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Ray McAnally

Irish actor (1926-1989) · Ireland · On the map · Actors · Died at 63

Ray McAnally was an Irish actor. He was the recipient of three BAFTA Awards in the late 1980s: two BAFTA Film Awards for Best Supporting Actor, and a BAFTA Television Award for Best Actor for A Very British Coup in 1989. In 2020, he was ranked at number 34 on The Irish Times's list of Ireland's greatest film actors.

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A life in dates

1990BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting RoleAward1989Died15 June 1989Great ExpectationsSeries, 1989Mr JaggersMy Left Foot: The Story of Christy BrownFilm, 1989Mr. Brown1988High SpiritsFilm, Plunkett Senior1987BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting RoleAwardA Perfect SpySeries, 1987Rick Pym1986The MissionFilm, Cardinal Altamirano1985No SurrenderFilm, Billy McRacken1982AngelFilm, Bloom1980InvasionFilm, Smrkovsky1978StrangersSeries, Miro Blandisch1973PollyannaSeries, John PendletonThe Death of Adolf HitlerFilm, 1973Dr. Gebhardt1972Fear Is the KeyFilm, Ruthven1971BarlowSeries, Commander Benson1970The Looking Glass WarFilm, Undersecretary of State1969ITV Saturday Night TheatreSeries, Ian Drummond1967ITV PlayhouseSeries, Cmd. Bucher1966Brendan Behan's DublinFilm, Narrator1965Gideon's WaySeries, Mickey Keston1963The Human JungleSeries, Alan Prescott1962Billy BuddFilm, William O'Daniel, Maintopman1961Murder in EdenFilm, Inspector Sharkey1958Sea of SandFilm, Sgt. Hardy1957Professor TimFilm, Hugh O'Cahan1956Armchair TheatreSeries1926Born30 March 1926

People around Ray

  • My Left Foot: The Story of Christy Brown 1989
  • The Mission 1986
  • Billy Budd 1962
  • The Fourth Protocol 1987
  • We're No Angels 1989

Also in Deutsch

Filmography 31

57 credits on file

Television 24

Awards

BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role1990
BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role1987

About this person

Country
Ireland
Category
Actors
Type
Actor
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1926 to 1989 · aged 63