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Tom Hickey

Actor

Tom Hickey

Born January 1, 1944 in Kildare, County Kildare, IrelandDied May 1, 202134 films

Tom Hickey (1944 – May 1, 2021) was an Irish actor who appeared on stage and screen in a career that began in the early 1960s. He was best known for playing Benjy Riordan in the long-running television series, The Riordans.

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My Left Foot: The Story of Christy Brown posterFirst watchMy Left Foot: The Story of Christy Brown19897.5as PriestNo one expects much from Christy Brown, a boy with cerebral palsy born into a working-class Irish family. Though Christy is a spastic quadriplegic and essentially paralyzed, a miraculous…View film

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Filmography

34 films as actor
  1. 2012What Richard DidPriest
  2. 2012Stella DaysBishop Hegarty
  3. 2008AlarmFrank
  4. 2007GarageMr Skerrit
  5. 2005Breakfast on PlutoBishop
  6. 2004Inside I'm DancingCon O'Shea
  7. 2004The Phantom CnutPriest
  8. 2002PossessionBlackadder
  9. 2002Coney Island BabyMr. Hayes
  10. 2001Black Day at Black Rock
  11. 2000The Last SeptemberO'Brien
  12. 1998The Butcher BoyGardener
  13. 1997All Souls' Day
  14. 1997Before I Sleep
  15. 1997Gold In The StreetsMr Costello
  16. 1995The CakeSecond Orangeman
  17. 1995An Awfully Big AdventureFreddie Reynalde
  18. 1995Circle of FriendsProfessor Maclure
  19. 1995Moondance
  20. 1994FamilyDean
  21. 1993Raining StonesFather Barry
  22. 1992Unnatural PursuitsBlossom
  23. 1991The TreatyEamonn Duggan
  24. 1991The MiracleTommy
  25. 1990Fools of FortuneFather Kilgarrif
  26. 1990Nuns on the RunFather Seamus
  27. 1989My Left Foot: The Story of Christy BrownPriest
  28. 1988High SpiritsSampson
  29. 1987GothicTour Guide
  30. 1984CalPreacher
  31. 1984To The Western World
  32. 1979Katie: The Year of a ChildPub manager
  33. 1973Horowitz in Dublin(uncredited)
  34. 1971Flight of the DovesPat Flynn