Liam Redmond

Liam Redmond (27 July 1913 – 28 October 1989) was an Irish character actor known for his stage, film and television roles.

[2] Redmond was invited to join the Abbey Theatre in 1935 as a producer by William Butler Yeats, the Irish poet.

Yeats wrote his play Death of Cuchullain for Redmond to star as Cúchullain, hero of one of Ireland's foundational myths.

Redmond made his acting debut at the Abbey Theatre in 1935 in Seán O'Casey's The Silver Tassie.

[4] He was often called upon as a character actor in various military, religious and judicial roles in films such as I See a Dark Stranger (1946), Captain Boycott (1947), High Treason (1951), The Cruel Sea (1953), Playboy of the Western World (1962), Kid Galahad (1962), The Luck of Ginger Coffey (1964), Tobruk (1967), The Ghost and Mr. Chicken (1966) and Barry Lyndon (1975).