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Niall MacGinnis
Niall MacGinnis
	MacGinnis as the title character in the film Martin Luther (1953)
Born	Patrick Niall MacGinnis; 29 March 1913; Dublin, Ireland
Died	6 January 1977 (aged 63); Newport, Pembrokeshire, Wales
Years active	1935–1977
Spouses	; Sheila Macdonal (m. 1942, divorced) ; Eleonore MacGinnis; (m. 1955)
Children	1

Patrick Niall MacGinnis^[1] (29 March 1913 – 6 January 1977) was an Irish actor who made around 80 screen appearances.

Early life

MacGinnis was born in Dublin in 1913.^[2] He was educated at Stonyhurst College, a Jesuit public school in Lancashire in the North of England, and studied medicine at Trinity College Dublin (TCD), qualifying as a house surgeon. During the Second World War, MacGinnis served as a surgeon in the Royal Navy.^[3]

In 1938 he starred in the hit comedy play Spring Meeting in the West End.

Acting career

Among his more notable film roles are:

a German U-boat sailor in the British war film 49th Parallel (1941)
Captain MacMorris in Henry V (1944)
the title character in the film Martin Luther (1953)
the villain 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)
Zeus in Jason and the Argonauts (1963)

On television, he played the arch-criminal A. J. Kent in the Danger Man episode "Battle of The Cameras" and Colonel Probst in The Saint episode "The Paper Chase".

Later life

In 1942, MacGinnis married Sheila Mcdonald; the couple later divorced. In 1955, he married his second wife Eleanor, with whom he had a daughter. In the mid-1970s, he gave up acting, moved back to his native Ireland, and returned to the medical profession. He lived in Ashford, County Wicklow, Ireland, until he died of cancer in Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire, Wales, in January 1977,^[2] aged 63, where he had been working in the medical profession. Eleanor remained in Ashford until her death in 2013. Their daughter and family still reside on the family property.

Complete filmography

Turn of the Tide (1935) – John Lunn
The Crimson Circle (1936) – Jack Beardmore
Debt of Honour (1936) – Lt. Peter Stretton
Ourselves Alone (1936) – Terence Elliott
The Luck of the Irish (1936) – Derek O'Neill
The Edge of the World (1937) – The Gray Family: Andrew, His Son
The Last Adventurers (1937) – Jeremy Bowker
Spring Meeting (1938 TV movie) – Michael Byrne
Mountains O'Mourne (1938) – Paddy Kelly
East of Piccadilly (1941) – Joe
49th Parallel (1941) – Vogel
The Day Will Dawn (1942) – Olaf
We Dive at Dawn (1943) – Torpedo Gunner's Mate – C/P.O. Mike Corrigan
Undercover (1943) – Dr. Jordon
The Demi-Paradise (1943) – Man on ship-dedication stand (uncredited)
The Hundred Pound Window (1944) – Chick Slater
Tawny Pipit (1944) – Jimmy Bancroft
Henry V (1944) – Macmorris – Irish Captain in the English Army
Captain Boycott (1947) – Mark Killain
Death at Newtownstewart (1948 TV movie) – District Inspector Montgomery
Anna Karenina (1948) – Levin
Hamlet (1948) – Sea Captain
No Room at the Inn (1948) – O'Rane
Christopher Columbus (1949) – Juan de la Cosa
Diamond City (1949) – Hans Muller
Which Will Ye Have? (1949 short) – Barabbas
Chance of a Lifetime (1950) – Baxter
Talk of a Million (1951) – Tom Cassidy
No Highway in the Sky (1951) – Captain Samuelson, Pilot (uncredited)
Murder in the Cathedral (1951) – Herald
Martin Luther (1953) – Martin Luther
Knights of the Round Table (1953) – Green Knight
Hell Below Zero (1954) – Dr. Howe
Conflict of Wings (1954) – Harry Tilney
Betrayed (1954) – "Blackie"
Special Delivery (1955) – Sidney
Helen of Troy (1956) – Menelaus
Alexander the Great (1956) – Parmenion
Lust for Life (1956) – Roulin
The Shiralee (1957) – Beauty Kelly
Night of the Demon (1957) – Doctor Karswell
She Didn't Say No! (1958) – James Casey
Behind the Mask (1958) – Neil Isherwood
The Nun's Story (1959) – Father Vermeuhlen (Leprosarium)
Shake Hands with the Devil (1959) – Michael O'Leary
Tarzan's Greatest Adventure (1959) – Kruger
This Other Eden (1959) – Devereaux
Kidnapped (1960) – Mr. Shuan
Never Take Sweets from a Stranger (1960) – Defense Counsel
A Terrible Beauty (1960) – Ned O'Neill
In the Nick (1960) – Prison Governor
Foxhole in Cairo (1960) – Radek
Sword of Sherwood Forest (1960) – Friar Tuck
Johnny Nobody (1961) – Defending Counsel Sullivan
The Webster Boy (1962) – Headmaster
Billy Budd (1962) – Nathaniel Graveling – Ship's Master, Rights of Man
The Devil's Agent (1962) – Paul Vass
The Playboy of the Western World (1963) – Old Mahon
Jason and the Argonauts (1963) – Zeus
The Man Who Finally Died (1963) – Brenner
Face in the Rain (1963) – Klaus
Becket (1964) – Baron
The Truth About Spring (1965) – Cleary
The Spy Who Came in from the Cold (1965) – Checkpoint Charlie Guard
The War Lord (1965) – Odins
A Man Could Get Killed (1966) – Ship's Captain
Island of Terror (1966) – Mr. Roger Campbell
The Viking Queen (1967) – Tiberian
Torture Garden (1967) – Dr. Silversmith
The Shoes of the Fisherman (1968) – Capuchin friar
Krakatoa, East of Java (1969) – Harbor Master
Sinful Davey (1969) – Boots Simpson
The Kremlin Letter (1970) – Erector Set
Darling Lili (1970) – Von Hindenburg (uncredited)
River of Mystery (1971 TV movie) – Garwood Drum
The Mackintosh Man (1973) – Warder
Crisis in Sun Valley (1978 TV movie) – James (final film role)

References

^ O'Riordan, Turlough (2015). "MacGinnis, (Patrick) Niall". Dictionary of Irish Biography. Retrieved 4 November 2024.
^ ^a ^b "Niall MacGinnis". BFI. Retrieved 9 October 2020.
^ McFarlane, Brian (28 February 2014). The Encyclopedia of British Film: Fourth edition. Oxford University Press. p. 479; ISBN 9781526111968