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Eamon Morrissey (actor)

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413: 612: 179:. In his two-hour solo performance, Morrissey portrays a "porter-swilling, nose-picking pub philosopher with ingenious solutions to the world's problems". 617: 387: 602: 592: 462: 501: 607: 124:. After spending several years there doing odd jobs, he was chosen for the part of Ned, the emigrant, in the 1964 world première of 597: 269: 587: 284:
Morrissey's most significant movie appearance to date came in 1986 when he took the central role of Arthur in Peter Ormrod's
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continues to be an enduring hit with audiences throughout the world. Morrissey went on to create two more one-man shows,
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actor, best known for his comic performances on stage and television. He currently plays Cass Cassidy in
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In 2009, Morrissey returned to prime-time Irish television as Cass Cassidy in the
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in various Dublin theatres. He left school before sitting the
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as a member of the cast. In July 1967, another Friel play,
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In 1974, Morrissey adapted the satirical writings of
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in Dublin with Morrissey in the leading role of Joe.
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Actor
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Fair City
Dublin
Ranelagh
Feis Ceoil
Synge Street CBS
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Leaving Certificate
London
Brian Friel
Philadelphia, Here I Come!
Broadway
United States
Lovers
Gate Theatre
Brian O'Nolan
Jonathan Swift
James Joyce
Ulysses
Jacob's Award
Frank Hall
Hall's Pictorial Weekly
Finance Minister
Richie Ryan
Speed 3
Channel 4
sitcom
Father Ted

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