Acting

John Keegan

Place of birth

Northern Ireland

Known for

Acting

Credits

13 titles

Known for

Film credits

1990s · 3 titles

1980s · 9 titles

Lifeforce poster
6.2

A race of space vampires arrives in London and infects the populace, commencing an apocalyptic descent into chaos.

Lifeforce

1985

No artwork available
NR

In a cell in a London police station, a suspected I.R.A. bomber, Roche, has been detained for questioning. To help them in the interrogation, the London coppers have summoned Nelson, a detective from Northern Ireland's predominantly Protestant police force, the Royal Ulster Constabulary.

Rat in the Skull

1987

Dick Francis: Twice Shy poster
4.7

A fool-proof formula for picking winning horses on a computer disc is the Maguffin sought by Cleveland and others.

Dick Francis: Twice Shy

1989

Four Days in July poster
6.6

Two couples, one Catholic, one Protestant, exist on two sides of the chasm that is everyday life in Northern Ireland.

Four Days in July

1984

The Writing on the Wall poster
10.0

A youth workshop in Derry is mounting various projects, including a dramatized enquiry into the death of a soldier. But when a squaddie is shot on the doorstep, then real life intrudes in the shape of the police and security forces.

The Writing on the Wall

1983

A Casualty of War poster
NR

David Threlfall stars as Tom Rowse, a retired British secret service agent turned thriller novelist who is brought back into the world of espionage for one last job. The mission - foiling a Libyan plot to supply the IRA with a massive shipment of high-tech weapons in order to wreak revenge upon the UK for their support and co-operation with the US during the 1986 bombing of Libya and the attempted assassination of Colonel Gaddafi .

A Casualty of War

1989

The Cry poster
7.0

Ulster 1959. A young journalist visiting his quiet hometown is awakened by a scream in the night. He catches sight of a youth being beaten up and dragged away. When he investigates, witnesses seem to melt away, and life-long friends reveal a sinister indifference. Or is it fear?

The Cry

1984

Maeve poster
6.3

Maeve returns home to Belfast after a long absence. Her arrival in the city stimulates a series of memories of childhood and adolescence both in herself and other people.

Maeve

1981

Crossfire poster
NR

A police computer expert is seconded to Belfast to track down the identity of an IRA mole.

Crossfire

1988

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