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Niall MacGinnis | |
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![]() MacGinnis as the title character in the film Martin Luther (1953) | |
Born | Patrick Niall MacGinnis 29 March 1913 Dublin, Ireland |
Died | 6 January 1977 Newport, Monmouthshire, Wales | (aged 63)
Alma mater | Trinity College Dublin |
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Years active | 1935–1977 |
Spouses | Sheila Macdonal
(m. 1942, divorced)Eleonore MacGinnis
(m. 1955) |
Children | 1 |
Patrick Niall MacGinnis (29 March 1913 – 6 January 1977) was an Irish actor and physician.[1] On screen, he was well-known for his character roles with a "poetic timbre,"[1] though he occasionally played leading parts like the title character in Martin Luther (1953) and the occultist antagonist of the classic horror film Night of the Demon (1957). In theatre, he was an accomplished Shakespearean, and a member of the Old Vic Company.[2]