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- Tony Doyle was an Irish television and film actor. He attended Belcamp College, Dublin as a boarder before going onto University College Dublin (which he did not finish). He got his first big break playing Father Sheehy in the RTE weekly soap The Riordans (1965) in the 1960s and 1970s. In 1998, he won an Irish Film and Television Academy Award for best leading performance for his role in Amongst Women (1998). He also won a Silver Nymph award at the Monte Carlo TV Awards. His most famous film role saw Tony as the head of the SAS, Colonel Hadley, in the 1982 British film Who Dares Wins. His other film roles included appearances in Ulysses (1967), Quackser Fortune Has a Cousin in the Bronx (1970), Loophole (1981), Eat the Peach (1986), Secret Friends (1991), Damage (1992), Circle of Friends (1995), and as Tom French in I Went Down (1997). He died at St Thomas's Hospital in Lambeth, London, England. Brian Quigley, Doyle's Ballykissangel character, was written out of the show in the first episode of the final series where Quigley fakes his own suicide (he supposedly drowned himself) and flees to Brazil. The Tony Doyle Bursary for New Writing was launched by the BBC following his death. Judges include his friend and Ballykissangel co-star Lorcan Cranitch.
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Nita Howard was born in 1931 in Manchester, England, UK. She was an actress, known for The Roy Castle Show (1964), The Cliff Richard Show (1969) and Sex Through the Ages (1974). She was married to Michael Malnick. She died on 30 June 2009 in St Thomas' Hospital, Lambeth, London, England, UK.- Michael Allen was a composer, known for The Ghost of Monk's Island (1966). Michael was married to Eleanor Mullins. Michael died on 24 October 1986 in St Thomas' Hospital, Lambeth, London, England, UK.
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Eustace Shipman was born in 1906 in Woodbridge, Suffolk, England, UK. He was an actor. He died on 14 February 1967 in St Thomas' Hospital, Lambeth, London, England, UK.- Vera Pearce was born on 27 May 1895 in Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia. She was an actress, known for Yes, Madam? (1939), The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby (1947) and One Wild Oat (1951). She was married to Frederick Wilmot Smith. She died on 18 January 1966 in St Thomas' Hospital, Lambeth, London, England, UK.