Niall MacGinnis
Date of birth: 1913-03-29
Place of birth: Dublin, Ireland
Known for: Acting
Also known as: Niall MacGinniss, Niall McGinnis, Nick O'Dea, Patrick Niall MacGinnis
Biography
Niall MacGinnis was an Irish actor who made around 80 screen appearances.
Movie Credits
Jason and the Argonauts
1963-06-19
Jason, a fearless sailor and explorer, returns to his home land of Thessaly after a long voyage to c
49th Parallel
1941-11-24
In the early days of World War II, a German U-boat is sunk in Canada's Hudson Bay. Hoping to evade c
Hamlet
1948-12-10
Winner of four Academy Awards, including Best Picture and Best Actor, Sir Laurence Olivier’s Hamlet
Anna Karenina
1948-01-22
In Imperial Russia, Anna, wife of the officer Karenin, goes to Moscow to visit her brother. On the w
Night of the Demon
1957-11-09
American professor John Holden arrives in London for a conference on parapsychology only to discover
The Spy Who Came In from the Cold
1965-12-16
British agent Alec Leamas refuses to come in from the Cold War during the 1960s, choosing to face an
The Viking Queen
1967-03-25
Set in ancient Britain, at a time when much of Europe was ruled with harsh tyranny by Rome, a tribe
Lust for Life
1956-09-15
An intense and imaginative artist, revered Dutch painter Vincent van Gogh possesses undeniable talen
Helen of Troy
1956-01-26
Prince Paris of Troy, shipwrecked on a mission to the king of Sparta, meets and falls for Queen Hele
The War Lord
1965-11-17
A knight in the service of a duke goes to a coastal village where an earlier attempt to build a defe
Kidnapped
1960-02-24
Kidnapped and cheated out of his inheritance, young David Balfour falls in with a Jacobite adventure
Tarzan's Greatest Adventure
1959-06-17
The greatest adventure of jungle king Tarzan. Four British villains raid a settlement to obtain expl
The Edge of the World
1937-09-10
A way of life is dying on a remote Scottish island, but some of the inhabitants resist evacuating t
Becket
1964-03-11
Thomas Becket, Henry II's longtime advisor, finds his friendship with the debauched king corroding w
Never Take Sweets from a Stranger
1960-03-04
Peter Carter, his wife Sally and their young daughter Jean move to a sleepy Canadian village, where
Krakatoa, East of Java
1968-12-26
A team of maritime salvage workers are about to embark on a recovery dive. However the 1883 Krakatoa
The Prince and the Pauper
1962-03-11
In the London of 1537, two boys resembling each other exactly meet accidentally and exchange "roles"
Betrayed
1954-09-07
When the Dutch resistance brings in Carla Van Oven to spy on the Nazis, Col. Pieter Deventer initial
Martin Luther
1953-05-08
A biopic of Martin Luther, covering his life between 1505 and 1530, and the birth of the Protestant
The Man Who Finally Died
1963-12-01
Joe Newman, a naturalised Briton, is telephoned by his German father, whom he believed long dead, at
The Kremlin Letter
1970-02-01
After an unauthorized letter suggesting U.S. support for a Russian attack on China is sent to Moscow
Sword of Sherwood Forest
1960-12-26
Robin of Loxley and his men stumble on a plot to overthrow Hubert Walter, King's Chancellor and Arch
Behind the Mask
1958-11-23
A newly qualified surgeon takes the blame for his drug addict colleague after the death their patien
The Truth About Spring
1965-03-30
Tommy Tyler, a lazy Caribbean sailor, and his tom-boy daughter, Spring, are out to search for a buri
A Man Could Get Killed
1966-03-25
An American businessman visiting Lisbon gets mistaken for a British secret agent who stole some diam
Captain Boycott
1947-08-26
Based on real events, this historical drama is set in 19th-century Ireland, when poverty-stricken te
Murder in the Cathedral
1951-09-10
Murder in the Cathedral is a story about Thomas Becket, Archbishop of Canterbury, and his struggles
Sinful Davey
1969-02-10
A young man, convinced of his paternity, aims to emulate his notorious father by committing daring c
Chance of a Lifetime
1950-04-24
The workers in a small plough factory take over the firm, but when a large order falls through, the
Conflict of Wings
1954-03-29
In rural Norfolk, villagers are spurred to action when it is announced that the nearby RAF station i
River of Mystery
1971-10-01
A couple of freelance explosives experts find jungle adventure while being stalked by a revolutionar
The Devil's Agent
1962-09-01
German actor Peter van Eyck stars as Droste, a mild-mannered businessman who was an intelligence exp
Tawny Pipit
1944-04-28
Jimmy Bancroft, a fighter pilot, who is recovering from injuries sustained during the Battle of Brit
Island of Terror
1966-06-20
A small island community is overrun with creeping, blobbish, tentacled monsters which liquefy and di
Alexander the Great
1956-03-28
An engrossing spectacle set in the 4th-century BC, in which Alexander of Greece leads his troops for
Hell Below Zero
1954-01-13
Duncan Craig signs on a whaling ship, partly because his own business deal has fallen through, partl
Foxhole in Cairo
1960-03-09
A German spy in Cairo must report back to Rommel with information on British positions.
Torture Garden
1967-11-01
Five people visit a fairground sideshow run by the sinister Dr. Diabolo. Having shown them a handful
The Crimson Circle
1936-08-10
Based on the novel by Edgar Wallace, detectives at Scotland Yard try and track down The Crimson Circ
Talk of a Million
1951-03-12
A family reduced to imminent poverty by the father's disinclination to work; an American lawyer look
The Shiralee
1957-07-11
An Australian "swagman" finds his wife with another man, so he takes the daughter, Buster, with him.
No Room at the Inn
1948-11-22
A group of children are evacuated during world war two into the care of an alcoholic woman.
Shake Hands with the Devil
1959-06-24
In 1921 Dublin, the IRA battles the "Black & Tans," special British forces given to harsh measures.
Undercover
1943-07-26
Occupied Yugoslavia. With organised resistance shattered by the Nazi onslaught it is only the activi
The Day Will Dawn
1942-06-08
When Hitler invades Poland, sports journalist Colin Metcalfe (Hugh Williams) is unexpectedly reassig
East of Piccadilly
1941-06-23
A series of murders in the West End of London baffle the officers of Scotland Yard and draw the inte
Ourselves Alone
1936-04-27
In 1921, as Irish nationalists battle with British authorities, a young girl is torn between loyalty
Henry V
1944-11-24
In 1415, in the midst of the Hundred Years' War, the young King Henry V of England embarks on the co
Knights of the Round Table
1953-12-22
In Camelot, kingdom of Arthur and Merlin, Lancelot is well known for his courage and honor. But one
Jack the Ripper
1958-03-08
Comprised of 4 episodes from the unsold TV series "The Veil" (1958) - "Summer Heat," "Genesis," "Foo
The Nun's Story
1959-06-18
After leaving a wealthy Belgian family to become a nun, Sister Luke struggles with her devotion to h
A Face in the Rain
1963-03-31
An American spy hides in an apartment. But the woman who lives there is herself the mistress of a Ge
A Terrible Beauty
1960-06-17
In 1941, the IRA plans a campaign to coincide with the planned German invasion of England. Dermott O
Billy Budd
1962-11-12
Billy is an innocent, naive seaman in the British Navy in 1797. When the ship's sadistic master-at-a
Diamond City
1949-09-20
Set in the diamond fields of South Africa, Stafford Parker is a lawman trying to maintain a semblanc
This Other Eden
1959-09-23
A small town plans to erect a monument in memory of an IRA rebel killed during the 1920s. The son of
The Hundred Pound Window
1944-04-03
An accountant who has to take a second job working at a racetrack, soon becomes mixed up with a shad
Johnny Nobody
1961-10-01
When the atheistic ranting of Irish-American author James Mulcahy upsets the inhabitants of the Iris
Debt of Honour
1936-11-02
A Colonel's daughter steals from the regimental mess funds to pay off her gambling debts. One of the
The Demi-Paradise
1943-11-18
Ivan Kouznetsoff, a Russian engineer, recounts during World War II his stay in England prior to the
The Shoes of the Fisherman
1968-11-14
Ukrainian bishop Kiril Lakota, a political prisoner in a Soviet gulag for twenty years, is unexpecte
The Webster Boy
1962-06-01
A gambler comes out of prison, returns to his old-flame, and finds that she has a teenage son, who b
We Dive at Dawn
1943-04-15
A gripping tale of WWII naval warfare in the Baltics, starring John Mills as Lt. Freddie Taylor, a B
No Highway in the Sky
1951-06-28
James Stewart plays aeronautical engineer Theodore Honey, the quintessential absent-minded professor
Christopher Columbus
1949-10-12
Christopher Columbus overcomes intrigue at the Spanish court and convinces Queen Isabella that his p
The MacKintosh Man
1973-11-08
A member of British Intelligence assumes a fictitious criminal identity and allows himself to be cau
She Didn't Say No!
1958-09-30
Bridget Monaghan, a single mother who has had six children by different fathers, shocks the conserva
Turn of the Tide
1935-06-08
Turn of the Tide is a 1935 British film directed by Norman Walker. It was the first feature film ma
The Luck of the Irish
1935-12-06
'The story of an Irishman's attempts to save his ancestral home through the fortunes of his racehors
Special Delivery
1955-04-07
Complications ensue when a U.S. diplomat discovers that he has a baby on his hands and an undercover
In the Nick
1960-06-17
A gang of small-time criminals are sent to an experimental prison where inmates are to be reformed,