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Michael O'Brian(II)

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Michael O'Brian was an actor, known for BBC2 Play of the Week (1977), Home Is the Hero (1959) and Riders to the Sea (1987). He died in 1997.
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Known for

BBC2 Play of the Week (1977)
BBC2 Play of the Week
6.8
TV Series
  • Priest(as Michael O'Briain)
Home Is the Hero (1959)
Home Is the Hero
7.4
  • 1st Pub Customer
  • 1959
Riders to the Sea
5.5
  • Fisherman
  • 1987
Langrishe, Go Down (1978)
Langrishe, Go Down
5.8
  • Priest
  • 1978

Credits

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Actor

  • Olwen Fouéré in Hard Shoulder (1990)
    Hard Shoulder
    5.1
    TV Movie
    • Father (as Michael Ó Briain)
    • 1990
  • Riders to the Sea
    5.5
    • Fisherman
    • 1987
  • Lost Belongings (1987)
    Lost Belongings
    7.7
    TV Mini Series
    • Old tinker
    • 1987
  • Cúirt an Mheán Oíche
    TV Movie
    • Baitsiléir (as Micheál Ó Briain)
    • 1985
  • BBC2 Play of the Week (1977)
    BBC2 Play of the Week
    6.8
    TV Series
    • Priest (as Michael O'Briain)
    • 1978
  • Langrishe, Go Down (1978)
    Langrishe, Go Down
    5.8
    • Priest
    • 1978
  • Teangabháil
    TV Movie
    • Marcus
    • 1975
  • Silverson
    TV Movie
    • 1974
  • The Glorious Uncertainty
    TV Movie
    • Mortimer Clyne
    • 1970
  • Rod Taylor in Young Cassidy (1965)
    Young Cassidy
    6.5
    • Man in Riot (uncredited)
    • 1965
  • Pat Boone, Fidelma Murphy, and Milo O'Shea in Never Put It in Writing (1964)
    Never Put It in Writing
    6.6
    • (uncredited)
    • 1964
  • No Hiding Place (1959)
    No Hiding Place
    7.5
    TV Series
    • Pecket
    • 1963
  • The Playboy of the Western World (1962)
    The Playboy of the Western World
    6.2
    • Shaun Keogh (as Micheal O'Briain)
    • 1962
  • This Other Eden (1959)
    This Other Eden
    6.7
    • 1st Railway Porter (uncredited)
    • 1959
  • Home Is the Hero (1959)
    Home Is the Hero
    7.4
    • 1st Pub Customer
    • 1959

Personal details

  • Alternative names
    • Michael Ó Briain
  • Died
    • 1997
  • Other works
    He acted in Louis D'Alton's play, "This Other Eden," at the Queen's Theatre in Dublin, Ireland with Seathrun O Goilf, Harry Brogan, and Christopher Casson in the cast. Ria Mooney was director.

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