Tony Quinn

Acting

Tony Quinn

Born 1899-06-27 · Naas, County Kildare, Ireland

Tony Quinn was an Irish actor, cinematographer, producer, and director. He was on June 27th, in Nass, County Kildare, Ireland. As an actor, Tony Quinn acted in movies such as Ourselves Alone (1936), in which he portrays Maloney, The Beachcomber (1954) in which he portrays the Captain, Case Study (2007) as Dentist, Gift Horse (1952) portraying McConalog the Bartender, The Story of Esther Costello (1957) as an Irish pub customer), and Life in Emergency Ward 10 (1959) as character: Joe Cooney. He was married to Rosalind Emma Murray. He died on Thursday, June 1st, 1967 at the age of sixty-eight (68) in London, England, United Kingdom.

Acting credits

Murder Ahoy poster
7.1

During an annual board of trustees meeting, one of the trustees dies. Miss Marple thinks he’s been poisoned after finding a chemical on him. She sets off to investigate at the ship where he had just come from. The fourth and final film from the Miss Marple series starring Margaret Rutherford as the quirky amateur detective.

Murder Ahoy

1964

The Lavender Hill Mob poster
7.2

A meek bank clerk who oversees the shipments of bullion joins with an eccentric neighbor to steal gold bars and smuggle them out of the country.

The Lavender Hill Mob

1951

The Long Dark Hall poster
6.7

A devoted family man tries to help a beautiful alcoholic showgirl with her life, and becomes the the only suspect when someone else murders her.

The Long Dark Hall

1951

Thunder Rock poster
6.2

David Charleston, once a world renowned journalist, now lives alone maintaining the Thunder Rock lighthouse in Lake Michigan. He doesn't cash his paychecks and has no contact other than the monthly inspector's visit. When alone, he imagines conversations with those who died when a 19th century packet ship with some 60 passengers sank. He imagines their lives, their problems, their fears and their hopes. In one of these conversations, he recalls his own efforts in the 1930s when he desperately tried to convince first his editors, and later the public, of the dangers of fascism and the inevitability of war. Few would listen. One of the passengers, a spinster, tells her story of seeking independence from a world dominated by men. There's also the case of a doctor who is banished for using unacceptable methods. David has given up on life, but the imaginary passengers give him hope for the future.

Thunder Rock

1942

High Treason poster
5.7

Men from Scotland Yard and military intelligence build a dossier on a sabotage ring.

High Treason

1951

Undercover Girl poster
5.4

Nightclub employee Joan Foster assists the brother of a murdered reporter to expose a drug ring.

Undercover Girl

1958

Boys in Brown poster
6.3

Jackie lives in poverty with his widowed mother. In a bid to escape poverty he gets involved in a robbery that sees him sentenced to three years in Borstal where he meets a tough crowd, tougher than anything on the outside.

Boys in Brown

1949

The Rising of the Moon poster
6.8

Three vignettes of old Irish country life, based on a series of short stories. In "The Majesty of the Law," a police officer must arrest an old-fashioned, traditional fellow for assault. The man's principles have the policeman and the whole village, including the man he slugged, sympathizing with him. "One Minute's Wait" is about a little train station and glimpses into the lives of the passengers, with a series of comic setups. The third piece, "1921," is about a condemned Irish nationalist and his daring escape.

The Rising of the Moon

1957

I See a Dark Stranger poster
6.5

Proud Irishwoman Bridie Quilty journeys to Dublin while World War II rages across Europe. During her travels, she encounters J. Miller, who recruits her as a Nazi spy. She acquires the necessary information that leads to the breakout of a German spy who holds key information about the Allies' newest offensive plans. However, the arrival of British officer David Baynes and his romancing of Bridie lead to unexpected consequences.

I See a Dark Stranger

1946

Wanted for Murder poster
6.4

The son of a notorious hangman is gradually becoming insane and he finds himself unable to resist the urge to strangle women to death.

Wanted for Murder

1946

Hungry Hill poster
5.8

Life becomes a tragedy for the wife of an Irish heir to a 19th-century family feud and fortune.

Hungry Hill

1947

Bond Street poster
6.9

Charts the events occurring during a typical 24-hour period on London’s thoroughfare Bond Street. Linking the four stories together is the impending wedding of society girl Hazel Court and Robert Flemyng.

Bond Street

1948

The Last Man to Hang poster
6.2

A man is tried for the murder of his neurotic wife by means of a sedative overdose.

The Last Man to Hang

1956

The Beachcomber poster
6.2

Mr. Gray is the new Resident in Charge of the Welcome Islands in the Indian Ocean. The Islands are full of life, but the only other Europeans are the "sanctimonious, psalm-singing" brother-sister missionary team of Martha and Owen Jordans, and the Honourable Ted - a hard-drinking, womanizing social outcast whose English family pays him to stay away. Martha and Ted become an unlikely team when cholera threatens the islands and they must do their best to stop its spread.

The Beachcomber

1954

Satellite in the Sky poster
5.5

A bomb dooms the first space satellite, manned by a selfless crew, a stowaway reporter (Lois Maxwell) and a mad scientist (Donald Wolfit).

Satellite in the Sky

1956

Satellite in the Sky poster
5.5

A bomb dooms the first space satellite, manned by a selfless crew, a stowaway reporter (Lois Maxwell) and a mad scientist (Donald Wolfit).

Satellite in the Sky

1956

The Gentle Gunman poster
6.5

The relationship between brothers Terry and Matt, both active in the IRA, comes under strain when Terry begins to question the use of violence.

The Gentle Gunman

1952

Uneasy Terms poster
4.7

Private eye Slim Callaghan is summoned to the country home of a Colonel Stenhurst, but the latter is murdered before he can talk to the detective. Was one of the Colonel's three daughters responsible?

Uneasy Terms

1948

Unpublished Story poster
6.5

Morale-boosting story released in the middle of World War II. A journalist uncovers a peace organisation at the centre of disreputable dealings.

Unpublished Story

1942

No artwork available
8.0

In this espionage film, set just before the Germans invaded France, a chemist in Paris moonlights as a Soviet spy. To escape the Nazi invaders, the chemist and his wife steal government money and try to escape to South America.

The Runaway

1964

The Great Van Robbery poster
5.2

Interpol detective Caesar Smith tracks robbers of the Royal Mint van. He travels to Rio de Janeiro, Rome and Paris and establishes the guilt of a London coffee importer.

The Great Van Robbery

1959

The Unstoppable Man poster
8.0

Mitchell is a rich American businessman whose son is kidnapped in England. Naturally, there's a huge ransom demand, but Scotland Yard tells Mitchell to butt out.

The Unstoppable Man

1961

Diamond City poster
6.0

Set in the diamond fields of South Africa, Stafford Parker is a lawman trying to maintain a semblance of law and order in the "Wild South".

Diamond City

1949

No artwork available
7.0

Television broadcast of The Moon in the Yellow River by Denis Johnston.

The Moon in the Yellow River

1938