Joseph O'Conor

Career timeline

1. 1910 · Born

   Born in Dublin, Ireland

2. 1950 · Screen debut

   Paul Temple's Triumph (Movie)

3. 1982 · Breakthrough

   The Dark Crystal (Movie)

4. 2001 · Latest release

   Macbeth (Movie)

5. 2001 · Died

   January 21, 2001

Career in numbers

2 1950s

28 1960s

17 1970s

7 1980s

5 1990s

1 2000s

• Drama36
• Tv Movie12
• Horror6
• Romance6
• Thriller6
• Adventure5

Highest-rated title Elizabeth 1998 7.2 Most popular title Casualty 1986 6.2

Frequent collaborators

People who appear most often alongside Joseph O'Conor in our catalogue.

Herbert Wise

6 titles together

Peter Hammond

5 titles together

Christopher Morahan

5 titles together

Stuart Burge

4 titles together

John Gorrie

4 titles together

George Murcell

3 titles together

Harold Pinter

3 titles together

John Mortimer

2 titles together

Christopher Hampton

2 titles together

Anthony Read

2 titles together

1. 2001 Macbeth as King Duncan Movie
2. 1998 Immortality 5.7 Movie
3. 1998 Elizabeth as Earl of Derby 7.2 Movie
4. 1994 Tom & Viv as Bishop of Oxford 6.1 Movie
5. 1993 The Forbidden Quest as J.C. Sullivan Movie
6. 1991 Performance as Earl of Northumberland TV
7. 1986 Casualty as George Polston 6.2 TV
8. 1983 Henry VI Part 1 as Duke of Exeter / Shepherd Movie
9. 1982 The Dark Crystal as Narrator / Urskeks (voice) 7.2 Movie
10. 1982 The Barchester Chronicles as Bunce TV
11. 1981 John Diamond as Alfred Diamond Movie
12. 1981 Othello as Lodovico Movie
13. 1980 A Private Battle Movie
14. 1979 Only Connect as John Bury Movie
15. 1979 The Other Side as John Bury TV
16. 1978 The BBC Television Shakespeare as Friar Laurence TV
17. 1978 Romeo and Juliet as Friar Laurence Movie
18. 1978 The Copyist as Heinrich Schalleplatte Movie
19. 1977 BBC2 Play of the Week as Heinrich Schalleplatte TV
20. 1975 The Ghost of Adelphi Terrace as George Bernard Shaw Movie
21. 1974 The Black Windmill as Sir Edward Julyan 6.3 Movie
22. 1973 Lost Hearts as Mr. Abney (as Joseph O'Connor) 6.1 Movie
23. 1973 Yellow Dog as Dover Movie
24. 1973 Centre Play as George Bernard Shaw TV
25. 1973 Penny Gold as Blachford Movie
26. 1973 Father Dear Father as Vicar Movie
27. 1972 Doomwatch as Vicar 6.1 Movie
28. 1971 A Ghost Story for Christmas as Mr. Abney TV
29. 1970 The Prime Minister's Daughter as Mayland Movie
30. 1970 Manhunt as Von Gebhardt TV
31. 1969 Anne of the Thousand Days as Fisher 7.2 Movie
32. 1969 A Walk with Love and Death as Pierre of St. Jean 5.9 Movie
33. 1969 Plays of Today as Aston TV
34. 1969 The Possessed as Stepan Verhovensky Movie
35. 1968 Oliver! as Mr. Brownlow 7.0 Movie
36. 1967 Sir Arthur Conan Doyle as James Campbell TV
37. 1967 The Forsyte Saga as 'Old Jolyon' Forsyte TV
38. 1966 Lord Raingo as Andy Clyth TV
39. 1966 Mystery and Imagination as General TV
40. 1966 The Spies as Polini TV
41. 1965 The World of George Orwell: 1984 as O'Brien Movie
42. 1965 Out of the Unknown as Freeman TV
43. 1965 No Place Like Earth as Freeman Movie
44. 1965 The Troubleshooters as Captain Kenny TV
45. 1965 The Mill on the Floss as Mr. Tulliver TV
46. 1965 Hit and Run as Gerald Prestley TV
47. 1964 The Gorgon as Coroner 6.4 Movie
48. 1964 Redcap as CO TV
49. 1964 The Wednesday Play as Joseph Brendon TV
50. 1964 The Devil-Ship Pirates as Don Jose Margella 5.8 Movie
51. 1964 Theatre 625 as O'Brien TV
52. 1964 Crooks in Cloisters as Father Septimus Movie
53. 1963 Festival as Father Arnall TV
54. 1961 The Rose Affair as O'Riorden Movie
55. 1961 The Day of the Fox as Colonel Gregory Movie
56. 1961 Gorgo as Prof. Hendricks 5.3 Movie
57. 1960 An Arabian Night as Caliph Haroun-Al-Raschid Movie
58. 1960 Twentieth Century Theatre: Colombe as Lagarde Movie
59. 1959 Worm in the Bud as District Inspector Movie
60. 1950 Paul Temple's Triumph as Inspector Crane Movie

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