---
name: "Donal McCann"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/donal-mccann"
fi1m_id: "donal-mccann"
imdb_id: "nm0564857"
tmdb_id: 87435
wikidata_id: "Q437907"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "7 May 1943"
died: "17 July 1999"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 70
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-09-26T01:40:15.525955+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Donal McCann

## Identity

Donal McCann

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/donal-mccann
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** donal-mccann
- **IMDb ID:** nm0564857
- **TMDB ID:** 87435
- **Wikidata ID:** Q437907
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donal_McCann, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q437907, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0564857/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/87435

Actor. Born 7 May 1943 in Dublin, Ireland. Died 17 July 1999.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 7 May 1943, Dublin, Ireland
- **Died:** 17 July 1999
- **Active:** 1985–1987
- **Average Fi1m score:** 70, as actor, over 2 titles
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donal_McCann, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q437907, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0564857/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/87435

## Streaming the US now

- **Tubi:** [*The Dead*](https://film.one/film/the-dead.md) (86)

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## Biography

Donal McCann (7 May 1943 – 17 July 1999) was an Irish stage, film and television actor. Born in Dublin, he was the son of playwright and politician John J. McCann, who served twice as Lord Mayor of Dublin. He trained at the Abbey School of Acting and joined the Abbey Players in the late 1960s.

McCann was particularly noted for his work in plays by Brian Friel and for his performance as Thomas Dunne in Sebastian Barry’s *The Steward of Christendom*, for which he received the London Critics Circle Theatre Award in 1995. His best-known film role was as Gabriel Conroy in John Huston’s *The Dead* (1987). Other film appearances include *Out of Africa* (1985), *Rawhead Rex* (1986), *High Spirits* (1988) and *Stealing Beauty* (1996).

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, dib.ie, theguardian.com.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *The Dead* (1987), Fi1m 86, as Gabriel Conroy — [page](https://film.one/film/the-dead.md)
- *Out of Africa* (1985), Fi1m 54, as Doctor — [page](https://film.one/film/out-of-africa.md)

## Complete filmography (52)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Into The Fire* (2017), series, as Host
- *The Nephew* (1998), as Tony Egan
- *The Serpent's Kiss* (1997), as Physician
- *Stealing Beauty* (1996), as Ian Grayson
- *Into the Fire* (1996), series, as Frank Cody
- *The Bishop's Story* (1994), as Priest
- *Peak Practice* (1993), series, as Michael
- *Hedda Gabler* (1993), as Judge Brack
- *The Donner Party* (1992), as voice
- *Saints and Scholars* (1992), as Priest
- *Performance* (1991), series, as Judge Brack
- *Force of Duty* (1991), as DI Simon Gabby
- *The Miracle* (1991), as Sam
- *December Bride* (1990), as Hamilton Echlin
- *Who Bombed Birmingham?* (1990), as N
- *High Spirits* (1988), as Eamon
- *The Dead* (1987), as Gabriel Conroy — Fi1m 86, [page](https://film.one/film/the-dead.md)
- *Budawanny* (1987), as Priest
- *Rawhead Rex* (1986), as Tom Garron
- *ScreenPlay* (1986), series, as Det Insp Simpson Gabby
- *Mr. Love* (1986), as Leo
- *Out of Africa* (1985), as Doctor — Fi1m 54, [page](https://film.one/film/out-of-africa.md)
- *Tuesday's Child* (1985), as Fr Doyle
- *Summer Lightning* (1985), as Dr Lestrange
- *Cal* (1984), as Shamie
- *Reflections* (1984), as Edward Lawless
- *Angel* (1982), as Bonner
- *Strumpet City* (1980), series, as Mulhall
- *The Hard Way* (1980), as Ryan
- *Katie: The Year of a Child* (1979), as Big Jim Collins
- *Poitín* (1978), as Labhras
- *Your Man from Six Counties* (1976), as Danny
- *Philadelphia, Here I Come* (1975), as Public Gar
- *Husband to Mrs. Fitzherbert* (1975), as Richard Sheridan
- *Private Affairs* (1975), series, as Richard Sheridan
- *The Wood Demon* (1974), as Theodore
- *Screamer* (1974), as Jeff Holt
- *The Pallisers* (1974), series, as Phineas Finn
- *The MacKintosh Man* (1973), as 1st Fireman
- *Thriller* (1973), series, as Jeff Holt
- *Miss Julie* (1972), as Jean
- *The Secret Army* (1972), as Narrator (voice)
- *Brown Skin Gal, Stay Home and Mind Bay-Bee* (1971), as Roger
- *Stage 2* (1971), series, as Seumas Shields
- *Play for Today* (1970), series, as Big Jim Collins
- *Young Man in Trouble* (1970), as Frank
- *Sinful Davey* (1969), as Sir James Campbell
- *The Root of All Evil?* (1968), series, as Steve Webb
- *The Fighting Prince of Donegal* (1966), as Sean O'Toole
- *Insurrection* (1966), series, as Volunteer
- *BBC Play of the Month* (1965), series, as Stephen Dedalus, Theodore
- *Armchair Theatre* (1956), series, as Frank, Roger

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