James O'Hara

Acting

James O'Hara

Born 1927-09-11 · Dublin, Ireland

James O'Hara was born on September 11, 1927 in Dublin, Ireland as James FitzSimons. He was an actor, known for "The Quiet Man (1952)", "Lux Video Theatre (1950)" and "Mohawk (1956)". He died on December 3, 1992 in Glendale, California, USA.

Acting credits

Batman poster
6.4

The Dynamic Duo faces four super-villains who plan to hold the world for ransom with the help of a secret invention that instantly dehydrates people.

Batman

1966

Cheyenne Autumn poster
6.7

A reluctant cavalry Captain must track a defiant tribe of migrating Cheyenne.

Cheyenne Autumn

1964

The Quiet Man poster
7.3

An American man returns to the village of his birth in Ireland, where he finds love and conflict.

The Quiet Man

1952

Death of a Gunfighter poster
6.3

In the turn-of-the century Texas town of Cottonwood Springs, marshal Frank Patch is an old-style lawman in a town determined to become modern. When he kills drunken Luke Mills in self-defense, the town leaders decide it's time for a change. That ask for Patch's resignation, but he refuses on the basis that the town, on hiring him, had promised him the job for as long as he wanted it. Afraid for the town's future and even more afraid of the fact that Marshal Patch knows all the town's dark secrets, the city fathers decide that old-style violence is the only way to rid themselves of the unwanted lawman.

Death of a Gunfighter

1969

Titanic poster
6.6

Unhappily married, Julia Sturges decides to go to America with her two children on the Titanic. Her husband, Richard also arranges passage on the luxury liner so as to have custody of their two children. All this fades to insignificance once the ship hits an iceberg.

Titanic

1953

Raid on Rommel poster
5.8

Captain Foster plans on raiding German-occupied Tobruk with hand- picked commandos, but a mixup leaves him with a medical unit led by a Quaker conscientious objector.

Raid on Rommel

1971

The Desperate Hours poster
7.0

Escaped convicts terrorize a suburban family they're holding hostage.

The Desperate Hours

1955

The Rare Breed poster
6.2

When her husband dies en route to America, Martha Price and her daughter Hilary are left to carry out his dream: the introduction of Hereford cattle into the American West. They enlist Sam "Bulldog" Burnett in their efforts to transport their lone bull, a Hereford named Vindicator, to a breeder in Texas, but the trail is fraught with danger and even Burnett doubts the survival potential of this "rare breed" of cattle.

The Rare Breed

1966

Friendly Persuasion poster
6.6

The story of a family of Quakers in Indiana in 1862. Their religious sect is strongly opposed to violence and war. It's not easy for them to meet the rules of their religion in everyday life but when Southern troops pass the area they are in real trouble. Should they fight, despite their peaceful attitude?

Friendly Persuasion

1956

Darby O'Gill and the Little People poster
6.7

A wily old codger matches wits with the King of the Leprechauns and helps play matchmaker for his daughter and the strapping lad who has replaced him as caretaker.

Darby O'Gill and the Little People

1959

Spencer's Mountain poster
6.8

Clay Spencer and his wife, Olivia, live in a small town deep in the mountains. When Clay isn't busy drinking with his buddies or railing against the town minister, he's building the house he's always promised Olivia. He is overjoyed when he learns his eldest son will be the first Spencer to attend college, if he can resist the charms of a pretty local girl and rustle up the money for tuition.

Spencer's Mountain

1963

Suddenly poster
6.4

The tranquility of a small town is marred only by sheriff Tod Shaw's unsuccessful courtship of widow Ellen Benson, a pacifist who can't abide guns and those who use them. But violence descends on Ellen's household willy-nilly when the U.S. President passes through town... and slightly psycho hired assassin John Baron finds the Benson home ideal for an ambush.

Suddenly

1954

King Richard and the Crusaders poster
6.4

Based on Sir Walter Scott's The Talisman, this is the story of the romantic adventures of Christians and Muslims during the battle for the Holy Land in the time of King Richard the Lionheart.

King Richard and the Crusaders

1954

The Desert Rats poster
6.3

In North Africa, German Field Marshal Rommel and his troops have successfully fended off British forces, and now intend to take Tobruk, an important port city. A ramshackle group of Australian reinforcements sent to combat the Germans is put under the command of British Captain MacRoberts. The unruly Aussies immediately clash with MacRoberts, a gruff, strict disciplinarian, however this unorthodox team must band together to protect Tobruk from the German forces.

The Desert Rats

1953

The Sun Shines Bright poster
6.6

With the election approaching, a judge in a Southern town at the turn of the 20th century is involved variously in revealing the real identity of a young woman, reliving his Civil War memories, and preventing the lynching of an African youth.

The Sun Shines Bright

1953

The Driller Killer poster
5.2

An artist slowly goes insane while struggling to pay his bills, work on his paintings, and care for his two female roommates, which leads him taking to the streets of New York after dark and randomly killing derelicts with a power drill.

The Driller Killer

1979

The Deadly Companions poster
5.6

An ex-army officer accidentally kills a woman's son and tries to make up for it by escorting the funeral procession through dangerous Indian territory.

The Deadly Companions

1961

Battle Stations poster
6.1

The crew of a U.S. Navy ship in World War II goes into battle against the Japanese fleet.

Battle Stations

1956

At Gunpoint poster
6.7

A general-store keeper scares off bank robbers with a lucky shot, but they come back.

At Gunpoint

1955

Hell's Outpost poster
5.5

A returning Korean War vet becomes embroiled in a fight over possession of a tungsten mine.

Hell's Outpost

1954

San Antone poster
6.7

After the Civil War, a cowboy who's a former Union soldier leads a cattle drive into Mexico now occupied by the French...

San Antone

1953

Fort Yuma poster
5.3

Apaches plan to attack a fort by wearing uniforms plundered from a cavalry officer's (Peter Graves) supply column.

Fort Yuma

1955

Brainstorm poster
6.1

Scientist Jim Grayam saves his boss' wife from suicide but then falls in love with her.

Brainstorm

1965

Mohawk poster
5.6

An artist working in a remote army post is juggling the storekeeper's daughter, his fiancée newly arrived from the east, and the Indian Chief's daughter. But when a vengeful settler manages to get the army and the braves at each other's throats his troubles really begin.

Mohawk

1956