Albert Sharpe(1885-1970)

Actor
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A wily old codger matches wits with the King of the Leprechauns and helps play matchmaker for his daughter and the strapping lad who has replaced him as caretaker.

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Darby O'Gill et les farfadets (1959)

Albert Sharpe was born on 15 April 1885 in Belfast, Ireland [now Northern Ireland], UK. He was an actor, known for Darby O'Gill et les farfadets (1959), Mariage royal (1951) and Brigadoon (1954). He was married to Margaret Waterson. He died on 13 February 1970 in Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK.

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Darby O'Gill et les farfadets

7.1

Darby O'Gill

1959

Mariage royal

6.7

James Ashmond

1951

Brigadoon

6.8

Andrew Campbell

1954

Le monde merveilleux de Disney

8.3

TV Series

Darby O'Gill

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Le jour où l'on dévalisa la Banque d'Angleterre
6.6
- Albert Tosher Sparrow
- 1960
Darby O'Gill et les farfadets
7.1
- Darby O'Gill
- 1959
Le monde merveilleux de Disney
8.3
TV Series
- Darby O'Gill
- 1959
Brigadoon
6.8
- Andrew Campbell
- 1954
Face to Face
6.1
- First Mate Brown ('The Secret Sharer')
- 1952
Héritiers, strychnine et compagnie
7.0
- Grandpa Hathaway
- 1951
Le Chevalier au masque de dentelle
7.0
- Forsythe
- 1951
Mariage royal
6.7
- James Ashmond
- 1951
The Bigelow Theatre
7.4
TV Series
- 1950
Adventure in Baltimore
6.1
- Mr. Fletcher
- 1949
Le portrait de Jennie
7.6
- Moore
- 1948
Sa dernière foulée
6.1
- Vince the Tout
- 1948
Up in Central Park
6.0
- Timothy Moore
- 1948
Huit heures de sursis
7.6
- Bus Conductor (uncredited)
- 1947
L'étrange aventurière
6.9
- Irish Landlord
- 1946

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Height
- 1.73 m
Born
- April 15, 1885
- Belfast, Ireland [now Northern Ireland], UK
Died
- February 13, 1970
- Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK(undisclosed)
Spouse
- Margaret Waterson1918 - ? (6 children)
Other works
He played Finian in the original Broadway production of "Finian's Rainbow", in 1947.

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Trivia
Talented Irish actor, long a member of the famous Abbey Players, but perhaps best known in America for creating the role of Finian McLonergan in the original Broadway production of "Finian's Rainbow" in 1947 and starring in the title role of Disney's "Darby O'Gill and the Little People" twelve years later. His last ten years were spent in quiet retirement until his death in 1970 at the age of 85.