Biography
Joseph O'Conor was an Irish actor and playwright. He trained at RADA and began his career on the stage in the late 1940s, appearing in productions at the Old Vic and later with the National Theatre and the Royal Shakespeare Company.
On television he played Old Jolyon Forsyte in The Forsyte Saga (1967). His film roles include Mr Brownlow in Oliver! (1968), the narrator in The Dark Crystal (1982), the Earl of Derby in Elizabeth (1998) and the chief inquisitor in The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc (1999). He also wrote six plays and directed for the theatre.
O'Conor died in London in 2001.
