Joseph O'Conor

Joseph O'Conor

Born: February 14, 1910
Died: January 21, 2001
in Dublin, Ireland

Movies for Joseph O'Conor...

Crip Camp: A Disability Revolution
Title: Crip Camp: A Disability Revolution
Character: Self
Released: March 25, 2020
Type: Movie
Down the road from Woodstock in the early 1970s, a revolution blossomed in a ramshackle summer camp for disabled teenagers, transforming their young lives and igniting a landmark movement.
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Macbeth
Title: Macbeth
Character: King Duncan
Released: January 1, 2001
Type: Movie
Anthony Sher and Harriet Walter star in a highly-acclaimed screen version of William Shakespeare's classic story of tyranny and ambition. On the stage this Royal Shakespeare Company presentation was universally lauded. Following sell-out seasons at Statford's Swan Theatre and in London, the production played Japan and in the United States, where The New York Times praised director Gregory Doran's interpretation as a "harrowing and disturbingly funny parable for the dawn of the 21st century". To make this compelling screen version, Gregory Doran worked with all of the original cast and filmed at London's Roundhouse. Brilliantly shot by director of photography Ernie Vincze, the production uses the edgy techniques of fly-on-the-wall documentaries. The effect is raw, intimate and strikingly dynamic.
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The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc
Title: The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc
Character: chief inquisitor
Released: October 27, 1999
Type: Movie
In 1429 a teenage girl from a remote French village stood before her King with a message she claimed came from God; that she would defeat the world's greatest army and liberate her country from its political and religious turmoil. Following her mission to reclaim god's diminished kingdom - through her amazing victories until her violent and untimely death.
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Elizabeth
Title: Elizabeth
Character: Earl of Derby
Released: September 13, 1998
Type: Movie
The story of the ascension to the throne and the early reign of Queen Elizabeth the First, the endless attempts by her council to marry her off, the Catholic hatred of her and her romance with Lord Robert Dudley.
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Tom & Viv
Title: Tom & Viv
Character: Bishop of Oxford
Released: April 15, 1994
Type: Movie
The story of the marriage of the poet T. S. Eliot to socialite Vivienne Haigh-Wood, which had to cope with her gynaecological and emotional problems and his growing fame.
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The Forbidden Quest
Title: The Forbidden Quest
Character: J.C. Sullivan
Released: April 8, 1993
Type: Movie
1931: in Ireland, a film maker hears of an aged ship's carpenter who knows the fate of the Hollandia, a Norse ship that set sail in 1905 and vanished. The old salt has canisters of film to prove his tale. We see the footage as he narrates. They sail south in June, 1905, with scores of Siberian huskies aboard, meeting no living soul, the crew ignorant of the trip's purpose, until they reach Antarctica. A mysterious Italian paces the deck; a polar bear appears, and the Italian, possessed, hunts it down. That night, the boatswain explains to the crew how an Arctic bear could be at the South Pole and why the Hollandia has come. Visitors arrive, and the Gothic tale plays out.
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Title: Casualty
Character: George Polston
Released: September 6, 1986
Type: TV
Drama series about the staff and patients at Holby City Hospital's emergency department, charting the ups and downs in their personal and professional lives.
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Henry VI Part 1
Title: Henry VI Part 1
Character: Duke of Exeter / Shepherd
Released: January 2, 1983
Type: Movie
The life of King Henry the Sixth, in three parts.
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The Dark Crystal
Title: The Dark Crystal
Character: Narrator / Urskeks (voice)
Released: December 17, 1982
Type: Movie
On another planet in the distant past, a Gelfling embarks on a quest to find the missing shard of a magical crystal and restore order to his world, before the grotesque race of Skeksis find and use the crystal for evil.
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Title: The Barchester Chronicles
Released: November 10, 1982
Type: TV
Against the sumptuous background of Peterborough Cathedral and its environs, one is carried into Trollope's world of the intriguing machinations of the clerical establishment of Barchester. Backed by the authenticity of the period detail, the portrayal of all the characters accurately conveys the whole range of human emotions within the stories.
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Othello
Title: Othello
Character: Lodovico
Released: October 4, 1981
Type: Movie
Iago and a comrade-in-arms are outside the Venice home of Desdemona's father, who does not yet know that she has eloped with Othello. Iago confides to his friend -- who had hoped to marry Desdemona -- that he serves Othello to further his own ends. Venice needs Othello to protect its commercial interests in Cyprus where the Turkish fleet is headed. Desdemona insists on going to Cyprus, too. In Cyprus, Iago plots to convince Othello that Desdemona has betrayed him with Cassio. A lot more than political ambition seems to be motivating Iago.
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A Private Battle
Title: A Private Battle
Released: October 7, 1980
Type: Movie
A dramatization of the story of noted writer/journalist Cornelius Ryan, author of "The Longest Day," and the valiant battle against terminal cancer that led him to write about his ordeal, with the help of his loving wife, while at the same time determined to complete "A Bridge Too Far," which he had spent years researching.
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Title: BBC Television Shakespeare
Character: Friar Lawrence
Released: December 3, 1978
Type: TV
The BBC Television Shakespeare is a series of British television adaptations of the plays of William Shakespeare, created by Cedric Messina and produced by BBC Television. It was transmitted in the UK from 3 December 1978 to 27 April 1985 and spanned seven series. Development of the series began in 1975 when Messina saw that Glamis Castle would make a perfect location for an adaptation of Shakespeare's play As You Like It. On returning to London, he envisioned an entire series devoted exclusively to the dramatic works of Shakespeare. After encountering numerous problems trying to produce the series, Messina eventually pitched the idea to the BBC’s departmental heads and the series was greenlighted. The series as a whole received generally negative reviews from critics.
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Romeo & Juliet
Title: Romeo & Juliet
Character: Friar Laurence
Released: December 3, 1978
Type: Movie
Two households, both alike in dignity, in fair Verona where we lay our scene, from ancient grudge break to new mutiny where civil blood makes civil hands unclean. From forth the fatal loins of these two foes a pair of star-cross'd lovers take their life whose misadventur'd piteous overthrows doth with their death bury their parents' strife.
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The Ghost of Adelphi Terrace
Title: The Ghost of Adelphi Terrace
Character: George Bernard Shaw
Released: August 11, 1975
Type: Movie
J. M. Barrie has an evening with George Bernard Shaw. Later, alone at home, he hears the voice of his dead mother.
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Penny Gold
Title: Penny Gold
Character: Blachford
Released: November 29, 1974
Type: Movie
While investigating a murder case, a detective stumbles upon a rare-stamp swindle involving the victim's twin sister.
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The Black Windmill
Title: The Black Windmill
Character: Sir Edward Julyan
Released: May 17, 1974
Type: Movie
A British agent's son is kidnapped and held for a ransom of diamonds. The agent finds out that he can't even count on the people he thought were on his side to help him, so he decides to track down the kidnappers himself.
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Lost Hearts
Title: Lost Hearts
Character: Mr. Abney (as Joseph O'Connor)
Released: December 25, 1973
Type: Movie
A young orphan, Stephen, is sent to go and live with his strange, much older cousin at his remote country house. Once there, Stephen experiences terrible dreams in which he sees a young girl and boy who are missing their hearts.
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Yellow Dog
Title: Yellow Dog
Character: Dover
Released: August 11, 1973
Type: Movie
A Japanese cop is sent to join the London police force on a secret investigation.
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Father Dear Father
Title: Father Dear Father
Character: Vicar
Released: May 25, 1973
Type: Movie
After divorcing his wife, Patrick Glover decides it is time to remarry, and chooses his literary agent, only to then mistakenly propose to the cleaning lady. Part of his reason for wanting to remarry is to regain some control over his wayward daughters, but they and their lovers continue to complicate his home and his life... A farcical comedy full of hilarious confusions, this feature-length version of the popular sitcom Father, Dear Father is a real gem of British humour at its best.
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Doomwatch
Title: Doomwatch
Character: Vicar
Released: March 1, 1972
Type: Movie
The waters surrounding an island become contaminated by chemical dumping, and people who eat fish caught in those waters become deformed and violent.
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The Prime Minister's Daughter
Title: The Prime Minister's Daughter
Character: Mayland
Released: July 13, 1970
Type: Movie
In a fictitious English parliament, various tactics are employed in the pursuit of power, even to the extent of bismerching member's of a politician's family.
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Title: Manhunt
Character: Von Gebhardt
Released: January 2, 1970
Type: TV
Manhunt is a World War II drama series consisting of 26 episodes, produced by London Weekend Television in 1969 and broadcast nationwide.
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Anne of the Thousand Days
Title: Anne of the Thousand Days
Character: Fisher
Released: December 18, 1969
Type: Movie
Henry VIII of England discards his wife, Katharine of Aragon, who has failed to produce a male heir, in favor of the young and beautiful Anne Boleyn.
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A Walk with Love and Death
Title: A Walk with Love and Death
Character: Pierre of St. Jean
Released: October 5, 1969
Type: Movie
Attempting to evade the turmoil of France's Hundred Years' War, Parisian student Heron of Foix decides to journey to the sea. En route, he meets the pretty aristocrat Lady Claudia, and the couple begin a romance amid the intense conflict. As the struggle between peasants and noblemen rages on, Heron and Claudia take shelter at a monastery -- but even their newfound love can't completely keep the horrors of war at bay.
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Oliver!
Title: Oliver!
Character: Mr. Brownlow
Released: September 26, 1968
Type: Movie
Musical adaptation of Charles Dickens' Oliver Twist, a classic tale of an orphan who runs away from the workhouse and joins up with a group of boys headed by the Artful Dodger and trained to be pickpockets by master thief Fagin.
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Title: The Forsyte Saga
Character: 'Old Jolyon' Forsyte
Released: January 7, 1967
Type: TV
The Forsyte Saga is a 1967 BBC television adaptation of John Galsworthy's series of The Forsyte Saga novels, and its sequel trilogy A Modern Comedy. The series follows the fortunes of the upper middle class Forsyte family, and stars Eric Porter as Soames, Kenneth More as Young Jolyon and Nyree Dawn Porter as Irene. It was adapted for television and produced by Donald Wilson and was originally shown in twenty-six episodes on Saturday evenings between 7 January and 1 July 1967 on BBC2, at a time when only a small proportion of the population had television sets able to receive this channel. It was therefore the repeat on Sunday evenings on BBC1 starting on 8 September 1968 that secured the programme's success with 18 million tuning in for the final episode in 1969. It was shown in the United States on public television and broadcast all over the world, and became the first BBC television series to be sold to the Soviet Union.
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The World of George Orwell: 1984
Title: The World of George Orwell: 1984
Character: O'Brien
Released: November 28, 1965
Type: Movie
Early adaption of Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four as part of the Theatre 625 series.
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Title: Out of the Unknown
Character: Freeman
Released: October 4, 1965
Type: TV
Out of the Unknown is a British television science fiction anthology drama series, produced by the BBC and broadcast on BBC2 in four series between 1965 and 1971. Each episode was a dramatisation of a science fiction short story. Some were written directly for the series, but most were adaptations of already published stories. The first three years were exclusively science fiction, but that genre was abandoned in the final year in favour of horror/fantasy stories. A number of episodes were wiped during the early 1970s, as was standard procedure at the time. A large number of episodes are still missing but some do turn up from time to time; for instance, Level Seven from series two, originally broadcast on 27 October 1966 was returned to the BBC from the archives of a European broadcaster in January 2006.
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The Gorgon
Title: The Gorgon
Character: Coroner
Released: October 18, 1964
Type: Movie
In the early 20th century a village experienced a series of inexplicable murders. All the victims were young men who had been turned to stone. The perpetrator of these deaths was a being so repulsive that she transformed the onlooker using the power of her deadly stare. Much of the time the creature took the form of a beautiful and seductive woman, but during periods of the full moon she becomes a living horror, vicious and deadly. A professor has come to investigate the deaths, bringing with him his beautiful assistant whose knowledge of the Gorgon is more intimate than anyone would ever realise.
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The Devil-Ship Pirates
Title: The Devil-Ship Pirates
Character: Don Jose Margella
Released: August 1, 1964
Type: Movie
A pirate ship, fighting in 1588 on the side of the Spanish Armada, suffers damage and must put into a village on the British coast for repairs. The village is small and isolated and the Spanish convince the villagers that the English fleet has been defeated and that they, the Spanish, are now their masters. This results in the villagers' sullen cooperation, but rumors and unrest begin to spread and soon the Spanish pirates find themselves facing a revolt.
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Crooks in Cloisters
Title: Crooks in Cloisters
Character: Father Septimus
Released: January 1, 1964
Type: Movie
Having pulled off the smallest ever train robbery, Little Walter and his crew decide to get out of London. The six of them set up business in a disused monastery off the Cornish coast, despite the fact that none of them really qualifies as a monk - least of all Walter's moll Bikini. Bit by bit, the quiet way of life starts becoming a habit.
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The Rose Affair
Title: The Rose Affair
Character: O'Riorden
Released: October 8, 1961
Type: Movie
A young woman befriends a lonely millionaire with a disfigured face whose ruthless business practices are threatening to ruin her father. A modern take on the old story of Beauty and the Beast.
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The Day of the Fox
Title: The Day of the Fox
Character: Colonel Gregory
Released: September 6, 1961
Type: Movie
"In Jan Carew’s explosive drama, Sammy Davis Jr gives a memorable performance as a proud but disillusioned revolutionary who aims to destroy the remnants of white colonial rule in a new African nation. The political themes explored remain incredibly prescient." - BFI
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Gorgo
Title: Gorgo
Character: Prof. Hendricks
Released: February 2, 1961
Type: Movie
Greedy sailors capture a giant lizard off the coast of Ireland and sell it to a London circus. Then its mother shows up.
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Worm in the Bud
Title: Worm in the Bud
Character: District Inspector
Released: September 27, 1959
Type: Movie
An elderly man living on his own in Belfast rouses the suspicions of his neighbors.
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Paul Temple's Triumph
Title: Paul Temple's Triumph
Character: Inspector Crane
Released: May 31, 1950
Type: Movie
A husband-and-wife detective team look into the murder of one of her friends, whose father--a prominent scientist--has been kidnapped. They find themselves up against a sinister crime organization headed by a mysterious figure known only as "Z".