Barry Keegan
Actor
Biography
Barry Keegan was an actor who had a successful Hollywood career. Keegan began his acting career appearing in various films, such as the Stewart Granger adaptation "Footsteps in the Fog" (1955), "Satellite in the Sky" (1956) and the James Stewart suspenseful adaptation "The Man Who Knew Too Much" (1956). He also appeared in the thriller "The Safecracker" (1958) with Ray Milland. He kept working in film throughout the fifties and the sixties, starring in "Gideon's Day" (1959) with Jack Hawkins, "Moment of Danger" (1960) with Trevor Howard and "Gorgo" (1961). He also appeared in "King of Kings" (1961). Film continued to be his passion as he played roles in the dramatic adaptation "Billy Budd" (1962) with Terence Stamp, the adaptation "In Search of the Castaways" (1962) with Maurice Chevalier and the Peter Sellers comedy "The Wrong Arm of the Law" (1962). He also appeared in "A Walk With Love and Death" (1969) with Anjelica Huston. Keegan more recently acted in "Flight of the Doves" (1971).
Filmography
Frenzy
as Hospital Patient (uncredited) 1972
King of Kings
as Bad Thief 1961
Gorgo
as Mate 1961
The MacKintosh Man
as Pub Customer (uncredited) 1973
In Search of the Castaways
as Irish claimant 1962
Billy Budd
1962
Footsteps in the Fog
as Constable Burke 1955
The Wrong Arm of the Law
as Alf 1963
Payroll
as Bert Langridge 1961
Above Us the Waves
as Sailor on Towing Sub (uncredited) 1955
Gideon's Day
as Riley 1958
The Naked Truth
as 2nd Irishman (uncredited) 1957
The Long Arm
as Detective Constable in Hospital Ward 1956
A Walk with Love and Death
as Peasant Leader 1969
Satellite in the Sky
as Lefty 1956
Flight of the Doves
as Powder 1971