Irish actor
Godfrey Quigley |
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| Born | Godfrey John Quigley
(1923-05-04)4 May 1923
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| Died | 7 September 1994(1994-09-07) (aged 71)
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| Nationality | Irish |
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| Alma mater | Abbey School of Acting |
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| Occupation(s) | Film, television and stage actor |
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| Years active | 1949–1989 |
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| Organization | Globe Theatre Company founder |
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| Spouse | Genevieve Lyons (1954—??) (divorced) |
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Godfrey Quigley (4 May 1923 – 7 September 1994) was an Irish film, television and stage actor. He appeared in Stanley Kubrick's films A Clockwork Orange and Barry Lyndon.
Biography
Quigley was born in Jerusalem, Mandatory Palestine, where his father was serving as an officer in the British Army.[1] The family returned to Ireland in the 1930s and, following military service in the Second World War, Quigley trained as an actor at the Abbey School of Acting.[1]
In 1949, Quigley made his first film appearance, in Saints and Sinners.[2] He appeared in two Stanley Kubrick films: first as the prison chaplain in A Clockwork Orange (1971), and then as Captain Grogan in Barry Lyndon (1975).[3] In British television, he played a has-been gangster in the serial Big Breadwinner Hog (1969).[4] His theatre roles include the Irishman in Tom Murphy's The Gigli Concert, for which he won the Harvey's Best Actor Award in 1984.[5]
In the 1950s, Quigley co-founded the Globe Theatre Company,[5] whose members included his wife, Genevieve Lyons. The company was disestablished in 1960.[1] During the same period, he produced the radio soap opera The Kennedys of Castleross.[5]
In 1983 Quigley appeared in the film Educating Rita.[3]
Death
Quigley died in Dublin of Alzheimer's disease, aged 71.[6][7]
