Redmond Gleeson
{{short description|Irish actor (1935–2020)}}
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{{Infobox person
|name = Redmond Gleeson
|image =
|caption =
|birthname = Martin Gleeson
|birth_date = {{birth date|1935|1|26}}
|birth_place = Dublin, Ireland
|death_date = {{death date and age|2020|5|6|1935|1|26}}
|death_place =
|spouse = Melissa Penelope Gleeson
(1963–?)
|children = 9 (+1 deceased)
|occupation = Actor
}}
Redmond Gleeson (born Martin Gleeson; January 26, 1935 – May 6, 2020) was an Irish-born American stage, film, and television actor.
Life and career
Martin Gleeson was born in Dublin on January 26, 1935.[http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/c/a/r/Kenneth-Gene-Carpenter/GENE5-0050.html "Descendants of Benjamin Hanks, Sr."] [http://www.genealogy.com/index_r.html My Genealogy.com]. Retrieved 10 December 2010. He won a scholarship to study theatre arts at Miami University in Ohio.[http://indonesianow.blogspot.com/2007/05/redmond-gleeson.html "Redmond Gleeson"], indonesianow.blogspot.com, May 2007. After graduating he lived in Aspen, Colorado where he co-founded and acted with the High Country Players.[https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0322439/bio "Biography for Redmond Gleeson"], IMDb. Retrieved 10 December 2010.
In 1968 he moved from Aspen to Los Angeles where he has appeared in many stage productions, including Look Homeward Angel, Buddy's Girl, for which he won a Drama-Logue Award, and Kevin's Bed, for which he won a Back Stage Garland Award.{{citation needed|date=August 2017}}
In addition to his film and television work, he produced, directed and has acted for years in the adaptation of Bloomsday, he co-wrote with T.S. Kerrigan.[http://www.kerryrecords.com/artists.html "Redmond Gleeson(Actor)"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080724023254/http://www.kerryrecords.com/artists.html |date=24 July 2008 }}, kerryrecords.com. Retrieved 10 December 2010. Gleeson had nine children. Another, the eldest, Raynard Martin Gleeson, predeceased his parents. When not acting, Gleeson resided in Kalimantan, Indonesia with his wife, Mardiah. He died on May 6, 2020, at the age of 85.{{cite web |title=In Memoriam, Summer 2022 |url=https://digital.copcomm.com/i/1475555-summer-2022/63? |website=SAG-AFTRA |access-date=11 August 2022 |pages=61}}
Filmography
=Films=
| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;"
! style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Year ! style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Film ! style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Role ! style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Notes |
| 2007
|Sibling Rivalry |Redmond |Short |
| 2006
|Dylan/Father | |
| 2003
|A Foreign Affair |Funeral director |Released on DVD as 2 Brothers & a Bride |
| rowspan="2" |2002
|Local Man |television film |
| It Could Happen
|Father Murphy |Short |
| 2001
|Old Man | |
| 1997
|St. Patrick's Day |Thomas | |
| 1996
|Entertaining Angels: The Dorothy Day Story |Irish Man | |
| 1992
|Sinatra |Cop No. 1 |television film |
| 1991
|Minister (credited as Redmond M. Gleeson) | |
| rowspan="3" |1990
|Dempsey | |
| Young Guns II
|Murphy Man | |
| Too Young to Die?
|Janitor (credited as Redmond M. Gleeson) |television film |
| 1988
|Father Riley (credited as Redmond M. Gleeson) | |
| 1987
|Nightporter | |
| 1986
|Hollywood Harry |Skeeter | |
| 1984
|Snead | |
| 1983
|Starflight: The Plane That Couldn't Land |Bud |television film, re-released on video as Starflight One |
| rowspan="2" |1982
|Mae West |Reverend Bragg |television film |
| Thou Shalt Not Kill
| |television film |
| rowspan="3" |1981
|Sizzle |Minister |television film |
| St. Helens
|Hendricks | |
| Cattle Annie and Little Britches
|Red Buck | |
| rowspan="3" |1980
|Alcatraz: The Whole Shocking Story |Jackson |television film |
| A Rumor of War
|Sgt. Furth |television film |
| The Octagon
|Duffy | |
| rowspan="3" |1979
|Harry | |
| The Best Place to Be
| |television film |
| The Ordeal of Patty Hearst
|Sheriff's Deputy |television film |
| 1978
|Harrison |television film, also called True Grit: A Further Adventure |
| 1977
|Captains Courageous |Phillips |television film |
| rowspan="4" |1976
|Hollow Legs | |
| Wanted: The Sundance Woman
|(credited as Redmond M. Gleeson) |television film |
| Midway
|Pvt. Dombrowski – Radio Man (uncredited) | |
| Law and Order
|Rev. Martin O'Malley |television film |
| rowspan="2" |1975
|Last Hours Before Morning |Hopkins |television film |
| Capone
|N.Y. Cop No. 2 | |
| rowspan="4" |1974
|Man |television film |
| Trapped Beneath the Sea
|PO1 Stanton |television film |
| Airport 1975
|Passenger (uncredited) | |
| Mr. and Mrs. Cop
|Officer Irv Pyle (credited as Redmond Gleason) |television film |
| 1971
|The Ski Bum |Head Dope Dealer | |
=Television=
| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;"
! style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Year ! style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Title ! style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Role ! style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Notes |
| 1991
| My Life and Times |Hawker |"Millennium" |
| 1990
|Foreperson (credited as Redmond M. Gleeson) |"Armand's Hammer" |
| 1989
|Judge Prine (credited as Redmond Glesson) |"A Matter of Honor: Part 1" |
| 1987
|Will Morton |Episode #1.717 |
| 1985
|Hanlon |"The Dynamite Girl" |
| 1984
|Weekend | |TV short |
| rowspan="2" |1983
|Mr. Landrum |"Under Pressure" |
| St. Elsewhere
|Garth Landrum |"Entrapment" |
| 1982
|Sammy |"High Steel" |
| 1981
|Ben Wilkenson |"10 Million Dollar Sheriff Part 1" |
| 1980
|Francie Fitzgerald |"Guns" |
| 1979
|Ike: The War Years |Riley |TV mini-series |
| 1978
|Red |"Da Da" |
| rowspan="2" |1976
|Arthur Hailey's the Moneychangers |Vernon Jax |TV mini-series |
| Columbo
|George Thomas |"Now You See Him" |
| rowspan="4" |1975
|Arnold |"A Deadly State of Mind" |
| M*A*S*H
|Sergeant Callan |"Dear Ma" |
| Kojak
|Det. Houston |"How Cruel the Frost, How Bright the Stars" |
| Cannon
|Gas Station Attendant |"Coffin Corner" |
| 1974
|O'toole |"Black Day for Bluebeard" |
References
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External links
- {{IMDb name|id=0322439}}
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Category:Irish male film actors
Category:Irish emigrants to the United States
Category:Irish male television actors
Category:American male stage actors
Category:Male actors from Dublin (city)