Jimmy Mageean

Born: 1891-09-21 in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA

Died: 1972-02-06

Known For: Acting

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.

Filmography

1956

My Wife's Family as Dobson

1954

Happy Ever After as Divarsion

1937

Macushla as Pat Muldoon
Landslide as Harry McGovan
Against the Tide as Tom Jenkins

1936

Irish and Proud of It as Old Flaherty
The Early Bird as Charlie Simpson

1935

The Luck of the Irish as Sir Brian O'Neill