Died: 1977-09-26
Known For: Acting
Biography
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
1972
- Crown Court as William Cooke
- The Protectors as Barney Mailer
- Frenzy as Hospital Patient (uncredited)
- Full House
- Thrills Galore as Jack
1971
- The Onedin Line as M'Guire
- Justice as Sam Hardy
- The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes as Inspector Lipinzki
- Flight of the Doves as Powder
- Ireland, Mother Ireland as Fitzpatrick
1969
- A Walk with Love and Death as Peasant Leader
1968
- Gold is Where You Find It as Steve Lenihan
1965
- The Troubleshooters as Col. Grant
1964
- The Wednesday Play as SS General Count von Helidorf
- Theatre 625 as Larry Stormont
- The July Plot as SS General Count von Helidorf
1963
- The Human Jungle as Hogan
- Festival as Stagehand - Minister of Arts and Crafts
- The Wrong Arm of the Law as Alf
- Crane as Ferenc Szabo
- The Barber of Stamford Hill
1962
- The Saint as Martin Graham
- Billy Budd
- Flat Two as Charles Berry
- The Scales of Justice as Webb
- In Search of the Castaways as Irish claimant
- A Prize of Arms as Supt. Cooper
1961
- King of Kings as Bad Thief
- Payroll as Bert Langridge
- Gorgo as Mate
- Sir Francis Drake as Gomez
- Hand in Hand as Mr. O'Malley
- Danger! Men Working as Scanling
1960
- In the Nick as Screw Jenkins
1959
- Wrong Number as Max
1958
- Gideon's Day as Riley
1957
- Black Ice
- The Birthday Present as Junior Reception Officer (uncredited)
- The Naked Truth as 2nd Irishman (uncredited)
- The Film That Never Was
1956
- Jacqueline as Bob Quinton
- The Man Who Knew Too Much as Patterson (uncredited)
- Satellite in the Sky as Lefty
- The Long Arm as Detective Constable in Hospital Ward
1955
- Footsteps in the Fog as Constable Burke
- Above Us the Waves as Sailor on Towing Sub (uncredited)