Eddie Byrne

Eddie Byrne (born March 25 or according to other information January 31, 1911 in Dublin , Ireland , † August 21, 1981 ibid) was an Irish actor.

Life

Byrne played at Dublin's Abbey Theater and appeared in movies from the second half of the 1940s. He took his first leading role in 1952 in Time Gentlemen Please , directed by Lewis Gilbert . The big breakthrough was denied to him and he mainly took on minor supporting roles in the following years. He was very busy in the late 1950s, appearing in more than 20 films from 1954 to 1958 alone.

In 1959, he played the role of Inspector Mulrooney in the British horror film Revenge of the Pharaohs . In 1962 he took on the role of the seaman John Fryer at the side of Marlon Brando and Trevor Howard in the classic film Mutiny on the Bounty . He took one of his last roles in 1977 in the sci-fi epic Star Wars as General Willard .

He died in 1981 of complications from a stroke.

Filmography (selection)

• 1946. I See a Dark Stranger
• 1947: The Copper Mountain (Hungry Hill)
• 1947: Launched (Odd Man Out)
• 1947: Captain Boycott
• 1949: Saints and Sinners
• 1951: Maxie makes a career (Lady Godiva Rides Again)
• 1952: Time, Gentlemen, Please!
• 1952: The Bomb in the Underground (The Gentle Gunman)
• 1953: Jim, the final winner (The Square Ring)
• 1953: Albert RN
• 1954: Trouble with his lordship (Trouble in the Glen)
• 1954: Happy Ever After
• 1954: Money doesn't make you happy (Beautiful Stranger)
• 1954: The Divided Heart (The Divided Heart)
• 1954: The inheritance of Aunt Clara (Aunt Clara)
• 1954: The Sea Shall Not Have Them
• 1955: Children Galore
• 1955: Three Cases of Murder
• 1955: Life is full of wonder (A Kid for Two Farthings)
• 1955: Stolen Assignment
• 1955: One Way Out
• 1956: The Extra Day
• 1956: Against All Violence (Reach for the Sky)
• 1956: Tsarak Khan
• 1956: How wonderful to be young (It's Great to Be Young!)
• 1957: Test machine CB 5 (The Man in the Sky)
• 1957: Fear Has a Thousand Names (Seven Waves Away)
• 1957: Conditions like in paradise (The Admirable Crichton)
• 1957: Face in the Night
• 1957: These Dangerous Years
• 1958: Dunkirk (Dunkirk)
• 1958: Rooney
• 1958: Wonderful Things!
• 1958: Floods of Fear
• 1959: A City Is Looking For A Killer (Jack the Ripper)
• 1959: A Scot looking for a bride (The Bridal Path)
• 1959: The Scapegoat
• 1959: The Revenge of the Pharaohs (The Mummy)
• 1960: The Shakedown
• 1960: The Bulldog Breed
• 1961: Branded (The Mark)
• 1961: The boss was faster than Scotland Yard (jackpot)
• 1961: The Shot Out of Nowhere (Johnny Nobody)
• 1962: Locker 69
• 1962: The Pot Carriers
• 1962: Mutiny on the Bounty (Mutiny on the Bounty)
• 1963: The Punch and Judy Man
• 1963: Dartmoor Dangerous Hours (The Break)
• 1963: No lock is safe from him (The Cracksman)
• 1963: The second man (The Running Man)
• 1965: The Devils of Darkness
• 1966: Island of Secrets (Iceland of Terror)
• 1967: The revenge of Dr. Fu Man Chu (The Vengeance of Fu Manchu)
• 1968: Gold Is Where You Find It
• 1969: I Can't ... I Can't
• 1969: Dave - Sinful Davey
• 1969: Where's Jack?
• 1969: The Mysterious Meeting at Boyne Castle (Guns in the Heather)
• 1971: Journey to Murder
• 1972: All Coppers Are ...
• 1973: Never Mind the Quality: Feel the Width
• 1973: The Mackintosh Man (The Mackintosh Man)
• 1977: Star Wars (Star Wars)

Web links

• Eddie Byrne in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• Eddie Byrne in the All Movie Guide (English)