Denys Hawthorne
Born: 1932-08-09 in Portadown, County Armagh, Northern Ireland, UK
Died: 2009-10-16
Known For: Acting
Biography
Denys Hawthorne’s long and distinguished career has encompassed extensive work in theatre, television and film, both in England and Ireland. Drama has included Shakespeare and Chekhov, as well as many contemporary plays, while he has been seen in popular TV series including Inspector Morse, and Father Ted, and The Russia House, and Emma on the wide screen. Throughout, radio performance has been a constant theme, notably in drama and poetry.
Filmography
1999
- Eviction as Patrick McBride
1996
- Emma as Mr. Woodhouse
- Samuel Beckett: As the Story Was Told as Voice
1995
- Father Ted as Bishop Facks
1994
- A Breed of Heroes as Jack Smiles
1993
- In the Name of the Father as Appeal Judge
- The House of the Spirits
1990
- The Russia House as Paddy
- Shoot to Kill as Professor
- The Englishman's Wife as Jim McGettrick
1989
- Agatha Christie's Poirot as Bonnington
- Australia
1988
- Jack the Ripper as Assistant Commissioner
- Hannay
- Blanc de Chine as Jason
- Troubles as Boy O'Neill
- Crossfire as Daniel Kent
1987
- Inspector Morse as Chief Superintendent Rennie
1986
- Daylight Robbery as Willy
- Doctor Who: Terror of the Vervoids as Rudge
1985
- Wynne and Penkovsky as Newson
- The Price as Doherty
1984
- Sherlock Holmes as James Barclay
- The Cry as RUC District Inspector
- Amy as Col. Francis Shelmerdine
- A Private Function as Hotel Manager
- A Woman Calling as Broderick's Colleague
1983
- An Englishman Abroad as Tailor
- Gates of Gold as Minister
1982
- Easter 2016 as Cyril Brown
- Harry's Game as Minister of Defence
1981
- The Life and Times of David Lloyd George as John Dillon
- Les Roses de Dublin as Arthur Hogan
1980
- The Long March as Father Oliver
- Strumpet City as Mr. Yearling
1979
- The Human Factor as Insp. Butler
1978
- Grange Hill as Mr. Starling
1976
- Rogue Male as Assassin
1975
- Rumpole of the Bailey as Lt. Col. Borders
1974
- Churchill's People as The Confessor
- Within These Walls as Dr Peter Mayes
1973
- Black and Blue as Ulric
1972
- Crown Court as Dr. Joseph Ross
- Carson Country as Archie Heron
- Suburban Wives as George/Kathy's Husband
1971
- Ireland, Mother Ireland as Paul Kincaid
1970
- The Wife Swappers as Cliff
1967
- The Inn Way Out as Irish Barman (as Dennis Hawthorne)
1964
- Bloomsday as M'Coy /Corley
- Theatre 625 as Cattermole
1963
- Festival as Corley/M'Coy