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Eddie Byrne is a Actor Irlandais born on 31 january 1911 at Dublin (Irlande)
Eddie Byrne (31 January 1911 - 21 August 1981) was an Irish actor. He was born in Birmingham, Warwickshire, England, to visiting Irish parents, and lived in Dublin his entire life. Outside of Ireland, he is probably best known for his minor role as General Willard in Star Wars (1977), but viewers of horror films might also remember him as the sceptical Inspector Mulrooney in The Mummy (1959) and as the kindly Dr. Reginald Landers in Island of Terror (1966). He also appeared as Inspector O'Neill in the film Jack the Ripper (1959). He died of a stroke in Dublin in 1981.
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Nationality Irlande
Birth 31 january 1911 at Dublin (Irlande)
Death 21 august 1981 (at 70 years) at Dublin (Irlande)
Birth 31 january 1911 at Dublin (Irlande)
Death 21 august 1981 (at 70 years) at Dublin (Irlande)
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The Thief and the Cobbler (1995)
, 1h31Directed by Richard Williams
Origin Canada
Genres Fantasy, Animation
Actors Matthew Broderick, Jennifer Beals, Jonathan Winters, Hilary Pritchard, Vincent Price, Anthony Quayle
Roles Hoof
Rating70%
The plot summary follows the 1992 workprint version of the film. The film opens with a narrator describing a prosperous city called the Golden City, ruled by the sleepy King Nod and protected by three golden balls atop its tallest minaret. According to a prophecy, the city would fall to a race of warlike, one-eyed monsters, known as "one-eyes", should the balls be removed, and could only be saved by "the simplest soul with the smallest and simplest of things". Living in the city are the good-hearted cobbler Tack, named for the ubiquitous pair of tacks held in his mouth, and a nameless, unsuccessful yet persistent thief. Both characters have no dialogue.
Star Wars (1977)
, 2h1Directed by George Lucas
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Fantastic, Adventure
Themes Space adventure films, Monde imaginaire, Dans l'espace, Sur une planète fictive, Films about extraterrestrial life, Space opera, Children's films, Films about extraterrestrial life, Robot films
Actors Mark Hamill, Carrie Fisher, Harrison Ford, Peter Cushing, Alec Guinness, Peter Mayhew
Roles General Willard
Rating82%
The galaxy is in a civil war, and spies for the Rebel Alliance have stolen plans to the Galactic Empire's Death Star, a heavily armed and armored space station capable of destroying entire planets. Rebel leader Princess Leia is in possession of the plans, but her ship is captured by Imperial forces under the command of the evil Lord Darth Vader. Before she is captured Leia hides the plans in the memory of an astromech droid called R2-D2, along with a holographic recording. The droid, accompanied by fellow protocol droid C-3PO, escape from the captured ship to the desert planet Tatooine.
, 1h32Directed by Joseph Strick
Actors Bosco Hogan, T.P. McKenna, John Gielgud, Susan Fitzgerald, David Kelly, Eddie Byrne
Rating61%
, 1h28Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy
Actors John Bluthal, Joe Lynch, David Kelly, Eddie Byrne, Ivor Dean, Anne Beach
Roles Father Ignatious
Rating64%
In the course of the film, Manny and Patrick hire a sexy new assistant Rita, seriously fall out after a gambling incident, experience woman trouble, find themselves burgled, and eventually end up on holiday in Rome after posing as priests.
The MacKintosh Man (1973)
, 1h38Directed by John Huston
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Spy
Themes Spy films, Seafaring films, Transport films, Political films
Actors Paul Newman, Dominique Sanda, James Mason, Harry Andrews, Ian Bannen, Nigel Patrick
Roles Fisherman
Rating62%
Joseph Rearden, a British Intelligence agent, arrives in London and makes a rendezvous with MacKintosh, the head of his organisation, in a discreet office located just off Trafalgar Square. MacKintosh and his deputy, Mrs Smith, inform him of a simple way to steal diamonds which are transported via the post service to avoid attention. This he does, apparently getting successfully away after punching a postman, and making off with the diamond-filled parcel. However, that evening, in his hotel room he is paid a visit by two Metropolitan Police detectives who have received an anonymous phone call advising them about the robbery. They are unconvinced by Rearden's pretence to be an innocent Australian who had recently arrived in London.
Guns in the Heather (1969)
, 3hDirected by Robert Butler
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Action, Adventure
Actors Glenn Corbett, Alfred Burke, Kurt Russell, Patrick Barr, Hugh McDermott, Eddie Byrne
Roles Bailey
Rating61%
Sinful Davey (1969)
, 1h35Directed by John Huston
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy, Adventure, Crime
Actors John Hurt, Pamela Franklin, Nigel Davenport, Fionnula Flanagan, Anjelica Huston, Robert Morley
Roles Yorkshire Bill
Rating57%
En Écosse, au début du XIX siècle, le jeune Davey Haggart est le fils d'un illustre brigand qui fut pendu. Davey est bien décidé à devenir lui aussi un bandit exceptionnel, cependant il échoue dans tout ce qu'il entreprend.
Where's Jack? (1969)
Directed by James Clavell
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Thriller, Biography, Adventure, Historical, Crime
Actors Stanley Baker, Tommy Steele, Fiona Lewis, Alan Badel, Dudley Foster, Michael Douglas
Roles Rev. Wagstaff
Rating64%
I Can't... I Can't... (1969)
Directed by Piers Haggard
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama
Actors Dennis Waterman, Tessa Wyatt, Alexandra Bastedo, Eddie Byrne
Roles Tom
Rating42%
A young woman's mother dies on the woman's wedding night.
The Vengeance of Fu Manchu (1967)
, 1h31Origin United-kingdom
Genres Adventure, Horror, Crime
Actors Peter Carsten, Tony Ferrer, Tsai Chin, Christopher Lee, Maria Rohm, Wolfgang Kieling
Roles Ship's Captain
Rating51%
In his remote hideaway in the Chinese province of Gansu, the evil Fu Manchu (Christopher Lee) plots the death and downfall of his arch rival, Inspector Nayland Smith of Scotland Yard, as the first step in his plan to become leader of the world's most terrible criminals.
Island of Terror (1966)
, 1h29Directed by Terence Fisher
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Science fiction, Horror
Actors Edward Judd, Peter Cushing, Eddie Byrne, Niall MacGinnis, Samuel John Kydd, Margaret Lacey
Roles Dr. Reginald Landers
Rating60%
On the remote Petrie's Island off the east coast of Ireland, farmer Ian Bellows goes missing and his wife contacts the local constabulary. Constable John Harris goes looking for him and finds him dead in a cave without a single bone in his body. Horrified, Harris swiftly fetches the town physician Dr. Reginald Landers, but Dr. Landers is unable to determine what happened to the dead man's skeleton. Landers journeys to the mainland to seek the help of a noted London pathologist, Dr. Brian Stanley.
Devils of Darkness (1965)
, 1h22Directed by Lance Comfort
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Horror
Themes Films about religion, Demons in film, Vampires in film
Actors William Sylvester, Tracy Reed, Tracy Reed, Rona Anderson, Peter Illing, Brian Oulton
Roles Dr. Robert Kelsey
Rating49%
Its plot involves a group of vampires and satanic worshippers, led by Count Sinistre, who search out fresh victims. The film begins in a small town in Brittany, primarily inhabited by gypsies, where Baxter is on holiday with a group of friends. Count Sinistre returns to terrorise the townspeople on All Soul's Night, and murders three of Baxter's friends. Baxter, initially sceptical of the supernatural nature of the town, becomes suspicious and returns to England with a talisman belonging to Sinistre which he had taken from the scene of one of his murders, leading Sinistre to pursue Baxter in an attempt to recover the talisman and murder acquaintances along the way.
The Running Man (1963)
, 1h43Directed by Carol Reed
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Thriller, Crime
Themes Transport films, Aviation films
Actors Laurence Harvey, Lee Remick, Alan Bates, Fernando Rey, Felix Aylmer, Eleanor Summerfield
Roles Sam Crewdson
Rating64%
In Croydon, England, seemingly grieving Stella Black (Lee Remick) has just returned home from her husband's funeral. Apparently, he died in a gliding accident when the glider he had rented crashed into the sea, and his body was never recovered. In reality, she knows her husband Rex Black (Laurence Harvey) is still alive and has been in hiding at a seaside boarding house for three months under the assumed name of Erskine, a shoe salesman on vacation, between the time of his "death" and the funeral. He has just clandestinely returned home following the funeral. They are perpetrating this ruse to collect on the £50,000 life insurance money from the Excelsior Insurance Company. They feel Excelsior owes them this money as, in the previous year, Excelsior did not pay out a £20,000 business insurance claim when his airplane, which he used to operate his own transport company, went down in bad weather on a flight to Hamburg, West Germany, and was destroyed. His insurance had lapsed by two days due to someone's error in not paying the latest premium – Rex admitting that it may have been his error - which in turn ruined his business.
The Cracksman (1963)
Directed by Peter Graham Scott
Actors Charlie Drake, Nyree Dawn Porter, George Sanders, Dennis Price, Percy Herbert, Eddie Byrne
Roles Domino
Rating58%
Charlie Drake plays honest locksmith Ernest Wright whose problem is that he cannot resist the challenge of a lock. First he is duped by a debonair con man into opening a car. He is caught by the police but is released on probation. Next the same man fools him into breaking into a house, and he lands in jail for a year. When he is released, he gets tricked into opening a safe, for which he receives a three-year jail sentence and an undeserved reputation as a master thief. Upon his release he finds himself as a pawn being manipulated by two gangs into a safe-cracking scheme but, with the help of undercover police woman Muriel played by Nyree Dawn Porter, he helps trap the crooks and clear his name.
The Punch and Judy Man (1963)
, 1h36Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Comedy
Actors Tony Hancock, Sylvia Syms, Ronald Fraser, Barbara Murray, John Le Mesurier, Brian Bedford
Roles Ice Cream Man
Rating62%
Based on Hancock's childhood memories of Bournemouth, the movie is set in 1963 in the sleepy fictional seaside town of Piltdown. Hancock plays Wally Pinner, the unhappily married Punch and Judy Man. Wally and the other beach entertainers, the Sandman (John Le Mesurier) who makes sand sculptures, and Neville the photographer (Mario Fabrizi) are socially unacceptable to the town's snobbish elite.