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Jimmy Mageean

Born: 1891-09-21 • Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA

Jimmy Mageean was an American theatrical and film actor. Born in Massachusetts, he worked as an actor in the US, Canada, and England. He served in the Royal Irish Rifles in the First World War, and settled in Belfast after the war ended. There, he became a leading figure in the city's theatre scene, alongside his close friend Richard Hayward. With Hayward, he moved towards cinema, and became a star of low-budget 'Quota Quickies'. He later returned to America, and died in San Diego in 1972.

Filmography
My Wife's Family poster
My Wife's Family
1956 • Dobson
Happy Ever After poster
Happy Ever After
1954 • Divarsion
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Against the Tide
1937 • Tom Jenkins
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Landslide
1937 • Harry McGovan
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Macushla
1937 • Pat Muldoon
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Irish and Proud of It
1936 • Old Flaherty
The Early Bird poster
The Early Bird
1936 • Charlie Simpson
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The Luck of the Irish
1935 • Sir Brian O'Neill