Denys Hawthorne
Date of birth: 1932-08-09
Place of birth: Portadown, County Armagh, Northern Ireland, UK
Known for: Acting
Also known as: Денис Хоторн, Денис Вернон Хоторн, Denys Vernon Hawthorne
Biography
Denys Hawthorne’s long and distinguished career has encompassed extensive work in theatre, television and film, both in England and Ireland. Drama has included Shakespeare and Chekhov, as well as many contemporary plays, while he has been seen in popular TV series including Inspector Morse, and Father Ted, and The Russia House, and Emma on the wide screen. Throughout, radio performance has been a constant theme, notably in drama and poetry.
Movie Credits
Emma
1996-08-02
Emma Woodhouse is a congenial young lady who delights in meddling in other people’s affairs. She is
The Wife Swappers
1970-09-09
Six stories involving wife and husband swapping/swinging, are described in titillating detail while
The Englishman's Wife
1990-01-08
A woman and her daughter are stranded in a rambling old house deep in the countryside of County Tyro
Easter 2016
1982-05-18
Set in 2016 prior to the centennial of the Easter Rising at Northern Ireland's only integrated teach
The House of the Spirits
1993-10-21
A rancher, his clairvoyant wife and their family face turbulent years in South America.
The Inn Way Out
1967-02-01
A man encounters all sorts of strange places and people when he goes out for cigarettes.
Daylight Robbery
1986-07-16
Neglected by her family, kept apart from her grandchildren, desperately short of money, Bea begins t
Wynne and Penkovsky
1985-02-01
The true story of Greville Wynne, the British businessman who doubled as a spy on his trips to Russi
Eviction
1999-12-02
Set in 19th Century Ireland, the 'Molly Maguires' take revenge on an old man who has been telling ta
Carson Country
1972-10-23
Play set in Northern Ireland about Carson and the setting up of the Stormont Government of 1918-1920
Rogue Male
1976-09-22
In 1939, Sir Robert Thorndyke takes aim at Adolf Hitler with a high powered rifle, but the shot miss
In the Name of the Father
1993-12-12
A small-time Belfast thief, Gerry Conlon, is wrongly convicted of an IRA bombing in London, along wi
The Russia House
1990-12-21
Barley Scott Blair, a Lisbon-based editor of Russian literature who unexpectedly begins working for
Ireland, Mother Ireland
1971-08-03
A story of the timeless futility of war and death by war, of men who fought for their country, kille
An Englishman Abroad
1983-11-29
Actress Coral Browne travels to Moscow, and meets a mysterious Englishman. Turns out he's the notori
Crossfire
1988-03-15
A police computer expert is seconded to Belfast to track down the identity of an IRA mole.
Shoot to Kill
1990-06-03
Shoot to Kill is a four-hour drama documentary reconstruction of the events that led to the 1984–86
The Price
1985-01-10
Geoffrey Carr is a wealthy, key player in Britain's emerging computer industry, and newly married t
The Life and Times of David Lloyd George
1981-03-04
The Life and Times of David Lloyd George charts the life of the controversial Liberal politician wit
The Long March
1980-01-01
A woman returns to Belfast after ten years in England and becomes involved in the Maze prison protes
The Human Factor
1979-12-18
When a leak of information in the African section of British Intelligence is discovered, a security
Gates of Gold
1983-03-08
Play by Maurice Leitch set in Country Antrim. Two evangelists are touring the area, stirring up reli
A Woman Calling
1984-01-01
Professor Broderick, a famous professor of Psychology, returns to his house by Belfast Lough to disc
A Breed of Heroes
1994-09-04
In 1971, fresh-faced, eager for heroics, the young officers arrive in Belfast. Pelted with rocks by
A Private Function
1984-11-09
In the summer of 1947, Britain prepares to commemorate the wedding of Princess Elizabeth and Prince
Samuel Beckett: As the Story Was Told
1996-04-13
A two-part biography of the Irish writer Samuel Beckett. The first part covers the traumas of his fo
Blanc de Chine
1988-04-20
Mathieu is called on by the French government to investigate murders in the Asian community of Paris
Doctor Who: Terror of the Vervoids
1986-11-22
As evidence for the defense at his ongoing trial, the Doctor presents an adventure from his future w
The Cry
1984-07-31
Ulster 1959. A young journalist visiting his quiet hometown is awakened by a scream in the night. He
Amy
1984-01-02
A tale of real-life British aviation pioneer Amy Johnson, the first woman to fly from Britain to Aus
Suburban Wives
1972-01-01
Seven stories of marital infidelity, told from the women's point of view. A spicy satire of modern m
Australia
1989-09-13
Following a stint as a WWII fighter pilot, Belgian-born Edouard falls in love with an Indonesian wom
Bloomsday
1964-06-10
One day in the life of assorted Dubliners, in the summer of 1904.