Godfrey Quigley

Godfrey Quigley (4 May 1923 – 7 September 1994) was an Irish film, television and stage actor.

Godfrey Quigley
Born
Godfrey John Quigley

(1923-05-04)4 May 1923
Jerusalem, Palestine
Died7 September 1994(1994-09-07) (aged 71)
Dublin, Ireland
NationalityIrish
Alma materAbbey School of Acting
OccupationFilm, television and stage actor
Years active1949–1989
OrganizationGlobe Theatre Company founder
Spouse(s)Genevieve Lyons (m. 1954, div.)

Biography

Quigley was born in Jerusalem, 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. 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). In British television, he played a has-been gangster in the serial Big Breadwinner Hog (1969). 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.[2]

In the 1950s, Quigley co-founded the Globe Theatre Company,[2] 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.[2]

In 1983 Quigley starred in the film Educating Rita.

Death

Quigley died in Dublin of Alzheimer's disease, aged 71.[3][4]

Filmography
Year Title Role Notes
1949Saints and SinnersColinUncredited
1957The Rising of the MoonChristy Donigan
1958RooneyTom Reilly
1959Broth of a BoyDesmond Phillips
1960The Siege of Sidney StreetBlakey
1962Dead Man's EvidenceSupt. O'Brien
1964Nothing But the BestCoates
1964The Counterfeit ConstableInspector Savory
1966Daleks' Invasion Earth 2150 A.D.Dortmun
1969Guns in the HeatherMeister
1969The ReckoningDr. Carolan
1971Get CarterEddie
1971A Clockwork OrangePrison Chaplain
1973ConflictFather Walter
1975Barry LyndonCaptain Grogan
1977The Man in the Iron MaskBaisemeaux
1983Educating RitaRita's father
1989All Dogs Go to HeavenTerrierVoice (final film role)

References
  1. The Irish Times, "Actor Godfrey Quigley Dies in Dublin Aged 71", 8 September 1994.
  2. The Irish Times, "Godfrey Quigley: The Art of Being Different", 21 May 1988.
  3. Associated Press (September 14, 1994). "Godfrey Quigley Obituary". Toledo Blade. Retrieved 19 July 2015.
  4. "Deaths: Godfrey Quigley". Gainesville Sun. September 14, 1994. Retrieved 19 July 2015.
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