Acting
Jimmy Mageean
EN cinema · 8 credits
Born
21 September 1891
Died
6 February 1972 (aged 80)
Birthplace
Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
Jimmy Mageean was an American theatrical and film actor. Born in Massachusetts, he worked as an actor in the US, Canada, and England. He served in the Royal Irish Rifles in the First World War, and settled in Belfast after the war ended. There, he became a leading figure in the city's theatre scene, alongside his close friend Richard Hayward. With Hayward, he moved towards cinema, and became a star of low-budget 'Quota Quickies'. He later returned to America, and died in San Diego in 1972.
Known for
Filmography
My Wife's Family
as Dobson
Happy Ever After
as Divarsion
Against the Tide
1937
Against the Tide
as Tom Jenkins
Landslide
as Harry McGovan
Macushla
1937
Macushla
as Pat Muldoon
Irish and Proud of It
1936
Irish and Proud of It
as Old Flaherty
The Early Bird
as Charlie Simpson
The Luck of the Irish
as Sir Brian O'Neill