Godfrey Quigley (4 May 1923 – 7 September 1994) was an Irish film, television and stage actor. He appeared in

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''.

Biography

Quigley was born in

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, where his father was serving as an officer in the

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.''The Irish Times'', "Actor Godfrey Quigley Dies in Dublin Aged 71", 8 September 1994. The family returned to

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in the 1930s and, following military service in the

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, Quigley trained as an actor at the Abbey School of Acting. In 1949, Quigley made his first film appearance, in ''Saints and Sinners''. He appeared in two

films: first as the prison chaplain in ''

'' (1971), and then as Captain Grogan in ''

'' (1975). In British television, he played a has-been gangster in the serial ''

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'' (1969). His theatre roles include the Irishman in Tom Murphy's '' The Gigli Concert'', for which he won the Harvey's Best Actor Award in 1984. In the 1950s, Quigley co-founded the Globe Theatre Company,''The Irish Times'', "Godfrey Quigley: The Art of Being Different", 21 May 1988. whose members included his wife, Genevieve Lyons. The company was disestablished in 1960. During the same period, he produced the radio

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'' The Kennedys of Castleross''. In 1983 Quigley appeared in the film ''

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''.

Death

Quigley died in

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, aged 71.

Filmography

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