Micheál Mac Liammóir
Biography
Micheál Mac Liammóir (born Alfred Willmore; 25 October 1899 – 6 March 1978) was an actor, designer, dramatist, writer and impresario in 20th-century Ireland. Though born in London to an English family with no Irish connections, he emigrated to Ireland in early adulthood, changed his name, invented an Irish ancestry, and remained based there for the rest of his life, successfully maintaining a fabricated identity as a native Irishman born in Cork.
Also Known As
Movie Appearances
Tom Jones
as Narrator (voice)
1963
What's the Matter with Helen?
as Hamilton Starr
1971
The Kremlin Letter
as Sweet Alice
1970
Othello
as Iago
1951
Filming Othello
1979
Tall Tales: The Ireland of Orson Welles
as Self
2021
W. B. Yeats: A Tribute
1950
Clydescope
as Narrator (voice)
1974
Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles
as Self - Actor (archive footage)
2014
30 Is a Dangerous Age, Cynthia!
as Irish Storyteller
1968
From Time to Time
as Narrator
1953
King Lear
as Poor Tom
1953
The Trial of Oscar Wilde
as Oscar Wilde
1960
Joyce’s Dublin
as Narrator
1966
The Secret
1973
The Orson Welles Story
as Self
1982
