Acting · Portadown, County Armagh, Northern Ireland, UK · Born August 9, 1932
Denys Hawthorne’s long and distinguished career has encompassed extensive work in theatre, television and film, both in England and Ireland. Drama has included Shakespeare and Chekhov, as well as many contemporary plays, while he has been seen in popular TV series including Inspector Morse, and Father Ted, and The Russia House, and Emma on the wide screen. Throughout, radio performance has been a constant theme, notably in drama and poetry.
MovieEviction
1999
as Patrick McBride
MovieEmma
1996
as Mr. Woodhouse
MovieSamuel Beckett: As the Story Was Told
1996
as Voice
TVFather Ted
1995
as Bishop Facks
MovieA Breed of Heroes
1994
as Jack Smiles
MovieIn the Name of the Father
1993
as Appeal Judge
MovieThe House of the Spirits
1993
as Politician
MovieThe Russia House
1990
as Paddy
MovieShoot to Kill
1990
as Professor
MovieThe Englishman's Wife
1990
as Jim McGettrick
MovieAustralia
1989
TVAgatha Christie's Poirot
1989
as Bonnington
TVJack the Ripper
1988
as Assistant Commissioner
TVTroubles
1988
as Boy O'Neill
MovieBlanc de Chine
1988
as Jason
MovieCrossfire
1988
as Daniel Kent
TVHannay
1988
TVInspector Morse
1987
as Chief Superintendent Rennie
MovieDoctor Who: Terror of the Vervoids
1986
as Rudge
MovieDaylight Robbery
1986
as Willy
TVScreenPlay
1986
as Jim McGettrick
MovieWynne and Penkovsky
1985
as Newson
MovieThe Price
1985
as Doherty
MovieA Private Function
1984
as Hotel Manager
MovieThe Cry
1984
as RUC District Inspector
TVSherlock Holmes
1984
as James Barclay
TVThe Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
1984
as Colonel James Barclay
MovieAmy
1984
as Col. Francis Shelmerdine
A Woman Calling
1984
as Broderick's Colleague
MovieAn Englishman Abroad
1983
as Tailor
MovieGates of Gold
1983
as Minister
TVHarry's Game
1982
as Minister of Defence
MovieEaster 2016
1982
as Cyril Brown
TVLes Roses de Dublin
1981
as Arthur Hogan
MovieThe Life and Times of David Lloyd George
1981
as John Dillon
TVStrumpet City
1980
as Mr. Yearling
MovieThe Long March
1980
as Father Oliver
MovieThe Human Factor
1979
as Insp. Butler
TVGrange Hill
1978
as Mr. Starling
MovieRogue Male
1976
as Assassin
TVRumpole of the Bailey
1975
as Lt. Col. Borders
TVChurchill's People
1974
as The Confessor
TVWithin These Walls
1974
as Dr Peter Mayes
Black and Blue
1973
as Ulric
MovieCarson Country
1972
as Archie Heron
TVCrown Court
1972
as Dr. Joseph Ross
TVNew Scotland Yard
1972
as DI Ridge
MovieSuburban Wives
1972
as George/Kathy's Husband
Ireland, Mother Ireland
1971
as Paul Kincaid
MovieThe Wife Swappers
1970
as Cliff
MovieThe Inn Way Out
1967
as Irish Barman (as Dennis Hawthorne)
MovieBloomsday
1964
as M'Coy /Corley
TVTheatre 625
1964
as Cattermole
Festival
1963
as Corley/M'Coy
TVDr. Finlay's Casebook
1962
TVArmchair Theatre
1956
as Alan Drage
