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Dermot McNamara Biography (1925-)

Born August 24, 1925, in Dublin, Ireland; son of Peter (a clerk) and Anna Christina (a secretary; maiden name, Dowdall) McNamara; children: Annaleese, Peter Cormac. Addresses: HOME--556 Main St., Roosevelt Island, NY 10044.AGENT--Hartig Agency, 114 East 28th St., New York, NY 10016.

Among his skills, Dermot McNamara lists tennis, swimming, equestrian, soccer,and hurling.

Nationality

Irish

Gender

Male

Birth Details

August 24, 1925

Dublin, Ireland

Famous Works

• Credits
• STAGE DEBUT--Phipps, An Ideal Husband, Gate Theatre, Dublin, 1949, for twenty-one performances.
• OFF-BROADWAY DEBUT--Christie, Playboy of the Western World, 1959- 60, forthree hundred six performances.
• Credits; PRINCIPAL STAGE APPEARANCES
• Pictures in the Hallway, Lincoln Center Theatre.
• Grumio, The Taming of the Shrew, Broadway production.
• Tom, Philadelphia Here I Come, Broadway production.
• Paddy, A Touch of the Poet, Broadway production.
• Drumm, A Life, Broadway production.
• Donnybrook, Broadway production.
• Leopold Bloom, Irish Players, Off-Broadway production.
• The Plough and the Stars, Off-Broadway production.
• The Shadow of a Gunman, Off-Broadway production.
• No Exit, Off-Broadway production.
• Stephen D., Off-Broadway production.
• Pat, The Hostage, Loretto Hilton.
• A Whistle in the Dark, Long Wharf Theatre, New Haven, CT.
• Davies, The Caretaker, Nassau Repertory Theatre, NY.
• Translations, Alaska Repertory Theatre.
• Drumm, DA, and Joxer, Juno and the Paycock, both at Alley Theatre, Houston.
• The Contractor, A Contemporary Theatre, Seattle, WA.
• O'Neill's Sea Plays, Cincinnati Playhouse.
• A Memory of Two Mondays, Cincinnati Playhouse.
• Credits; MAJOR TOURS
• Christie Mahon, Playboy of the Western World, U.S. cities.
• Shadow and Substance, U.S. cities.
• Happy as Larry, U.S. cities.
• The Wake, U.S. cities.
• TELEVISION DEBUT--Patch Keegan, "Little Moon of Alban," Hallmark Hall ofFame, NBC, 1965.
• Credits; PRINCIPAL TELEVISION APPEARANCES; MOVIES
• A Night to Remember, NBC.
• Captain Matt Corcoran, From Sea to Shining Sea, NBC.
• Credits; EPISODIC
• One Life to Live, ABC.
• All My Children, ABC.
• Credits; DRAMATIC SPECIALS
• Joxer, Juno and the Paycock, PBS.
• Sean O'Casey, The Creative Person, PBS.
• The Best of Families, PBS.
• Credits; PRINCIPAL FILM APPEARANCES
• Ragtime, Paramount, 1981.
• Scappy Peck, The Year of the Dragon, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer/United Artists,1985.