Jimmy Mageean
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- September 21, 1891, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
- Died
- February 6, 1972
- Movies
- 8
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.
Best-Known Movies
Filmography
| 1956 | My Wife's Family | Dobson |
| 1954 | Happy Ever After | Divarsion |
| 1937 | Against the Tide | Tom Jenkins |
| 1937 | Landslide | Harry McGovan |
| 1937 | Macushla | Pat Muldoon |
| 1936 | Irish and Proud of It | Old Flaherty |
| 1936 | The Early Bird | Charlie Simpson |
| 1935 | The Luck of the Irish | Sir Brian O'Neill |
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