Joseph O'Conor Biography (1916-)

Born February 14, 1916, in Dublin, Ireland; son of Daniel and Frances (maidenname, Call) O'Conor; married Naita Moore. Education: Studied forthe stage at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art; studied at Cardinal Vaughan and London University. Avocational interests: Judo, cricket, and guitarplaying. Career: Actor, playwright, director, and composer. Theatre Royal, Windsor, member of repertory company, 1950-51; Bristol Old Vic Company,member, 1956-58; North-East Theatre Festival, director, 1964-65. Awards,Honors: Foyle Award for New Plays, 1956, for The Iron Harp..

Favorite roles: Lear and Falstaff.

Nationality
Irish
Gender
Male
Occupation
Actor, playwright, director, composer
Birth Details
February 14, 1916
Dublin, Ireland

Famous Works

  • CREDITS
  • Film Appearances
  • Michael Foley, Stranger at My Door,1950
  • (Uncredited) Paul Temple's Triumph,1950
  • Professor Hendricks, Gorgo, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1961
  • Don Jose Margella, The Devil-Ship Pirates, Columbia, 1964
  • Coroner, The Gorgon, Columbia, 1964
  • Father Septimus, Crooks in Cloisters,1964
  • Mr. Brownlow, Oliver!, Columbia, 1968
  • Archbishop Fisher, Anne of the Thousand Days, Universal, 1969
  • (As Joseph O'Connor) A Walk with Love and Death,1969
  • Vicar, Doomwatch, AVCO Embassy, 1972
  • Yellow Dog,1973
  • Sir Julyan, The Black Windmill,1974
  • Voice of the narrator, The Dark Crystal, Universal, 1982
  • J. C. Sullivan, The Forbidden Quest,1993
  • Chelan, Scarlet and Black,1993
  • Bishop of Oxford, Tom & Viv, Miramax, 1994
  • Earl of Derby, Elizabeth(also known as Elizabeth: The Virgin Queen), Gramercy, 1998
  • Mr. Nancarrow, The Wisdom of Crocodiles, Miramax, 1998
  • Poitiers' Chief Inquisitor, The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc(also known as Jeanne d'Arc and Joan of Arc), Sony Pictures Entertainment, 1999
  • Television Appearances
  • Series
  • Old Jolyon Forsyte, The Forsyte Saga,1967
  • The vicar, Father Dear Father,1968
  • The Incredible Mr. Tanner,1981
  • Miniseries
  • The Possessed,1971
  • Bunce, The Barchester Chronicles,1984
  • Movies
  • Polonius, Hamlet,1959
  • No Place like Earth(also known as Out of the Unknown: No Placelike Earth), 1965
  • Nineteen Eighty Four,1965
  • Sir David Browning, Message for Posterity(also known as Wednesday Play: Message for Posterity), 1967
  • Lodovico, Othello(also known as BBC Television Shakespeare: Othello), 1981
  • Specials
  • Friar Lawrence, Romeo and Juliet(also known as BBC Television Shakespeare: Romeo and Juliet), PBS, 1978
  • Doctor, The Tenant of Wildfell Hall, PBS, 1996
  • Episodic
  • Dr. Hugh Willard, "Thunderbolt," R3,1964
  • CO, "Nightwatch," Redcap,1965
  • Freeman, "No Place like Earth," Out of the Unknown,1965
  • Stage Appearances
  • (Stage debut) Flavius, Trebonius, and Titinius, Julius Caesar, Embassy Theatre, then His Majesty's Theatre, London, England, 1939
  • Conrade, Much Ado about Nothing, Aldwych Theatre, London, England,1946
  • Miles Forrester, Give Me the Sun, Boltons, 1947
  • James Vane, The Picture of Dorian Gray, Q, 1947
  • Captain Ridley, Cockpit, Playhouse, 1948
  • Title role, Faust, Q, 1948
  • Othello and Iago, Othello, Bedford, Camden Town, 1949
  • Title role, Hamlet, Bedford, Camden Town, 1949
  • Michael, Zeal of Thy House, Canterbury, 1949
  • King Malcolm, Saxon Saint, Edinburgh Festival, 1950
  • Alan Wainwright, Virtuoso, Q, 1951
  • Christ, Mystery Plays, York Festival of Arts, 1951
  • Sean Murphy, A Priest in the Family, Westminster, 1951
  • Lord Thomas Seymour, The Young Elizabeth, New Theatre, 1952
  • Hank Teagle, The Big Knife, Duke of York's, 1954
  • Christ, Mystery Plays, York Festival of Arts, 1954
  • Benedick, Much Ado about Nothing, Citizens Theatre, Glasgow, Scotland, 1954-55
  • Raphael, Tobias and the Angel, Citizens Theatre, Glasgow, Scotland, 1954-55
  • Captain Adam Brant, Mourning Becomes Electra, Arts, London, 1955
  • Michael O'Riordan, The Iron Harp, Guildford Repertory, 1955
  • Kent, King Lear, Bristol Old Vic, c. 1956-58
  • Georges Danton, The Empty Chair, Bristol Old Vic, c. 1956-58
  • Higgins, Pygmalion, Bristol Old Vic, c. 1956-58
  • Bottom, A Midsummer Night's Dream, Bristol Old Vic, c. 1956-58
  • Andrew Undershaft, Major Barbara, Bristol Old Vic, c. 1956-58
  • Title role, Othello, Bristol Old Vic, c. 1956-58
  • Uncle Fritz, Oh! My Papa!, Bristol Old Vic, c. 1956-58
  • Michael O'Riordon, The Iron Harp, Bristol Old Vic, c. 1956-58
  • King Artaban, Christ's Comet, Canterbury Festival, 1958
  • Duke, A Man for All Seasons, Globe, 1960
  • Claudius, Hamlet, Strand, 1961
  • Inca Atahualpa, Inca, Glasgow Citizens', 1961
  • Julian, The Long Sunset, Mermaid, 1961
  • Buckingham, Richard III, Old Vic, 1962
  • Title role, Julius Caesar, Old Vice, 1962
  • Gonzalo, The Tempest, Old Vic, 1962
  • Father Arnall and the Preacher, Stephen D, St. Martins, 1963
  • Stepan, The Possessed, Mermaid, 1963
  • Title role, King Lear, Empire, Sunderland, 1964
  • Vershinin, The Three Sisters, Oxford Playhouse, 1964
  • Nikolai Dor, The Twelfth Hour, Oxford Playhouse, 1964
  • Falstaff, Henry IV: Part 1, Empire, Sunderland, 1965
  • Robert Wise, The Third Picture, Empire, Sunderland, 1965
  • Wally Cross, The Big Breaker, Belgrade, Coventry, 1965
  • Title role, King Lear, Thorndike, Leatherhead, 1968
  • Prospero, The Tempest, Playhouse, Oxford, 1969
  • Title role, The O'Neill, Abbey, Dublin, Ireland, 1969
  • Pontius Pilate, Son of Man, Round House, 1969
  • Prior Gabrielli, The Heretic, Duke of York's, 1970
  • Bert Careless, Slip Road Wedding, the Shaw, 1971
  • Capulet, Romeo and Juliet, the Shaw, 1971
  • Sir Antony Absolute, The Rivals, Thorndike, Leatherhead, 1973
  • Sir Antony Absolute, The Rivals, Bucks County Playhouse, Pennsylvania, 1973
  • Claudius, Hamlet, the Howff, 1973
  • Alonso, The Tempest, National Theatre, Old Vic, 1974
  • Herr Gabor, Spring Awakening, National Theatre, Old Vic, 1974
  • Claudius, Cape Town, Maynardville, 1975
  • King of France, All's Well That Ends Well, Greenwich, 1975
  • The Duke, Measure for Measure, Greenwich, 1975
  • Toby Belch, Twelfth Night, St. George's, Islington, 1976
  • Friar Laurence, Romeo and Juliet, St. George's, Islington, 1976
  • George, Duke of Clarence, and Cardinal Bouchier, Richard III, St.George's, Islington, 1976
  • Vicentio, Measure for Measure, St. George's, Islington, 1977
  • Polonius, Hamlet, St. George's, Islington, 1977
  • Shallow, The Merry Wives of Windsor, St. George's, Islington,1977
  • Prospero, The Tempest, Welsh Drama Company, 1976
  • Lear and other, A Man for All Seasons,1977
  • Duke Frederick and Duke Senior, As You Like It, Bristol Old Vic, 1978
  • Vermandero, The Changeling, Bristol Old Vic, 1978
  • Sorin, The Seagull, Bristol Old Vic, 1978
  • Soothsayer, Julius Caesar, St. George's, 1979
  • John of Gaunt, Richard II, St. George's, 1979
  • Duke Senior, As You Like It, St. George's, 1979
  • Also appeared as Orlando, Philip the Bastard, and Oberon, Open Air Theatre, 1948.
  • Major Tours
  • The second workman, Purple Dust,1953
  • Michael O'Riordon, The Iron Harp, c. 1956-58
  • Chorus, Henry V, Old Vic Company, U.S. cities, 1958-59
  • Becket, Murder in the Cathedral, Lincoln Cathedral, 1959
  • Nicolas, The Lotus-Eaters, Pembroke, Croydon, 1960
  • Stage Director
  • Inca, Old Vic, 1962
  • Hamlet, Empire, Sunderland, 1963
  • The Merchant of Venice, North-East Theatre Festival, 1964
  • The Winter's Tale, Empire, Sunderland, 1965
  • Codirector, The Heretic, Duke of York's, 1970
  • Hamlet, Thorndike, Leatherhead, 1970
  • The Heiress, Richmond, 1971
  • Hamlet, the Howff, 1973
  • The Merchant of Venice, St. George's, Islington, 1977
  • Saint Joan, Thorndike, Leatherhead, 1979
  • WRITINGS
  • Plays
  • The Iron Harp, Guildford Repertory, 1955
  • Inca, Glasgow Citizens', 1961
  • The Tumble Stone,1962
  • A Lion Trap,1963
  • The Third Picture,1964
  • The Heiress, Richmond, 1971
  • Film Music
  • The Dark Crystal,1982

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