Actor
Barry Keegan
September 12, 1922 · Dublin, Ireland
Barry Keegan was an actor who had a successful Hollywood career. Keegan began his acting career appearing in various films, such as the Stewart Granger adaptation "Footsteps in the Fog" (1955), "Satellite in the Sky" (1956) and the James Stewart suspenseful adaptation "The Man Who Knew Too Much" (1956). He also appeared in the thriller "The Safecracker" (1958) with Ray Milland. He kept working in film throughout the fifties and the sixties, starring in "Gideon's Day" (1959) with Jack Hawkins, "Moment of Danger" (1960) with Trevor Howard and "Gorgo" (1961). He also appeared in "King of Kings" (1961). Film continued to be his passion as he played roles in the dramatic adaptation "Billy Budd" (1962) with Terence Stamp, the adaptation "In Search of the Castaways" (1962) with Maurice Chevalier and the Peter Sellers comedy "The Wrong Arm of the Law" (1962). He also appeared in "A Walk With Love and Death" (1969) with Anjelica Huston. Keegan more recently acted in "Flight of the Doves" (1971).
Notable work
Often works with
Ralph Truman
2 titles together
The Man Who Knew Too Much, The Long Arm
Richard Wattis
2 titles together
The Man Who Knew Too Much, Danger Man
Anna Massey
2 titles together
Frenzy, Gideon's Day
Alec McCowen
2 titles together
Frenzy, The Long Arm
Billie Whitelaw
2 titles together
Frenzy, Payroll
Bernard Cribbins
2 titles together
Frenzy, The Wrong Arm of the Law
Full filmography · 53
The MacKintosh Man
as Pub Customer (uncredited)
19736.1
Thrills Galore
as Jack
1972
Frenzy
as Hospital Patient (uncredited)
19727.1
Flight of the Doves
as Powder
1971
A Walk with Love and Death
as Peasant Leader
19695.9
Gold Is Where You Find It
as Steve Lenihan
1968
The July Plot
as SS General Count von Helidorf
1964
The Summer in Gossensass
as Herr Holst
1964
The Wrong Arm of the Law
as Alf
19636.7
The Barber of Stamford Hill
cast
1963
A Prize of Arms
as Supt. Cooper
1962
In Search of the Castaways
as Irish claimant
19626.5