---
name: "John Keegan"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/john-keegan"
fi1m_id: "john-keegan"
imdb_id: "nm0444439"
tmdb_id: 213805
roles: []
died: "18 March 1998"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-04T19:29:51.921587+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."
---

# John Keegan

## Identity

John Keegan

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/john-keegan
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** john-keegan
- **IMDb ID:** nm0444439
- **TMDB ID:** 213805
- **Same entity:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0444439/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/213805

Actor. Born in Northern Ireland. Died 18 March 1998.

## Details

- **Died:** 18 March 1998
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0444439/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/213805

## Streaming the US now

- **Apple TV:** [*Lifeforce*](https://film.one/film/lifeforce.md) (65)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

John Keegan was a Northern Irish actor. He began his career on stage with the Lyric Players in Belfast in 1979 and appeared in several productions there over the following years, including leading roles in the early 1980s.

His screen work included the role of a guard in *Lifeforce* (1985) and Det Sgt Hughes in Ken Loach's *Hidden Agenda* (1990). Later credits included Father Flynn in *Divorcing Jack* (1998) and appearances in television series such as *So You Think You've Got Troubles* (1991). He died on 18 March 1998.

*Sources: imdb.com, irishtimes.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Lifeforce* (1985), Fi1m 65, as Guard — [page](https://film.one/film/lifeforce.md)

## Complete filmography (13)

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

- *A Man You Don't Meet Every Day* (1994), as Aidan
- *You, Me & Marley* (1992), as Paul
- *So You Think You've Got Troubles* (1991), series, as Sean Docherty
- *Hidden Agenda* (1990), as Det Sgt Hughes
- *Dick Francis: Twice Shy* (1989), as Ted Pitt
- *A Casualty of War* (1989), as Mick Lynch
- *Crossfire* (1988), as Sean Scanlon
- *Rat in the Skull* (1987), as IRA Man
- *Lifeforce* (1985), as Guard — Fi1m 65, [page](https://film.one/film/lifeforce.md)
- *Four Days in July* (1984), as Mr McCoy
- *The Cry* (1984), as George Harbinson
- *The Writing on the Wall* (1983), as Eamon
- *Maeve* (1981), as Liam Doyle

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