Stanley McGeagh
Stanley McGeagh | |
|---|---|
| Born | 30 August 1936 Belfast, Northern Ireland |
| Died | 5 August 2025 (aged 88) Springvale, Victoria, Australia |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Spouse(s) |
Deborah Brayshaw
(m. 1970, divorced)Judy John |
Stanley McGeagh (30 August 1936 – 5 August 2025) was a Northern Irish actor.
Background
McGeagh was born in Belfast on 30 August 1936[1] to a shipwright father and had four siblings. During World War II, the street the family lived on was bombed and their house reduced to rubble. Their father was one of those people to help dig them out.[2][3]
Planning to have a career in either rugby or acting, McGeagh initially worked as an assistant statistics officer in the Belfast Corporation Transport Department. When the Northern Ireland Theatre Experiment started in 1959, he auditioned successfully, moving careers and gaining "bit" parts at the Belfast Arts Theatre.[4] Afterwards, he moved to London, joining Joan Littlewood's Theatre Workshop in 1964 as an ensemble player in Oh, What a Lovely War! before making his TV debut in 1967.[5]
While performing in between shows, McGeagh initially came to Australia in 1985 to visit family. After two years of work and travel, performing in a tour of Anything Goes, he decided to stay in Australia.
Personal life
On 28 March 1970, McGeagh married actress Deborah Brayshaw,[6] divorcing sometime afterwards. Upon relocating to Australia, he married artist and mandolin player Judy John.[3] McGeagh died in the Melbourne suburb of Springvale, on 5 August 2025, at the age of 88. He was cremated there.[1][3]
Filmography
Film
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1969 | Oh! What a Lovely War | Soldier in Gassed Trench | Uncredited |
| 1971 | William Webb Ellis, Are You Mad? | Short | |
| 1972 | Burke & Hare | Sergeant MacTavish | Credited as Stanley McCeagh |
| 1974 | The Land That Time Forgot | Hiller | |
| 1975 | Carry on Behind | Short-Sighted Man | Uncredited |
| 1978 | Carry on Emmannuelle | Fleet Street Journalist | |
| 1982 | Gandhi | Prison Guard | |
| 2005 | You and Your Stupid Mate | Man at Door |
Television
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1967 | No Hiding Place | Con. Clark | Episode: "Just Like the Old Days" |
| Haunted | Tom | Episode: "Many Happy Returns" | |
| 1968 | Softly, Softly | PC Walters | Episodes: "Fortune on the Move: Part 1: Payment" and "Fortune on the Move: Part 2: Refund" |
| The Spanish Farm | Medical Sergeant | Episode: "The Crime at Vanderlynden's" | |
| Frontier | Lieutenant James Russell | Episode: "The Last of the Line" | |
| Resurrection | Corporal | Episodes: "Dmitri", "Maslova", and "Resurrection" | |
| Dixon of Dock Green | Billy Mahon | Episode: "Olga and the Six Best Men" | |
| 1969 | Jim | Episode: "The One That Got Away" | |
| Callan | Ferguson | Episode: "Let's Kill Everybody" | |
| Thicker Than Water | Porter | Episode: "The Reunion" | |
| Doctor in the House | 2nd. Police Sergeant | Episode: "The Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever Casino" | |
| Dad's Army | Sergeant Waller | Episode: "The Lion Has Phones" | |
| 1970 | Germinal | Miner | Episode: "Mob Rule" |
| Rules, Rules, Rules | Bill | Episode: "Rules on a Desert Island" | |
| The Doctors | PC Brian | Season 1, episodes 99 and 100 | |
| UFO | SHADO Security Man | Episode: "E.S.P." | |
| 1971 | SHADO Guard | Episode: "Mindbender" | |
| Budgie | Station Constable | Episode: "A Pair of Charlies" | |
| Doctor Who | Allen | 1 episode; serial: Colony in Space | |
| 1972 | Castle Guard Drew | 2 episodes; serial: The Sea Devils | |
| Scene | Policeman | Episode: "Bank Holiday"; credited as Stanley McGeogh | |
| The Liver Birds | Delivery Man | Episode: "Birds and Bottom Drawers" | |
| Jason King | The Hero | Episode: "An Author in Search of Two Characters" | |
| Villains | Vicar | Episode: "Smudger" | |
| Play For Today | New Member of the Orange Lodge | Episode: "Carson Country" | |
| 1975 | Churchill's People | Harry Corlett | Episode: "The Derry Boys" |
| 1978 | Law & Order | Gladwell's Clerk | Episode: "A Brief's Tale" |
| Trevor Reid | Episode: "A Prisoner's Tale" | ||
| The Onedin Line | Mr Hardy | Episode: "Highly Explosive" | |
| 1979 | Return of the Saint | 2nd Customs Officer | Episode: "The Diplomat's Daughter" |
| 1981 | Blood Money | PC Able | Season 1, episode 1 |
| 1982 | Minder | Police Sergeant | Episode: "Back in Good Old England" |
| Billy Boy | TV film; credited as Stanley McGeach | ||
| 1984 | The Bill | Man in Street | Episode: "A Friend in Need" |
| 1985 | Screen Two | Special Security Block Officer | Episode: "Knockback: Part 1" |
| 1986 | Big Deal | Court PC | Episode: "Innocent OK?" |
| 1993 | Neighbours | Phil Friendly | Episodes 1979 and 2007 |
| 2001 | Halifax f.p. | Judge's Associate | Episode: "The Scorpion's Kiss" |
| 2002 | Worst Best Friends | Bottle Expert | Episode: "The Excursion" |
References
- ^ a b "Mannings Funerals - Stanley McGeagh". Mannings Funerals. Retrieved 21 August 2025.
- ^ "A man of many parts". Bass Coast Post. 13 October 2012. Retrieved 21 August 2025.
- ^ a b c "Stanley McGeagh: A life in many acts". Bass Coast Post. 13 August 2025. Retrieved 21 August 2025.
- ^ "Statistics man now an actor at Derby". Derby Evening Telegraph. 15 June 1962. p. 13. Retrieved 23 August 2025.
- ^ "M". Ulster Actors. 22 December 2011.
- ^ "Actress Deborah loses her honeymoon, to the stage". Western Daily Press. 28 March 1970. p. 7. Retrieved 23 August 2025.
External links
- Stanley McGeagh at IMDb
- Stanley McGeagh at Theatricalia
- Stanley McGeagh's Australian theatre credits at AusStage
- Stanley McGeagh on Tardis Wiki, the Doctor Who Wiki