Jimmy Mageean
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- September 21, 1891
- Place of birth
- Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
- Died
- February 6, 1972
Biography
Jimmy Mageean was an American theatrical and film actor. Born in Massachusetts, he worked as an actor in the US, Canada, and England. He served in the Royal Irish Rifles in the First World War, and settled in Belfast after the war ended. There, he became a leading figure in the city's theatre scene, alongside his close friend Richard Hayward. With Hayward, he moved towards cinema, and became a star of low-budget 'Quota Quickies'. He later returned to America, and died in San Diego in 1972.
Movies with Jimmy Mageean
- Happy Ever After 1954 · ★ 5.5
- Landslide 1937 · ★ 6.2
- The Early Bird 1936 · ★ 7.5
- Irish and Proud of It 1936 · ★ 8.0
- Macushla 1937 · ★ 8.0
- The Luck of the Irish 1935 · ★ 9.0
- My Wife's Family 1956 · ★ 10.0
- Against the Tide 1937