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Micheál Mac Liammóir

Acting Born Oct 25, 1899 Willesden, London, England 19 credits

Biography

Micheál Mac Liammóir (born Alfred Willmore; 25 October 1899 – 6 March 1978) was an actor, designer, dramatist, writer and impresario in 20th-century Ireland. Though born in London to an English family with no Irish connections, he emigrated to Ireland in early adulthood, changed his name, invented an Irish ancestry, and remained based there for the rest of his life, successfully maintaining a fabricated identity as a native Irishman born in Cork.

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Known for

Omnibus

as Poor Tom
Film

Tom Jones

as Narrator (voice)
Film

Othello

as Iago

Passione

as Sweet Alice

Full filmography

  • Omnibus (1952) as Poor Tom
  • The Verdict Is Yours (1958)
  • On Trial (1960) as Oscar Wilde
  • Tom Jones (1963) as Narrator (voice)
  • Othello (1951) as Iago
  • Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles (2014) as Self - Actor (archive footage)
  • The Kremlin Letter (1970) as Sweet Alice
  • What's the Matter with Helen? (1971) as Hamilton Starr
  • Filming Othello (1979)
  • The Orson Welles Story (1982) as Self
  • The Trial of Oscar Wilde (1960) as Oscar Wilde
  • King Lear (1953) as Poor Tom
  • Clydescope (1974) as Narrator (voice)
  • 30 Is a Dangerous Age, Cynthia! (1968) as Irish Storyteller
  • W. B. Yeats: A Tribute (1950)
  • Tall Tales: The Ireland of Orson Welles (2021) as Self
  • From Time to Time (1953) as Narrator
  • Joyce’s Dublin (1966) as Narrator
  • The Secret (1973)