Tom Jordan (1937 – 29 June 2019) was an Irish actor best known for his part as
Charlie Kelly in the Irish
soap opera
A soap opera (also called a daytime drama or soap) is a genre of a long-running radio or television Serial (radio and television), serial, frequently characterized by melodrama, ensemble casts, and sentimentality. The term ''soap opera'' originat ...
''
Fair City
''Fair City'' is an Irish television soap opera which has been broadcast on RTÉ One since 1989. Produced by the public service broadcaster RTE, it first aired on Monday, 18 September 1989. It has won several awards
and is both the most po ...
'', a part he had for thirty years between the start of the series in 1989 and his death in 2019.
Jordan shared a dressing room with
Jim Bartley for most of this time.
Between 1968 and 1972, Jordan was a member of the RTÉ Players. A founder member of
Project Arts Centre
Project Arts Centre is a multidisciplinary arts centre based in Temple Bar, Dublin, which hosts visual arts, theatre, dance, music, and performance.
History
Project Arts Centre was founded by Jim FitzGerald and Colm O'Briain in 1967 after a th ...
, Jordan spent twelve years working with World Theatre Productions. He served as artistic director of the
Belfast
Belfast (, , , ; from ) is the capital city and principal port of Northern Ireland, standing on the banks of the River Lagan and connected to the open sea through Belfast Lough and the North Channel (Great Britain and Ireland), North Channel ...
's
Lyric Theatre from 1987 until 1988. Colleagues recall him as a campaigner for actor rights.
Born in
Marino, Dublin
Marino () is an inner suburb on the Northside (Dublin), Northside of Dublin, Republic of Ireland, Ireland. It was built, in a planned form, on former grounds of Marino House, in an area between Drumcondra, Dublin, Drumcondra, Donnycarney, Clont ...
, he took up residence in
Beaumont where he lived for fifty years. Married with six children, he moved out of Dublin and lived in Roscommon from 2015.
See also
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List of longest-serving soap opera actors#Ireland
References
External links
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1937 births
2019 deaths
Irish artistic directors
Irish male soap opera actors
Irish male television actors
Male actors from Dublin (city)
RTÉ people
20th-century Irish male actors
21st-century Irish male actors