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Taffin
''Taffin'' is a 1988 thriller film directed by Francis Megahy and starring Pierce Brosnan in the title role of Mark Taffin.'' The Irish Filmography 1896-1996''; Red Mountain Press (Dublin); 1996. Page 196 It also featured Ray McAnally, Alison Doody and Jeremy Child. It is based on Lyndon Mallet's book series. Plot Mark Taffin, a debt collector in the small town of Ballymoran, uses his smarts and martial arts skills to help locals collect debts they are owed. He beats up a restaurant owner and collects his car to pay the man's debt, and aids a trio of young men who have been sold a faulty van. He also helps Charlotte, a local barmaid, who is having trouble with her employer, and who becomes his girlfriend. Taffin learns a local councillor, Gibson, is conspiring with a landowner named Henderson to hide the ownership of the landowner's meadow, so that a local sports field will be sold instead of the meadow, and the meadow will be worth much more as building land once a plann ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Shaw (producer, Born 1942)
Peter Shaw (born 6 November 1942) is a British film producer, known for ''Champions'', ''Keep the Aspidistra Flying'', '' The Water Babies'', '' The Will to Work'', and ''Enigma''. Early life Shaw was born on 6 November 1942 in Windsor, Berkshire, the son of Thomas William and Margaret Aylwen. He was educated at Eton College, followed by a three-year short service commission in the British Army serving with the Royal Green Jackets. Career In 1970 Shaw identified a pressing need for new, up-to-date management training films. Between 1970 and 1973 he produced eight industrial training films, distributed worldwide by the Rank Organisation, winning a Grierson for "The Will to Work"; meanwhile he expanded his film interests. From 1970 to 1980 he co-produced a 12 part TV series Let's Face It and a number of TV documentaries and cinema shorts, including: ''The World of Miss World'', '' Race for the Double Helix'', ''Maharajahs'', ''Victorians'', ''Display'', ''Sport of Kings'', ''Wi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Ambrose
David Edwin Ambrose (born 21 February 1943) is a British novelist, playwright and screenwriter. His credits include at least twenty films, four stage plays, and many hours of television, including the controversial '' Alternative 3'' (1977). He was born in Chorley, Lancashire, and educated at Blackburn Grammar School and Merton College, Oxford. He was married to the Swiss-born artist Laurence Ambrose from 1979 until her death in 2019. Early life After passing the eleven-plus, Ambrose attended Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School, Blackburn, between 1954 and 1961. From 1962 until 1965 he studied law at Merton College, Oxford. While there he wrote two plays which were successfully performed (one winning an OUDS prize for best college production) as well as directing and acting in several productions. He was also a frequent debater in the Oxford Union Society, where he served a term on standing committee. Despite winning a mock trial in front of a high court judge while still an un ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alison Doody
Alison Doody (born March 9, 1966) is an Irish actress and model. After making her feature film debut as Bond girl Jenny Flex in ''A View to a Kill'' (1985), she went on to play Elsa Schneider in ''Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade'' (1989). Other roles include Siobhan Donavan in ''A Prayer for the Dying'' (1987), Charlotte in '' Taffin'' (1988), Rebecca Flannery in '' Major League II'' (1994) and Catherine Buxton in ''RRR'' (2022). She also played Pam in '' Beaver Falls'' (2011–2012). Early life The youngest of three children, Doody was born in Dublin, Ireland. Her mother, Joan, was a beauty therapist, and her father Patrick, worked in the property business and farmed. Doody attended Mount Anville Secondary School. Career Approached by a photographer, Doody took up modelling, which turned into a career in commercial modelling. Doody stringently avoided glamour and nude work, a clause which she extended to her acting career. Having come to the attention of the casting dire ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pierce Brosnan
Pierce Brendan Brosnan (; born 16 May 1953) is an Irish actor and film producer. He is best known as the fifth actor to play secret agent James Bond in the Bond film series, starring in four films from 1995 to 2002 ('' GoldenEye'', '' Tomorrow Never Dies'', '' The World Is Not Enough'' and ''Die Another Day'') and in multiple video games. After leaving school at age 16, Brosnan began training in commercial illustration and went on to attend the Drama Centre in London for three years. Following a stage acting career, he rose to popularity in the television series '' Remington Steele'' (1982–1987). After the conclusion of the series, Brosnan appeared in films such as the Cold War spy film ''The Fourth Protocol'' (1987) and the comedy '' Mrs. Doubtfire'' (1993). After achieving worldwide fame for his role as James Bond, Brosnan took the lead in other major films including the epic disaster adventure film ''Dante's Peak'' (1997) and the remake of the heist film '' The Thomas Cr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frank Kelly
Francis Kelly (28 December 1938 – 28 February 2016) was an Irish actor, singer and writer, whose career covered television, radio, theatre, music, screenwriting and film. He is best remembered for playing Father Jack Hackett in the Channel 4 sitcom '' Father Ted''. Early life and career Kelly was born, in 1938, in Blackrock, south County Dublin, where he lived most of his life. His parents were Kathleen and Charles E. Kelly, cartoonist and founder of the satirical magazine ''Dublin Opinion''. He was educated at Blackrock College and went on to study law at University College Dublin and tried journalism, working for years as a subeditor at Irish newspapers, before moving on to acting. He worked at Dublin's Eblana Theatre with Cecil Sheridan and as a feed to Jack Cruise. Other work included pantomime and reviews. Kelly's first film role, which was uncredited, was as a prison officer in '' The Italian Job'' (1969), escorting Charlie Croker ( Michael Caine) out of prison ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Patrick Bergin
Patrick Connolly Bergin (born 4 February 1951) is an Irish actor and singer perhaps best known for his leading role opposite Julia Roberts in '' Sleeping with the Enemy'' (1991), the title character in Robin Hood (1991 film), terrorist Kevin O'Donnell in Patriot Games and for playing the villainous Aidan Maguire in the BBC soap '' EastEnders'' in 2017–2018. Early life Bergin was born in Dublin. His father, Patrick Bergin snr., was a Labour Party politician who once studied to be a priest with the Holy Ghost Fathers in Blackrock, Ireland. Patrick was one of four sons and one daughter (Pearse, Emmet, Patrick, Allen and Siobhan Bergin). He left Dublin for London in 1973, and by the time he was 17 he was in London running a theatre company. He worked on building sites and at a library. He studied at night and completed an education degree from North London Polytechnic. He was an English teacher for several years, then formed his own theatrical company because "no one else ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jim Bartley (actor)
Jim Bartley (born 1945) is an Irish actor best known for his part as Bela Doyle in the Irish soap opera ''Fair City'', a part he has had since 1990. His other television credits include ''Fatal Inheritance'', ''The Bill'', ''Joyriders'', '' Taffin'', '' The Fantasist'', ''Inside'', '' The Irish R.M.'', ''Teems of Times'', ''Coronation Street'', ''Underground'', '' Ulysses'', ''Tolka Row'' and ''Z-Cars''. He has also had film roles in '' War of the Buttons'', ''M.A.N.: Matrix Adjusted Normal'', ''Teresa's Wedding'' and '' The Pink Panther Strikes Again''. He married actress Barbara Brennan in 1973. They had two children, Emmet and Eva, but separated in 1984. Emmet died in 1987, aged nine. Eva also became an actress. He lives with his partner Helen Cahill in Tallaght, County Dublin. He has taken regular breaks from acting due to him having strokes. On 24 May 2013, Bartley had a full segment of ''The Late Late Show ''The'' () is a grammatical article in English, denoting person ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Francis Megahy
Francis Megahy (18 March 1935 – 1 May 2020) was a British film director. Filmography *''Freelance'' (1971) *''The Great Riviera Bank Robbery ''The Great Riviera Bank Robbery'', also known as ''Dirty Money'' and ''Sewers of Gold'', is a 1979 British heist film written and directed by Francis Megahy and starring Ian McShane, Warren Clarke, Stephen Greif and Christopher Malcolm. In the ...'' (1979) *''Flashpoint Africa'' (1980) *''Real Life'' (1984) *'' Taffin'' (1988) References External links * 1935 births 2020 deaths People from Manchester Deaths from cancer in California British expatriates in the United States British film directors {{UK-film-director-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1988 Films
The following is an overview of events in 1988 in film, including the highest-grossing films, award ceremonies and festivals, a list of films released and notable deaths. Highest-grossing films The top 10 films released in 1988 by worldwide gross are as follows: Events * May 25 – '' Rambo III'' was released as the most expensive film ever made with a production budget between $58 and $63 million. The film failed to match the box office earnings from '' Rambo: First Blood Part II'' (1985). * July 15 – '' Die Hard'' defies low commercial expectations to gross $141.5 million worldwide. Hailed as an influential landmark in the action film genre, it influenced a common formula for many '90s action films, featuring a lone everyman against a colorful terrorist character who's usually holding hostages in an isolated setting. Such films and their sequels are often referred to as "''Die Hard'' on a _____": '' Under Siege'' (battleship), '' Cliffhanger'' (mountain), '' Speed'' (bus ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dermot Morgan
Dermot John Morgan (31 March 1952 – 28 February 1998) was an Irish comedian and actor, best known for his role as Father Ted Crilly in the Channel 4 sitcom ''Father Ted''. Early life Morgan was born in Dublin, the son of Hilda "Holly" (née Stokes) and artist and sculptor Donnchadh Morgan. His father died young of an aneurysm, leaving Holly with four children: Dermot, Paul, Denise, and Ruth, the last of whom died in childhood. Morgan was educated at Oatlands College in Stillorgan and University College Dublin (UCD), where he studied English literature and philosophy. During his time there, he honed his comic skills; he also fronted a country and Irish band named Big Gom and the Imbeciles, a kind of 'tribute' act to Big Tom and The Mainliners, a major Irish band of the era. After graduation, he worked as an English teacher at St Michael's College in Ailesbury Road, then became a full-time performer. Career Father Trendy and ''The Live Mike'' Morgan made his debut in the media ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jonathan Ryan (actor)
Jonathan Ryan is an Irish actor. Ryan has also played Gerry Adams and Proinsias De Rossa on screen. Biography As a pupil at C.B.C. Monkstown in 1963, Jonathan played rhythm guitar and shared vocals in the Rhythm & Blues band ROOTZGROOP, with Robbie Brennan, Rodney Williams, Dave McAnaney and Paul Brady. Ryan's acting career began while still a full-time student, making his debut playing ‘Dan’ opposite Lynn Redgrave and Dan O'Herlihy in ''A Better Place'' at Dublin's Gate Theatre in 1972. He turned full-time in 1978 and since then has worked extensively on stage, in TV, film and radio and has been one of Ireland's busiest voiceover artists for forty-two years. He has recorded TV and radio commercials for clients worldwide, winning several awards for his work in this field. Filmography * Stokes in ''The Outsider'' (1980), starring Sterling Hayden * The priest in Bob Quinn's '' Budawanny'' (1987) * Gibson in ''Taffin'' (1988), starring Pierce Brosnan * Jimmy Reardon in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gerard McSorley
Gerard McSorley (Irish: Gearóid Mac Somhairle; born 1 January 1950) is an Irish theatre, television and film actor. Early life He was born in the County Tyrone town of Omagh and, after attending a Christian Brothers school in his hometown, he attended St. Columb's College in Derry. He then attended Queen's University, Belfast, where he was taught by Seamus Heaney. He resides in Gweedore, County Donegal. He is a descendant of John McSorley, who opened McSorley's Old Ale House, the oldest operating pub in New York City. Career He spent much of his early career working in theatre, notably at the Abbey Theatre in Dublin. After playing Michael Evans in the original West End and Broadway productions of Brian Friel's play '' Dancing at Lughnasa'' in the early 1990s, McSorley started to attract more TV and movie roles. He has appeared in many Hollywood movies including '' Braveheart'' (in which his character "Cheltham" was decapitated by William Wallace at the battle of Stirling) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
