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Acting

Niall MacGinnis

Career: Active from 1935 to 1971, busiest in 1960 with 5 main titles.

Leading roles: 12
top three billing

Average score: 64/100

Highest rated: Night of the Demon
88/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 46 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Niall MacGinnis Catalog average

Rarely in their work

Contemporary Realism
1.9, average 5.4
Pop Culture
0.5, average 2.2
Coming of Age
2.0, average 3.0
Situational Comedy
1.7, average 2.7

Main genres

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Recurring tags

Historical Drama 6
British Cinema 3
Political Intrigue 3
Period Piece 3
Psychological Tension 2
Historical Setting 2
World War II 2
Family Secrets 2
Gritty Realism 2
Classic Adventure 2
Good vs. Evil 2
Social Commentary 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

74

Type

Role

Score

Decade

Genre

Group by

1970s

4 titles · average score 56

The MacKintosh Man

57

as Prison Warder

River of Mystery

as Garwood Drum

Darling Lili

51

as Von Hindenburg (uncredited)

The Kremlin Letter

61

as Erector Set

1960s

28 titles · average score 61

Island of Terror

59

as Mr. Roger Campbell

The War Lord

65

as Odins

The Truth About Spring

56

as Cleary

Jason and the Argonauts

75

as Zeus

A Face in the Rain

as Klaus

The Man Who Finally Died

62

as Brenner

The Prince and the Pauper

64

as Father Andrew

The Saint

74

TV show · as Colonel Probst

Sword of Sherwood Forest

53

as Friar Tuck

Foxhole in Cairo

62

as Radek

Never Take Sweets from a Stranger

74

as Defense Counsel

Kidnapped

61

as Mr. Shaun

1950s

21 titles · average score 63

Tarzan's Greatest Adventure

58

as Kruger

This Other Eden

as Brendan Devereaux

She Didn't Say No!

as James Casey

Behind the Mask

63

as Neil Isherwood

Night of the Demon

88

as Dr. Julian Karswell

The Shiralee

58

as Beauty Kelly

Lust for Life

72

as Roulin

Helen of Troy

60

as Menelaus

Hell Below Zero

64

as Dr. Howe

Martin Luther

69

as Martin Luther

Murder in the Cathedral

as Herald

Chance of a Lifetime

66

as Baxter

1940s

15 titles · average score 67

Hamlet

82

as Sea Captain

No Room at the Inn

as O'Rane

Anna Karenina

63

as Konstantin Levin

Captain Boycott

68

as Mark Killain

Tawny Pipit

65

as Jimmy Bancroft

Henry V

85

as Macmorris - Captain in the English Army

The Hundred Pound Window

as Chick Slater

We Dive at Dawn

62

as Torpedo Gunner's Mate - C / P.O. Mike Corrigan

The Demi-Paradise

62

as Man on Ship-Dedication Stand

The Day Will Dawn

57

as Olaf

East of Piccadilly

as Joe

49th Parallel

80

as Vogel

1930s

6 titles · average score 87

The Edge of the World

87

as Andrew Gray

The Crimson Circle

as Jack Beardmore

Ourselves Alone

as Terence Elliott

Debt of Honour

as Lt. Peter Stretton

The Luck of the Irish

as Derek O'Neill

Turn of the Tide

as John Lunn