Philip O'Flynn

Acting
Cork, County Cork, Ireland

Known For & Full Filmography12 Titles

#1The Saint

Drama Series - 1962, 16 episodes as Alfred Powls

7.4 / 10
Action & AdventureCrimeDrama

Simon Templar is The Saint, a handsome, sophisticated, debonair, modern-day Robin Hood who recovers ill-gotten wealth and redistributes it to those in need.

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#2Ryan's Daughter

Movie - 1970, 2h 15m as Paddy

7.1 / 10
RomanceHistoryDrama

In the wake of the 1916 Easter Rising, a married schoolteacher in a small Irish village has an affair with a troubled British officer.

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#3Captain Lightfoot

Movie - 1955, 2h 15m as Trim

6.4 / 10
AdventureRomanceHistory

In 1815, Michael Martin, member of an Irish revolutionary society, turns highwayman to support it, and soon becomes an outlaw. In Dublin, he meets famous rebel "Captain Thunderbolt" and becomes his second-in-command, under the name "Lightfoot."

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#4Young Cassidy

Movie - 1965, 2h 15m as Mick Mullen

6.4 / 10
Drama

In Dublin circa 1911, John Cassidy (Rod Taylor), an impoverished idealist, whose ambitions are restricted by the demands of looking after his family, journeys through the social injustices of Dublin life, involving himself with the rowdy tramway-men strike, dawdling with prostitute Daisy Battles (Julie Christie), and seeking a better life. He falls in love with bookshop assistant Nora (Dame Maggie Smith) who encourages him toward a life of writing. Finding success at the Abbey Theatre, his unorthodox views estrange him from family, friends, and his own past.

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#5The Viking Queen

Movie - 1967, 2h 15m as Merchant

4.7 / 10
Adventure

Set in ancient Britain, at a time when much of Europe was ruled with harsh tyranny by Rome, a tribe of Britons led by Selina, set out to defy the invaders and discard their yoke of bondage. The Roman commander, Justinian, is sent to quell the uprising, punishing the dissenters with brute force but when he becomes emotionally attached to Selina, he is torn between his duty to Rome and his love for the Viking Queen.

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#6This Other Eden

Movie - 1959, 2h 15m as The Postman

7.0 / 10
DramaComedy

A small town plans to erect a monument in memory of an IRA rebel killed during the 1920s. The son of the English Colonel who killed the rebel objects to this.

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#7What a Carve Up!

Movie - 1961, 2h 15m as Arkwright

7.0 / 10
HorrorComedyThriller

Ernie's Uncle Gabriel has just died but to claim his inheritance he must spend the night in the ancestral family home with the rest of his rather eccentric relatives. Ernie's imagination has been affected by his constant immersion in cheap horror novels, but his wildest fears turn out to be justified when the guests begin to drop dead.

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#8Rooney

Movie - 1958, 2h 15m as Paddy Ryan

6.0 / 10
ComedyDramaRomance

The life of James Ignatius Rooney, a Dublin rubbish collector during the week and a Gaelic sportsman at the weekends.

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#9The Quare Fellow

Movie - 1962, 2h 15m as Prison Governor

5.7 / 10
Drama

Thomas Crimmins is a new warder, or guard, in an Irish prison. He is young, naive, and idealistic, determined to serve his country by his part in meting out justice to criminals. His superior, Regan, however, realizes that even prisoners are human beings, and Regan is sick of the eye-for-an-eye attitude that leads the state to execute condemned men, or "quare fellows." Crimmins begins to see that not all is black and white in his new world, and when he becomes involved with Kathleen, the wife of one of the condemned men, his attitude begins to change. When new evidence arises to suggest that Kathleen's husband may not deserve his fate, Crimmins is torn between his duty and his humanity.

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#10Katie: The Year of a Child

Movie - 1979, 2h 15m as Doctor

8.8 / 10
DramaTV Movie

Katie, the 14-year-old daughter of a travelling family, is left in charge of an ailing mother and her nine brothers and sisters in Dublin whilst her father is in England seeking his fortune.

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#11This is Ireland

Movie - 1971, 2h 15m Main Cast Role

8.8 / 10
DocumentaryAnimation

Educational animated film about Ireland, incorporating the art of Miroslav Sasek.

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#12Sally's Irish Rogue

Movie - 1960, 2h 15m as 'Mad' Henly

10.0 / 10
Comedy

A sincere young woman straightens out a wild and irresponsible ladies man

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