Denis O'Dea

Denis O'Dea

April 26, 1905 · 121 years old

Denis O'Dea (26 April 1905 – 5 November 1978) was an Irish stage and film actor. He was born in Dublin and attended Synge Street CBS. When very young he and his mother Kathleen (from County Kerry) moved in with her sister, who kept a boarding house at 54 South Richmond Street. He worked in insuranc…

Known For

9 titles
1
Niagara

Niagara

1953 · 1h 32m · Movie

As two couples are visiting Niagara Falls, tensions between one wife and her husband reach the level of murder.

7.0
2
Odd Man Out

Odd Man Out

1947 · 1h 56m · Movie

A wounded Irish nationalist leader attempts to evade police following a failed robbery in Belfast.

7.6
3
Treasure Island

Treasure Island

1950 · 1h 36m · Movie

The treasure seeking adventures of young Jim Hawkins and pirate captain Long John Silver.

6.9
4
The Fallen Idol

The Fallen Idol

1948 · 1h 35m · Movie

A butler working in a foreign embassy in London falls under suspicion when his wife accidentally falls to her death, the only witness being an impressionable young boy.

7.6
5
Darby O'Gill and the Little People

Darby O'Gill and the Little People

1959 · 1h 33m · Movie

A wily old codger matches wits with the King of the Leprechauns and helps play matchmaker for his daughter and the strapping lad who has replaced him as caretaker.

7.1
6
Mogambo

Mogambo

1953 · 1h 56m · Movie

On a Kenyan safari, white hunter Victor Marswell has a love triangle with seductive American socialite Eloise Kelly and anthropologist Donald Nordley's cheating wife Linda.

6.6
7
Under Capricorn

Under Capricorn

1949 · 1h 57m · Movie

A young gentleman goes to Australia where he reunites with his now married childhood sweetheart, only to find out she has become an alcoholic and harbors dark secrets.

6.2
8
Captain Horatio Hornblower

Captain Horatio Hornblower

1951 · 1h 57m · Movie

During the Napoleonic wars, a British Navy Captain has adventures in Central American waters.

7.3
9
Captain Lightfoot

Captain Lightfoot

1955 · 1h 32m · Movie

A pair of Irish rebels have swashbuckling adventures in 1815.

6.2