Micheál Mac Liammóir

Micheál Mac Liammóir

Born: October 25, 1899
Died: March 6, 1978
in Willesden, London, England
Micheál Mac Liammóir (born Alfred Willmore; 25 October 1899 – 6 March 1978) was an actor, designer, dramatist, writer and impresario in 20th-century Ireland. Though born in London to an English family with no Irish connections, he emigrated to Ireland in early adulthood, changed his name, invented an Irish ancestry, and remained based there for the rest of his life, successfully maintaining a fabricated identity as a native Irishman born in Cork.

Movies for Micheál Mac Liammóir...

Tall Tales: The Ireland of Orson Welles
Title: Tall Tales: The Ireland of Orson Welles
Character: Self
Released: October 17, 2021
Type: Movie
The story of famous actor and director Orson Welles is told through his two visits to the Republic of Ireland; first in his youth as a promising young actor and finally in later years as a washed up icon of the silver screen.
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Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles
Title: Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles
Character: Self - Actor (archive footage)
Released: December 12, 2014
Type: Movie
The extraordinary life of Orson Welles (1915-85), an enigma of Hollywood, an irreducible independent creator: a musical prodigy, an excellent painter, a master of theater and radio, a modern Shakespeare, a magician who was always searching for a new trick to surprise his audience, a romantic and legendary figure who lived only for cinema.
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Filming Othello
Title: Filming Othello
Released: July 10, 1978
Type: Movie
Filming Othello is a 1978 documentary film directed by and starring Orson Welles about the making of his award-winning 1952 production Othello. The film, which was produced for West German television, was the last completed feature film directed by Welles.
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What's the Matter with Helen?
Title: What's the Matter with Helen?
Character: Hamilton Starr
Released: June 30, 1971
Type: Movie
Two middle-aged women move to Hollywood, California after their sons are convicted of a notorious murder and open a dance school for children eager to tap their way to stardom.
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The Kremlin Letter
Title: The Kremlin Letter
Character: Sweet Alice
Released: February 1, 1970
Type: Movie
When an unauthorized letter is sent to Moscow alleging the U.S. government's willingness to help Russia attack China, former naval officer Charles Rone and his team are sent to retrieve it. They go undercover, successfully reaching out to Erika Kosnov, the wife of a former agent, now married to the head of Russia's secret police. Their plans are interrupted, however, when their Moscow hideout is raided by a cunning politician.
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30 Is a Dangerous Age, Cynthia!
Title: 30 Is a Dangerous Age, Cynthia!
Character: Irish Storyteller
Released: March 4, 1968
Type: Movie
A 29-year old aspiring composer—still single and without any romantic prospects—vows to both marry and write a hit musical before he turns 30. Director Joseph McGrath's 1968 British comedy stars Dudley Moore, Suzy Kendall, Eddie Foy Jr. and Patricia Routledge.
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Tom Jones
Title: Tom Jones
Character: Narrator (voice)
Released: August 24, 1963
Type: Movie
Tom loves Sophie and Sophie loves Tom. But Tom and Sophie are of differering classes. Can they find a way through the mayhem to be true to love?
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King Lear
Title: King Lear
Character: Poor Tom
Released: October 18, 1953
Type: Movie
In this abridged television production, Lear vows revenge against his conniving daughters after they try to take swift control of his power.
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From Time to Time
Title: From Time to Time
Character: Narrator
Released: January 1, 1953
Type: Movie
A young woman on a bike ride suffers a head injury and is transported back in time to an event which occurred on the same spot years before during the Irish War of Independence when an informer was captured by the IRA.
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Title: Omnibus
Character: Poor Tom
Released: November 9, 1952
Type: TV
Omnibus is an American, commercially sponsored, educational television series.
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Othello
Title: Othello
Character: Iago
Released: November 28, 1951
Type: Movie
When a secret marriage is planned between Othello, a Moorish general, and Desdemona, the daughter of Senator Brabantio, her old suitor Roderigo takes it hard. He allies himself with Iago, who has his own grudge against Othello, and the two conspire to bring Othello down. When their first plan, to have him accused of witchcraft, fails, they plant evidence intended to make him believe Desdemona is unfaithful.
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W. B. Yeats: A Tribute
Title: W. B. Yeats: A Tribute
Released: August 13, 1950
Type: Movie
Yeats poems set to visuals of Sligo, Dublin and London. One of the series of non-fction films produced by the National Film Institute.