Niall Tóibín
Birthday: 1929-11-21
Place of Birth: Cork, County Cork, Ireland
Biography: Niall Toibin was an Irish comedian and actor. Born in Cork into an Irish speaking family, Tóibín grew up on the north-side of the city in Bishop's Field. He married Judy Kenny (1931-2001) in 1957. He had five children and seven grandchildren. He had an illustrious acting career spanning over four decades. On October 29 2002 he received the CFT Excellence Award for Best Actor.
Movies
Eat the Peach
Two young Irish men are watching an old Elvis Presley movie in which a carnival cyclist performs an ...
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Far and Away
A young couple escapes Ireland, dreaming of a new life during the land giveaway in Oklahoma. As they...
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Teeth
A last laugh tale of two old friends, their teeth and a fishing trip that leaves them lost for words...
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Rawhead Rex
Ireland will never be the same after Rawhead Rex, a particularly nasty demon, is released from his u...
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Ryan's Daughter
In the wake of the 1916 Easter Rising, a married schoolteacher in a small Irish village has an affai...
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Flight of the Doves
While fleeing across the Irish countryside, two orphans are pursued by their villainous uncle, a mas...
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The Nephew
Twenty years ago, Tony Egan's sister went to America. Nobody ever heard of her again. But now, the m...
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The Sleep of Death
Set in 1815, a young Englishman touring Europe encounters more than he bargained for. His pursuit of...
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Reflections
A historian writing a biography of Isaac Newton spends a Summer with a dysfunctional family in Co. C...
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Children in the Crossfire
For the children of Northern Ireland, violence and hatred are a way of life passed from one generati...
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Murphy's Stroke
The horse Gay Future is at the centre of an Irish betting syndicate in 1974 which saw trainer Antony...
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Miss Morison's Ghosts
Two British women claim to have been thrown into a time warp where they saw Marie Antoinette as they...
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The Rockingham Shoot
Rigid nationalist Reilly's frustration at the last remains of British rule draws him to the Rockingh...
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Frankie Starlight
The quirky story of a young boy's adventures growing up with his stunningly beautiful mother and the...
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Rat
After a night of drinking Guiness at the local watering hole, an ordinary, working-class, family man...
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The Ballroom of Romance
A lonely farmer's daughter hopes to find love at the village ballroom....
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Who Bombed Birmingham?
Docudrama film exploring the efforts of World in Action researchers Ian MacBride and Chris Mullin in...
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The Glory Hole
Cathy and Noel are a Catholic and a protestant soldier. They fall in love, to their cost....
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Revival: Pearse's Concept of Ireland
Explores the detailed concepts of Ireland and Irish Freedom developed by Patrick Pearse, a leader of...
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The Country Girls
The lifelong friendship of two rural Irish girls is put on the test when they grow up and leave for ...
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The Outsider
Michael Flaherty (Craig Wasson), an American Vietnam veteran of Irish descent, returns to Belfast to...
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The Legion Hall Bombing
The story of the trial of Willie Gallagher, convicted of bombing the Strabane British Legion Hall in...
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Poitín
A poitín (moonshine) maker attempts to avoid the attentions of the Gardaí (police) in Connemara in t...
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Shergar
Malachy: "Who do you kidnap? You can't touch children, women, no sons of Irish mothers. What's left?...
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Fools of Fortune
A Protestant Irish family is caught up in a conflict between Irish Republicans and the British army....
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Dream On
A magical realist feature drama exploring the lives of a women’s darts team on North Shields’ Meadow...
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Dick Francis: Twice Shy
A fool-proof formula for picking winning horses on a computer disc is the Maguffin sought by Clevela...
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The Love She Sought
An aging school teacher (Lansbury) at a Catholic grammar school in Minnesota questions her life's ex...
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The Iguana with the Tongue of Fire
In Dublin, the acid-scarred, razor-slashed corpse of a young woman is discovered in the boot of the ...
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The Man of Destiny
One of Shaw's "pleasant plays", The Man of Destiny is a one-act lighthearted comedy of egos and soci...
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The Thin End of the Wedge
A student faced with an ultimatum to find £5 by morning - or lose his girlfriend - searches for frie...
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Philadelphia, Here I Come
Friel contrasts Gar's cloistered emotional life with his gregarious social persona by portraying him...
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Guns in the Heather
An American foreign exchange student in Ireland, Rich Evans (Kurt Russell), gets caught up in espion...
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Veronica Guerin
In this true story, Veronica Guerin is an investigative reporter for an Irish newspaper. As the drug...
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Game Fishing in Ireland
Short film produced to promote Ireland's sport fishing and tourism industries....
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To The Western World
The travels OF J.M. Synge and Jack Yeats in Connemara, Ireland in 1905....
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Gaybo Laughs Back
Gaybo Laughs Back is an hour-long special, hosted by Gay Byrne who introduces some of the comedy hig...
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