Donal Donnelly

Donnelly, Donal (b. 1931), actor. A slender, forever‐youthful looking Irishman, Donnelly spent most of his career in America, excelling in Irish types but playing a wide variety of characters over the years. He was born in Bradford, England, to Irish parents and was educated in Dublin, where he later trained at the Gate Theatre. Donnelly made his London debut in 1959 and first came to America to play the alter ego of the Irish lad Gar in Philadelphia, Here I Come! (1966). Among his memorable New York performances, several of which were as replacements, were the victim‐turned‐victor Milo Tindle in Sleuth (1971), the Cockney agent Teddy in Faith Healer (1979), the witty George Bernard Shaw in both the one‐man program My Astonishing Self (1983) and in the two‐character Dear Liar (1999), a diabolical Dr. Watson in Sherlock's Last Case (1987), the senile priest Jack in Dancing at Lughnasa (1991), and the town gossip Johnnypateenmike in The Cripple of Inishmaan (1998).

Donal Donnelly
Born	6 July 1931 (1931-07-06) (age 78) Bradford, West Yorkshire, England
Occupation	actor
Years active	1957 - 1999

Donal Donnelly is an Irish actor who was born 6 July 1931 in Bradford, West Yorkshire, but raised in Dublin, Ireland.

He is a theatre and movie actor currently residing in New York.

He is a colleague, friend and schoolmate of fellow Dubliner, actor Milo O'Shea.

Donal Donnelly attended school at Synge Street Christian Brothers School in Dublin where he acted in school plays with Milo O'Shea, Eamonn Andrews, Jack McGowran, Bernard Frawley ( Seattle Repertory Co.), Jimmy Fitzsimons ( "Suddenly", with Frank Sinatra) brother of Maureen O'Hara, all under the direction of famous elocution teacher, Ena Burke. Donnelly toured with Anew McMaster's Irish repertory company before moving to England where he starred with Rita Tushingham in the movie The Knack …and How to Get It. He received strong notices for his role as Freddie Mallins in John Huston's film version of The Dead by James Joyce.

External links

• Donal Donnelly at the Internet Movie Database
• Donal Donnelly at the Internet Broadway Database

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