Niall Tóibín
Niall Toibin was an Irish comedian and actor. Born in Cork into an Irish speaking family, Tóibín grew up on the north-side of the city in Bishop's Field. He married Judy Kenny (1931-2001) in 1957. He had five children and seven grandchildren. He had an illustrious acting career spanning over four decades. On October 29 2002 he received the CFT Excellence Award for Best Actor.
| Known For | Acting |
|---|---|
| Most Rating | 0.842 |
| Birthday | 1929-11-21 |
| Place of Birth | Cork, County Cork, Ireland |
| Also Known As | Niall Toibin, |
1986
Eat the Peach
8/3
Two young Irish men are watching an old Elvis Presley movie in which a carnival cyclist performs an act called the Wall of Death. Transfixed, they dec...
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Eat the Peach
1992
Far and Away
6.771/1296
A young free-spirited Irish woman from an affluent Protestant family spontaneously befriends a street-smart commoner cheated by her family’s hostile l...
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Far and Away
2007
Teeth
6.2/5
A last laugh tale of two old friends, their teeth and a fishing trip that leaves them lost for words.
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Teeth
1986
Rawhead Rex
5.3/140
Ireland will never be the same after Rawhead Rex, a particularly nasty demon, is released from his underground prison by an unwitting farmer. The film...
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Rawhead Rex
1970
Ryan's Daughter
7.079/171
In the wake of the 1916 Easter Rising, a married schoolteacher in a small Irish village has an affair with a troubled British officer.
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Ryan's Daughter
1971
Flight of the Doves
5.923/13
While fleeing across the Irish countryside, two orphans are pursued by their villainous uncle, a master of disguises.
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Flight of the Doves
1998
The Nephew
5.583/18
Twenty years ago, Tony Egan's sister went to America. Nobody ever heard of her again. But now, the message of her death arrives in her town of birth....
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The Nephew
1980
The Sleep of Death
6/5
Set in 1815, a young Englishman touring Europe encounters more than he bargained for. His pursuit of the beautiful Countess St. Alyre brings him into...
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The Sleep of Death
1981
Lovespell
5/6
Romantic tragedy, the story of Tristan and Isolde.
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Lovespell
1984
Reflections
5.25/4
A historian writing a biography of Isaac Newton spends a Summer with a dysfunctional family in Co. Cork, Ireland.
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Reflections
1984
Children in the Crossfire
7/1
For the children of Northern Ireland, violence and hatred are a way of life passed from one generation to the next. In "Children in the Crossfire" fou...
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Children in the Crossfire
1980
Murphy's Stroke
5.75/4
The horse Gay Future is at the centre of an Irish betting syndicate in 1974 which saw trainer Antony Collins present a poor performing horse at his st...
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Murphy's Stroke
1981
Miss Morison's Ghosts
4/1
Two British women claim to have been thrown into a time warp where they saw Marie Antoinette as they were strolling through the gardens at Versailles...
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Miss Morison's Ghosts
1987
The Rockingham Shoot
0/1
Rigid nationalist Reilly's frustration at the last remains of British rule draws him to the Rockingham Shoot, where a violent incident occurs.
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The Rockingham Shoot
1995
Frankie Starlight
5.233/15
The quirky story of a young boy's adventures growing up with his stunningly beautiful mother and the two very different men who love her.
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Frankie Starlight
2000
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6.019/27
After a night of drinking Guiness at the local watering hole, an ordinary, working-class, family man in Dublin's life is turned upside-down when he wa...
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1982
The Ballroom of Romance
7.4/5
A lonely farmer's daughter hopes to find love at the village ballroom.
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The Ballroom of Romance
1990
Who Bombed Birmingham?
8.5/2
Docudrama film exploring the efforts of World in Action researchers Ian MacBride and Chris Mullin in proving that the "Birmingham Six" only admitted t...
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Who Bombed Birmingham?
1982
The Glory Hole
0/0
Cathy and Noel are a Catholic and a protestant soldier. They fall in love, to their cost.
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The Glory Hole
1980
Revival: Pearse's Concept of Ireland
0/0
Explores the detailed concepts of Ireland and Irish Freedom developed by Patrick Pearse, a leader of the 1916 Irish Rebellion, visiting the places his...
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Revival: Pearse's Concept of Ireland
1984
The Country Girls
7/1
The lifelong friendship of two rural Irish girls is put on the test when they grow up and leave for the big city, each with different life goals in mi...
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The Country Girls
1979
The Outsider
5.818/11
Michael Flaherty (Craig Wasson), an American Vietnam veteran of Irish descent, returns to Belfast to join the cause of his grandfather, Seamus (Sterli...
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The Outsider
1978
Poitín
8.5/2
A poitín (moonshine) maker attempts to avoid the attentions of the Gardaí (police) in Connemara in the west of Ireland.
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Poitín
1986
Shergar
0/0
Malachy: "Who do you kidnap? You can't touch children, women, no sons of Irish mothers. What's left?" When Frankie is released from Portlaoise Prison,...
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Shergar
1978
The Legion Hall Bombing
9/1
The story of the trial of Willie Gallagher, convicted of bombing the Strabane British Legion Hall in Northern Ireland, 1976. The transmission of this...
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The Legion Hall Bombing
1990
Fools of Fortune
6.5/4
A Protestant Irish family is caught up in a conflict between Irish Republicans and the British army.
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Fools of Fortune
1991
Dream On
10/1
A magical realist feature drama exploring the lives of a women’s darts team on North Shields’ Meadow Well Estate.
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Dream On
1989
Dick Francis: Twice Shy
4.667/3
A fool-proof formula for picking winning horses on a computer disc is the Maguffin sought by Cleveland and others.
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Dick Francis: Twice Shy
1990
The Love She Sought
6.75/8
An aging school teacher (Lansbury) at a Catholic grammar school in Minnesota questions her life's existence when she has to start battling a new bisho...
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The Love She Sought
1971
The Iguana with the Tongue of Fire
5.268/41
In Dublin, the acid-scarred, razor-slashed corpse of a young woman is discovered in the boot of the Swiss Ambassador's limousine. The Ambassador, his...
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The Iguana with the Tongue of Fire
1981
The Man of Destiny
0/0
One of Shaw's "pleasant plays", The Man of Destiny is a one-act lighthearted comedy of egos and social hypocrisy. Set in 1796 in northern Italy, it fe...
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The Man of Destiny
1977
The Thin End of the Wedge
0/0
A student faced with an ultimatum to find £5 by morning - or lose his girlfriend - searches for friends he can tap and discovers that the crises in th...
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The Thin End of the Wedge
1975
Philadelphia, Here I Come
7/6
Friel contrasts Gar's cloistered emotional life with his gregarious social persona by portraying him as two distinct characters, a public self (Donal...
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Philadelphia, Here I Come
1970
A Jar With Brendan Behan
0/0
1970 short starring Niall Toibin as Behan.
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A Jar With Brendan Behan
1969
Guns in the Heather
5.375/4
An American foreign exchange student in Ireland, Rich Evans (Kurt Russell), gets caught up in espionage when a dying man gives him a message to pass t...
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Guns in the Heather
2003
Veronica Guerin
6.666/334
In this true story, Veronica Guerin is an investigative reporter for an Irish newspaper. As the drug trade begins to bleed into the mainstream, Guerin...
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Veronica Guerin
1963
Game Fishing in Ireland
0/0
Short film produced to promote Ireland's sport fishing and tourism industries.
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Game Fishing in Ireland
1984
To The Western World
0/0
The travels OF J.M. Synge and Jack Yeats in Connemara, Ireland in 1905.
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To The Western World
1979
John Huston's Dublin
0/0
Actor John Huston examines his adopted city of Dublin.
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John Huston's Dublin
2008
Gaybo Laughs Back
0/0
Gaybo Laughs Back is an hour-long special, hosted by Gay Byrne who introduces some of the comedy highlights from his thirty-seven years at the helm of...
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