--- name: "Niall MacGinnis" canonical: "https://film.one/person/niall-macginnis" roles: ["Actor"] born: "29 March 1913" died: "6 January 1977" reviewed_on_fi1m: 5 average_fi1m_score: 82 average_as: "actor" average_over: 5 updated: "2026-09-20T04:18:47.674019+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." --- # Niall MacGinnis Actor. Born 29 March 1913 in Dublin, Ireland. Died 6 January 1977. ## Details - **Work:** Actor - **Born:** 29 March 1913, Dublin, Ireland - **Died:** 6 January 1977 - **Active:** 1941–1964 - **Also known as:** Niall MacGinniss, Niall McGinnis, Nick O'Dea, Patrick Niall MacGinnis - **Average Fi1m score:** 82, as actor, over 5 titles - **Fi1m score by decade:** 1940s 82 (3), 1950s 84 (1), 1960s 79 (1) - **Fi1m against the critics:** 82 to 81 across 3 titles - **Score spread:** 3 at 80+, 2 at 60–79, 0 under 60 - **Lead roles:** 0 of 1 acting credits billed first or second - **Genres:** Drama 4, History 2, War 2, Thriller 1 - **Screen time:** 12 hours of reviewed films - **Box office:** $27m across 3 films with figures - **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Niall_MacGinnis, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1520157, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0532277/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/93163 ## Streaming the US now - **HBO Max:** [*49th Parallel*](https://film.one/film/49th-parallel.md) (79) For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country. ## Biography Niall MacGinnis was an Irish actor and physician. Born in Dublin in 1913, he was educated at Stonyhurst College and studied medicine at Trinity College Dublin, qualifying as a house surgeon. He made his stage debut in the early 1930s and his film debut in 1935, appearing in Michael Powell's *The Edge of the World* (1937). During the Second World War he served as a surgeon-lieutenant in the Royal Navy, resuming his acting career after 1947. His film roles include Vogel in *49th Parallel* (1941), Captain Macmorris in Laurence Olivier's *Henry V* (1944), the title character in *Martin Luther* (1953), Dr Julian Karswell in *Night of the Demon* (1957) and Zeus in *Jason and the Argonauts* (1963). He was also a member of the Old Vic Company and appeared in other films such as *Hamlet* (1948), *The Nun's Story* (1959) and *Becket* (1964). MacGinnis worked in both film and television until the mid-1970s, when he returned to medical practice. He died in 1977. *Sources: en.wikipedia.org, dib.ie, imdb.com.* ## On Fi1m (5) - *Becket* (1964), Fi1m 79, as Baron — [page](https://film.one/film/becket.md) - *The Nun's Story* (1959), Fi1m 84, as Father Vermeuhlen — [page](https://film.one/film/the-nuns-story.md) - *Hamlet* (1948), Fi1m 84, as Sea Captain — [page](https://film.one/film/hamlet-1948.md) - *Henry V* (1944), Fi1m 82, as Macmorris - Captain in the English Army — [page](https://film.one/film/henry-v-1944.md) - *49th Parallel* (1941), Fi1m 79, as Vogel — [page](https://film.one/film/49th-parallel.md) ## Complete filmography (75) Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page. - *The MacKintosh Man* (1973), as Prison Warder - *River of Mystery* (1971), as Garwood Drum - *Darling Lili* (1970), as Von Hindenburg (uncredited) - *The Kremlin Letter* (1970), as Erector Set - *Krakatoa, East of Java* (1969), as Harbor Master - *Sinful Davey* (1969), as Boots Simpson - *The Shoes of the Fisherman* (1968), as Capuchin Monk - *Torture Garden* (1967), as Dr. Silversmith (segment 1 "Enoch") - *The Viking Queen* (1967), as Tiberian - *Island of Terror* (1966), as Mr. Roger Campbell - *A Man Could Get Killed* (1966), as Ship's Captain - *The Spy Who Came In from the Cold* (1965), as Checkpoint Charlie Guard - *The War Lord* (1965), as Odins - *The Truth About Spring* (1965), as Cleary - *Theatre 625* (1964), series, as Yevgeny Dorn - *Becket* (1964), as Baron — Fi1m 79, [page](https://film.one/film/becket.md) - *The Man Who Finally Died* (1963), as Brenner - *Festival* (1963), series, as Peter Keegan - *Jason and the Argonauts* (1963), as Zeus - *A Face in the Rain* (1963), as Klaus - *Billy Budd* (1962), as Captain Nathaniel Graveling - *The Saint* (1962), series, as Colonel Probst - *The Devil's Agent* (1962), as Paul Vass - *The Webster Boy* (1962), as Headmaster - *The Prince and the Pauper* (1962), as Father Andrew - *Johnny Nobody* (1961), as Defending Counsel Sullivan - *Sword of Sherwood Forest* (1960), as Friar Tuck - *A Terrible Beauty* (1960), as Ned O'Neill - *In the Nick* (1960), as Prison Governor - *Foxhole in Cairo* (1960), as Radek - *Never Take Sweets from a Stranger* (1960), as Defense Counsel - *Kidnapped* (1960), as Mr. Shaun - *This Other Eden* (1959), as Brendan Devereaux - *Shake Hands with the Devil* (1959), as Michael O'Leary - *The Nun's Story* (1959), as Father Vermeuhlen — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/the-nuns-story.md) - *Tarzan's Greatest Adventure* (1959), as Kruger - *Behind the Mask* (1958), as Neil Isherwood - *She Didn't Say No!* (1958), as James Casey - *Jack the Ripper* (1958), as Walter - *Night of the Demon* (1957), as Dr. Julian Karswell - *The Shiralee* (1957), as Beauty Kelly - *Lust for Life* (1956), as Roulin - *Alexander the Great* (1956), as Parmenio - *Helen of Troy* (1956), as Menelaus - *Special Delivery* (1955), as Sidney - *Betrayed* (1954), as Blackie - *Conflict of Wings* (1954), as Harry Tilney - *Hell Below Zero* (1954), as Dr. Howe - *Knights of the Round Table* (1953), as Green Knight - *Martin Luther* (1953), as Martin Luther - *Murder in the Cathedral* (1951), as Herald - *No Highway in the Sky* (1951), Actor - *Talk of a Million* (1951), as Tom Cassidy - *Chance of a Lifetime* (1950), as Baxter - *Christopher Columbus* (1949), as Juan de la Cosa - *Diamond City* (1949), as Hans Muller - *Hamlet* (1948), as Sea Captain — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/hamlet-1948.md) - *No Room at the Inn* (1948), as O'Rane - *Anna Karenina* (1948), as Konstantin Levin - *Captain Boycott* (1947), as Mark Killain - *Henry V* (1944), as Macmorris - Captain in the English Army — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/henry-v-1944.md) - *Tawny Pipit* (1944), as Jimmy Bancroft - *The Hundred Pound Window* (1944), as Chick Slater - *The Demi-Paradise* (1943), as Man on Ship-Dedication Stand - *Undercover* (1943), as Dr. Jordon - *We Dive at Dawn* (1943), as Torpedo Gunner's Mate - C / P.O. Mike Corrigan - *The Day Will Dawn* (1942), as Olaf - *49th Parallel* (1941), as Vogel — Fi1m 79, [page](https://film.one/film/49th-parallel.md) - *East of Piccadilly* (1941), as Joe - *The Edge of the World* (1937), as Andrew Gray - *Debt of Honour* (1936), as Lt. Peter Stretton - *The Crimson Circle* (1936), as Jack Beardmore - *Ourselves Alone* (1936), as Terence Elliott - *The Luck of the Irish* (1935), as Derek O'Neill - *Turn of the Tide* (1935), as John Lunn ## Gallery - ![Niall MacGinnis](https://film.one/media/person/1232807/gallery-08385068b241.jpg) Niall MacGinnis — film screenshot, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/37/Niall_MacGinnis_in_Martin_Luther_%281953%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled) - ![Scene from Jason and the Argonauts. (1963)](https://film.one/media/person/1232807/gallery-50158878bd9a.png) Scene from Jason and the Argonauts. (1963) — Columbia Pictures, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/71/Jason_and_the_Argonauts_%281963%29_Niall_MacGinnis.png/1280px-Jason_and_the_Argonauts_%281963%29_Niall_MacGinnis.png?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) --- © Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL. Canonical: https://film.one/person/niall-macginnis