Godfrey Quigley (4 May 1923 â€" 7 September 1994) was an Irish film,
television and stage actor. He appeared in Stanley Kubrick's films A
Clockwork Orange and Barry Lyndon.Quigley was born in Jerusalem,
Mandatory Palestine, where his father was serving as an officer in the
British Army. 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.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.In the 1950s, Quigley co-founded the Globe Theatre
Company, whose members included his wife, Genevieve Lyons. The company
was disestablished in 1960. During the same period, he produced the
radio soap opera The Kennedys of Castleross.
television and stage actor. He appeared in Stanley Kubrick's films A
Clockwork Orange and Barry Lyndon.Quigley was born in Jerusalem,
Mandatory Palestine, where his father was serving as an officer in the
British Army. 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.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.In the 1950s, Quigley co-founded the Globe Theatre
Company, whose members included his wife, Genevieve Lyons. The company
was disestablished in 1960. During the same period, he produced the
radio soap opera The Kennedys of Castleross.
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