Brian O'Shaughnessy (actor)

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Brian O'Shaughnessy (born May 5, 1931 in Aldershot , United Kingdom , † June 18, 2001 in Cape Town , Republic of South Africa ) was a British-born, South African actor in the theater , film , television and radio and the author of a play.

Live and act

Brian O'Shaughnessy grew up in England before his parents took him out of the country to safety in South Africa during World War II because of the possibility of a German invasion of Britain. The Briton stayed there after the war ended in 1945 and decided to become an actor. For the next half century he would be seen in classic and modern plays, including Hello, Dolly! , Antonius and Cleopatra , Slave Trade, Terra Nova, Buried Inside Extra, The Fan and most recently (1995) Broken Glass . Commitments have taken him to numerous regions in South Africa, including the Orange Free State , Natal and Cape Town. In 1999 O'Shaughnessy gave his farewell performance on stage with the staging of his play A Time to Die , which he staged at the Kwasuka Theater in Durban . At the center of the plot there was the trial of the Australian Boer War participant Breaker Morant , who was executed for war crimes in 1902.

South African by choice O'Shaughnessy has made a name for himself above all since 1962 with numerous supporting and leading roles in an abundance of cinema and television films. Since his participation in the adventure films Hunt for Blue Diamonds and Sandy the Seal , which were mainly produced with German-speaking staff in 1964 , the actor has been repeatedly used in German productions made locally in South Africa. It was mainly about action-packed adventure, history and diamond stories (including diamonds are dangerous, treasure hunt of our days, diamond detective Dick Donald and hardness 10 ). Jürgen Goslar in particular brought O'Shaughnessy for his TV and cinema productions ( The Rivonia Trial, ... and the night knows no mercy , Slavers - The Slave Hunters ). In addition, the South African was seen both in a textile-poor Stone Age flick of the English Hammer film (with the main role of a tribal leader in Sex six million years ago ) and in an early crime scene crime thriller with Commissioner Trimmel (as a Dutch mercenary and involved in one Cash transport robbery in crime scene: Trimmel and the tulip thief ).

In addition, Brian O'Shaughnessy made an appearance in Egon Günther's lavish and ambitious three-part play Morenga in the mid-1980s . Right up to the end ( Die Spesenritter, Die Wüstenrose , Falling Rocks and finally My Papa with the Cold Snout from 2001) Brian O'Shaughnessy could be seen with small roles in German productions. In addition to his work in front of the camera, the artist was also a well-known radio voice in his South African homeland. O'Shaughnessy recorded numerous broadcasts for Springbok and Safm (formerly Radio South Africa). He died of a heart attack as a result of minor surgery.

Filmography

  • 1962: Stropers van die Laeveld
  • 1963: The Ruiter in the Nag
  • 1964: Seven Against the Sun
  • 1965: Hunt for blue diamonds ( Diamond Walkers )
  • 1965: Sandy the Seal
  • 1965: African Gold
  • 1965: Diamonds are dangerous (German TV series)
  • 1966: Find Livingstone!
  • 1966: The Rivonia Trial
  • 1966: Cavaliers
  • 1967: The Professor and the Beauty Queen
  • 1968: Treasure hunt of our days (German TV series)
  • 1968: Dr. Kalie
  • 1969: Strangers at Sunrise
  • 1970: Satan's Harvest
  • 1970: Shangani Patrol
  • 1970: Sex six million years ago ( Creatures the World Forgot )
  • 1971: Diamond detective Dick Donald (German TV series, one episode)
  • 1971: Mister Kingstreet's War
  • 1971: Pressure Burst
  • 1972: Rogue Lion
  • 1973: Met Moed, Durf en Bloed
  • 1974: Fraud!
  • 1974: ... and the night knows no mercy
  • 1974: Dr. med. Mark Wedmann - detective included (German TV series, one episode)
  • 1975: Hardness 10 (German TV series)
  • 1976: The Villagers (TV series)
  • 1976: Crime scene: Trimmel and the tulip thief
  • 1976: Slavers - The slave hunters
  • 1977: Mr. Deathman
  • 1978: Decision to Die
  • 1978: The Final Offensive ( Zulu Dawn )
  • 1980: The Gods Must Be Crazy ( The Gods Must Be Crazy )
  • 1982: Claws
  • 1983: On the move (German TV series, one episode)
  • 1983: For King and Country
  • 1984: Go for the Gold
  • 1984: Morenga
  • 1985: Westgate III (TV series)
  • 1986: The Mannheim Sage (TV series)
  • 1987: Operation Hit Squad
  • 1987: Rage to Kill
  • 1988: Kronzeugin of death ( Quest for Love )
  • 1988: Deadly Mission ( The Emissary )
  • 1988: White Ghost
  • 1989: mutator
  • 1989: The Evil Below
  • 1989: Bloody Glory ( Brutal Glory )
  • 1990: A woman like a thousand fires ( That Englishwoman: An Account of the Life of Emily Hobhouse )
  • 1990: Act of Piracy - Piracy on the High Seas ( Act of Piracy )
  • 1990: The Fourth Reich
  • 1991: The Power of One ( The Power of One )
  • 1992: Arende
  • 1993: The Gospel According to Matthew
  • 1994: Trigger Fast
  • 1995: Hearts & Minds
  • 1996: Warhead
  • 1996: Project Shadowchaser IV
  • 1997: Cape of Good Hope
  • 1997: Operation Delta Force 2: Mayday
  • 1997: Sindbad's Adventure ( The Adventures of Sinbad , TV series, two episodes)
  • 1998: Operation Delta Force 3: Clear Target
  • 1999: The Professionals - The Next Generation ( CI5: The New Professionals , TV series, an episode)
  • 1999: The expense knight
  • 2000: The desert rose
  • 2000: Falling Rocks
  • 2001: My partner with the cold muzzle
  • 2001: The Diamond Hunters
  • 2001: Isfahan (short film)

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ almost all sources incorrectly name June 19th, the IMDb even July 14th. But O'Shaughnessy died on the morning of June 18, 2001.

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personal data
SURNAME O'Shaughnessy, Brian
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British-South African stage, film, television and radio actor and playwright
DATE OF BIRTH May 5, 1931
PLACE OF BIRTH Aldershot , UK
DATE OF DEATH June 18, 2001
Place of death Cape Town , Republic of South Africa