Joseph Tomelty
Actor and Playwright
Denys Hawthorne obituary...the talents of actors including Patrick Magee, Jimmy Ellis, Stephen Boyd and Colin Blakely, as well as new Irish writers such as Joseph Tomelty and Brian Friel, whose plays were presented alongside modern classics by Ibsen, Chekhov, Shaw and... In this article: Harold Pinter, Brian Friel, Samuel Beckett, Patrick Magee, London, and Joseph Tomelty |
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Odd Man Out
...the woman who loves Johnny. Also of note are W. G. Fay -- a founder of the Abbey Theatre -- as the kindly Father Tom, Fay Compton, Joseph Tomelty, and Eddie Byrne. A number of non-speaking parts were filled by actors who later went on to...
In this article: Odd Man Out, James Mason, Carol Reed, Cyril Cusack, Wilfrid Brambell, Belfast, Northern Ireland, and Buckinghamshire
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Meet Mr. Lucifer
...Neighbour by Arnold Ridley (who also played the eccentric Private Godfrey in the BBC television comedy series Dad's Army. When Mr Pedelty (Joseph Tomelty) leaves his firm, he is given a television set as a retirement gift. At first he enjoys...
In this article: Meet Mr. Lucifer, Ealing Studios, BBC Television, Peggy Cummins, Arnold Ridley, Jack Watling, Dad's Army, and London
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Frances Tomelty
...Street, Cracker '', as well as films like ''Bellman and True, Monk Dawson, Bullshot '' and ''The Field. She is the daughter of Belfast actor Joseph Tomelty (March 5, 1911- June 7, 1995). In 1976 she married Sting after knowing him for two...
In this article: Frances Tomelty, Sting, Belfast, Northern Ireland, Spooks, and Amazing Mrs Pritchard
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Portaferry
...the eastern corner is ruinous. Portaferry's famous sons include two brothers, the tenor Peter Tomelty and the actor and playwright Joseph Tomelty, born in Portaferry in 1911. Priest, Philosopher and Poet Father Vincent McNabb was also born...
In this article: Queen's University Belfast, Northern Ireland, Oliver Reed, Errol Flynn, Atlantic, George Best, and Theodore Thomson Flynn
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Padraig Marrinan
...work includes "Our Lady of the Missions" and "The Madonna and Child of Loreto". Literary portraits of Brian Friel, Padraic Fiach and Joseph Tomelty, as well as numerous portraits of his family and landscapes of Counties Clare, Antrim,...
In this article: Padraig Marrinan, Brian Friel, Belfast, Charcoal, Eamonn Ceannt, William Orpen, John Lavery, and Department of Defence
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Joseph Tomelty
...All Souls' Night in 1948. In England in 1954 he suffered a car accident and, while he recovered, he was never as productive again. His brother, Peter Tomelty, was a tenor and recording artist. His daughter, Frances Tomelty, is an...
In this article: Belfast, Group Theatre, Northern Ireland, All Souls' Night, Special Powers Act, Sting, and Sam Thompson
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Sam Thompson (writer)
...the Board for breach of contract. Over the Bridge finally opened in Belfast on 26 January 1960, directed by Ellis and starring J. G. Devlin, Joseph Tomelty and Harry Towb; Thompson played one of the minor roles. It was highly successful,...
In this article: Belfast, James Ellis, Northern Ireland, Sam Thompson, Nationalist, BBC Northern Ireland, and 1964 General Election
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Belvoir players
...founded in 1968. Richard Mills, MBE, is the chairman of the company. They are responsible for such works as the play version of Joseph Tomelty's The Mcooeys. In 2005 Belvoir Players won the Full-Length British Festival, sweeping the...
In this article: Belfast
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Joseph Tomelty (March 5 1911, Portaferry, Northern Ireland - June 7 1995, Belfast, Northern Ireland) was an Northern Irish character actor and playwright. He worked in film, television, and on the stage, starring in Sam Thompson's 1960 play Over the Bridge.
His daughter Frances Tomelty was an actress and the first wife of singer and musician Sting.
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