Joseph O'ConorFilmography

Born:: February 14, 1916 in Dublin, Ireland
Occupation:: Actor

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Tom & Viv

Actors: Willem Dafoe, Miranda Richardson, Rosemary Harris, Tim Dutton, Nickolas Grace

Synopsis: Willem Dafoe stars as groundbreaking early 20th century American poet T.S. Eliot in this biopic focusing on Eliot's disastrous marriage. Young Tom Eliot meets the flamboyant Vivienne Haigh-Wood (Miranda Richardson) while they are both students at Oxford University in England in 1914. Eliot is Read More

1994
Forbidden Quest

Actors: Joseph O'Conor, Roy Ward

Synopsis: In this drama, an elderly fellow recounts the adventures and misfortunes he and fellow trekkers suffered on an ill-fated 1905 expedition to the South Pole. That he was the only survivor only adds poignancy to his incredible tale. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More

1993
The Dark Crystal

Actors: John Baddeley, David Buck, Jim Henson, Kathryn Mullen, Dave Goelz, Brian Muehl, Stephen Garlick

Synopsis: Jim Henson ventures into Tolkien territory in his all-Muppet fantasy feature The Dark Crystal. The titular Crystal maintains equilibrium in a mythical kingdom. When the Crystal is broken, the evil Skeksis take over, killing off the good-guy Gelflings and enslaving everyone else. Two of the Read More

1982
Othello

Actors: Anthony Hopkins, Bob Hoskins, David Yelland, Penelope Wilton

Synopsis: Othello (Anthony Hopkins) is a noble black Moor held in high regard by Venice for his service as a military general. However, he makes a deadly enemy in his ensign Iago (Bob Hoskins) after he promotes Michael Cassio (David Yelland), not Iago, to the position of personal lieutenant. To gain Read More

1981
Romeo and Juliet

Actors: John Gielgud, Patrick Ryecart, Rebecca Saire

Synopsis: This 3-hour TV adaptation of Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet features Patrick Ryecart and Rebecca Saire in the title roles. Though these names may not be familiar to the casual viewer, the same cannot be said of the supporting cast. Celia Johnson appears as the Nurse, Michael Hordern is Lord Read More

1979
The Black Windmill

Actors: Michael Caine, Donald Pleasence, Delphine Seyrig, Clive Revill, John Vernon

Synopsis: Michael Caine stars as an espionage agent whose young son is kidnapped. Complicating matters is the fact that the kidnappers (John Vernon and Delphine Seyrig) are Caine's own colleagues. They want to secure Caine's aid in rounding up a diamond smuggling ring, and they don't care who they have to Read More

1974
Father Dear Father

Actors: Patrick Cargill

Synopsis: The British TV sitcom Father Dear Father originally ran from 1968 through 1973. Veteran farceur Patrick Cargill starred as a divorced father with two nubile daughters. Complications ensued when the girls moved into the flat just below Cargill's. You may recognize this property as the basis for the Read More

1973
Yellow Dog

1973
The Possessed

Actors: Keith Bell, Anne Stallybrass, David Collings, James Caffrey, Rosalie Crutchley

Synopsis: This ambitious four-part adaptation of Dostoevsky's 19th century novel The Possessed was originally telecast in Britain in 1970. A savage attack on the Russian radical movement of the 1870s, the story was set in a peaceful bourgeois village terrorized by a roving gang of revolutionists. The head Read More

1970
A Walk With Love and Death

Actors: Assaf Dayan, Anjelica Huston, Anthony Corlan, John Hallam, Robert Lang

Synopsis: Heron of Foix (Assaf Dayan) hears the call of the ocean and leaves his school in Paris to walk to the sea. He meets the fair Claudia (Anjelica Huston) and the two fall in love and journey together to escape the ongoing Hundred Years War. They witness the brutal and bloody murder of a peasant who Read More

1969
Anne of the Thousand Days

Actors: Richard Burton, Geneviève Bujold, Irene Papas, Anthony Quayle, John Colicos

Synopsis: Anne of the Thousand Days is the belated film adaptation of Maxwell Anderson's 1948 stage play. The story concentrates on the romance between Britain's King Henry VIII (Richard Burton) and his ill-fated second wife Anne Boleyn (Genevieve Bujold). After holding out for marriage rather than an Read More

1969
Oliver!

Actors: Ron Moody, Shani Wallis, Oliver Reed, Harry Secombe, Hugh Griffith, Mark Lester, Jack Wild

Synopsis: Inspired by Charles Dickens' novel Oliver Twist, Lionel Bart's 1961 London and Broadway musical hit glossed over some of Dickens' more graphic passages but managed to retain a strong subtext to what was essentially light entertainment. For its first half-hour or so, Carol Reed's Oscar-winning 1968 Read More

1968
The Devil-Ship Pirates

Actors: Christopher Lee, Andrew Keir, John Cairney, Duncan Lamont, Michael Ripper

Synopsis: Upon their defeat by Francis Drake, a ship's crew which served in the Spanish Armada anchors near a small coastal village in England to make repairs on their vessel. While there, the cuthroat Captain Robeles (Christopher Lee) leads his men to take control of the town in an opportunistic move Read More

1964
The Gorgon

Actors: Peter Cushing, Christopher Lee, Richard Pasco, Barbara Shelley, Michael Goodliffe

Synopsis: A small German town falls prey to an unseen monster that turns its victims into lifeless statues in this mid-'60s outing from Hammer Studios. When the girlfriend of bohemian artist Bruno Heitz (Jeremy Longhurst) becomes the latest townsperson to turn up dead, her corpse transformed to stone, Bruno Read More

1964
Crooks in Cloisters

Actors: Ronald Fraser, Barbara Windsor, Gregoire Aslan, Bernard Cribbins, Davy Kaye

Synopsis: In this comedy, crooks on the lam hide-out in an abandoned island monastery. Along with their leader, the robbers put on monks' habits and begin living a quiet pastoral existence centered around raising animals and crops. It takes them a while to get the hang of it. As they learn, they are Read More

1964
Gorgo

Actors: Bill Travers, William Sylvester, Vincent Winter, Christopher Rhodes, Joseph O'Conor

Synopsis: Gorgo is an attempt to make a Japanese-style "giant reptile" flick in an English setting. The story begins when underwater volcanic activity in the Irish Sea brings forth a 65-foot monster called Gorgo. Enterprising Joe (Bill Travers) and Sam (William Sylvester) capture the beast and transport it Read More

1961
Paul Temple's Triumph

Synopsis: In this entry in the series, amateur sleuth and aspiring novelist Temple and his wife look for a kidnapped scientist whose formula for a new atomic weapon has been stolen by the enemy. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More

1951
Stranger at My Door

Synopsis: This drama chronicles the attempts of a young man from Dublin to buy his girl friend a number of expensive gifts. Because he cannot afford them, he resorts to burglary. Later he discovers that she is using the money he brings to pay off an extortionist. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More

1950