Niall MacGinnis
| Niall MacGinnis | |
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| Born |
29 March 1913 Dublin, County Dublin, Ireland, UK |
| Died | 6 January 1977 (aged 63) Newport, Dyfed, Wales, UK |
| Years active | 1935–1977 |
| Spouse(s) | Sheila Macdonald Eleonore Mac Ginnis (1955–1977) (his death) (1 child) |
Niall MacGinnis (29 March 1913 – 6 January 1977) was an Irish actor who made 80 screen appearances.
MacGinnis was born in Dublin in 1913. He was educated at Stonyhurst College in England, and studied medicine at Dublin University. He qualified as a house surgeon. During the Second World War, MacGinnis served as surgeon in the Royal Navy.
MacGinnis played a German sailor in the British war film 49th Parallel (1941) with Laurence Olivier, Leslie Howard, Eric Portman and Raymond Massey. He portrayed Captain MacMorris in Olivier's version of Henry V (1944) and the title character in the film Martin Luther (1953). He played the villainous Julian Karswell opposite American actor Dana Andrews in the British horror film Night of the Demon (1957, released in the United States as Curse of the Demon). He also played Zeus opposite Honor Blackman's Hera in Jason and the Argonauts (1963), played the arch-criminal A. J. Kent in an episode of Danger Man entitled "Battle of The Cameras" (1965); and had a supporting role in John Huston's film The Kremlin Letter (1969).
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