
Denis O'Dea (26 April 1905 – 5 November 1978) was an Irish stage and film actor. He was born in Dublin and attended Synge Street CBS. When very young he and his mother Kathleen (from County Kerry) moved in with her sister, who kept a boarding house at 54 South Richmond Street. He worked in insurance until taking up acting. O'Dea was a leading member of Dublin's Abbey Theatre where he had a great acting career from 1929 to 1953; a list of his performances can be found in the Abbey archives. He also appeared in numerous plays by Irish playwright Teresa Deevy, some of which toured New York and England. His work led to a number of notable film roles, including two mid-1930s John Ford films, The Informer and The Plough and the Stars (1936), and the part of the police inspector in pursuit of IRA man James Mason in Carol Reed's Odd Man Out (1947).

I Captured the King of the Leprechauns

邪魔者は殺せ

The Fallen Idol

Landfall

The Story of Esther Costello

The Rising of the Moon

艦長ホレーショ

ナイアガラ

The Informer

四つの願い

Treasure Island

モガンボ

The Long Dark Hall

Captain Lightfoot

Beloved Enemy

The Small Miracle

山羊座のもとに

The Mark of Cain

Sea Devils

The Plough and the Stars

Esther and the King

Guests of The Nation

Marry Me

Cradle of Genius