Joseph Tomelty
Joseph Tomelty | |
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| Born | 5 March 1911 Portaferry, County Down, Ireland |
| Died | 7 June 1995 (aged 84) Belfast, Northern Ireland |
| Occupation | Actor, playwright |
| Years active | 1947–1964 |
| Spouse(s) | Lena Milligan
(m. 1942) |
| Children | 2, including Frances Tomelty |
| Family | Joe Sumner (grandson) |
Joseph Tomelty (5 March 1911 – 7 June 1995)[1] was an Irish actor, playwright, novelist, short-story writer and theatre manager. He worked in film, television, radio and on the stage.[2] starring in Sam Thompson's 1960 play Over the Bridge.
Life and career[]
Born in Portaferry, Northern Ireland in 1911, he was the son of James Tomelty; a skilled fiddler who was nicknamed "Rollicking".[1] Tomelty's exposure to music at a young age influenced his work as a playwright with several of his stage works were named after songs, including The Singing Bird (1948), Down the Heather Glen (1953) and The Drunken Sailor (1954).[1] His brother, Peter Tomelty, was a tenor and recording artist. He married Lena Milligan in 1942.[3] They had two daughters together; Frances Tomelty is an actress and the first wife of singer and musician Sting, while Roma Tomelty was also an actress.[2]
Works[]
Plays[]
- Barnum Was Right (1939)
- Idolatry at Inishargie (1942)
- Poor Errand (1943)
- Right Again Barnum (1943)
- The End House (1944)
- All Souls' Night (1948)
- The Singing Bird (1948)
- Down the Heather Glen (1953)
- April in Assagh (1954)
- The Drunken Sailor (1954)
- Is the Priest at Home? (1954)
- A Year in Marlfield (1965)
Novels[]
- Red Is the Port Light (1948)
- The Apprentice (1953)
Radio[]
- Barnum Is Right (1938)
- Elopement (1939)
- The McCooeys (1948)
Complete filmography[]
- Odd Man Out (1947) - 'Gin' Jimmy, the cabbie
- Shark Island (1951) - Seán
- Treasure Hunt (1952) - Poacher
- The Sound Barrier (1952) - Will Sparks
- You're Only Young Twice (1952) - Dan McEntee
- The Gentle Gunman (1952) - Dr Brannigan
- The Gentle Maiden (1953 TV movie) - John Clarke
- The Oracle (1953) - Terry Roche
- Melba (1953) - Thomas Mitchell
- Meet Mr. Lucifer (1953) - Mr. Pedelty
- Hell Below Zero (1954) - Capt. McPhee
- Front Page Story (1954) - Dan
- Hobson's Choice (1954) - Jim Heeler
- Devil Girl from Mars (1954) - Prof. Arnold Hennessey
- Happy Ever After (1954) - Dooley
- The Young Lovers (1954) - Moffatt
- Simba (1955) - Dr. Hughes
- Bedevilled (1955) - Father Cunningham
- A Kid for Two Farthings (1955) - Vagrant
- John and Julie (1955) - Mr. Davidson
- Timeslip (1955) - Detective Inspector Cleary
- A Prize of Gold (1955) - Uncle Dan
- Moby Dick (1956) - Peter Coffin
- A Night to Remember (1958) - Dr. William O'Loughlin
- Tread Softly Stranger (1958) - Joe Ryan
- The Captain's Table (1959) - Dalrymple
- Upstairs and Downstairs (1959) - Arthur Farringdon
- Next to No Wife (1959 TV movie) - Canon Fergus Brodie
- Life Is a Circus (1960) - Joe Winter
- Hell Is a City (1960) - Furnisher Steele
- The Day They Robbed the Bank of England (1960) - Cohoun
- Lancelot and Guinevere (1963) - Sir Kaye
- The Black Torment (1964) - Sir Giles Fordyke
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b c Damian Smyth (12 June 1995). "OBITUARY:Joseph Tomelty". The Independent.
- ^ Jump up to: a b Smyth, Damian (November 2008). "Tomelty Country". Celebrating Strangford Lough. p. 1.
- ^ https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/obituaryjoseph-to melty-1586249.html
External links[]
- 1911 births
- 1995 deaths
- People from Portaferry
- Male stage actors from Northern Ireland
- Male dramatists and playwrights from Northern Ireland
- 20th-century British dramatists and playwrights
- 20th-century male actors from Northern Ireland
- 20th-century novelists from Northern Ireland
- Male novelists from Northern Ireland
- 20th-century British male writers