Redmond Gleeson
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Redmond Gleeson is a stage, film, and television actor from Dublin, Ireland.

Life and career

From an early age, Redmond (born Martin Gleeson) dreamed of becoming an actor. He received a scholarship to study theatre arts at a university in Ohio. After graduating he lived in Aspen, Colorado where he co-founded and acted with the High Country Players.

In 1968 he moved from Aspen, Colorado to Los Angeles where he has appeared in many stage productions, including Look Homeward Angel, Buddy's Girl for which he won a Drama-Logue Award
Drama-Logue Award
The Drama-Logue Award was a theater award established in 1977, given by the publishers of Drama-Logue newspaper, a weekly west-coast theater trade publication. Winners were selected by the publication's theater critics, and would receive a certificate at an annual awards ceremony...

, and Kevin's Bed for which he won a Back Stage Garland Award. In addition to his film and television work, he produced, directed and has acted for years in the adaptation of Bloomsday
Bloomsday
Bloomsday is a commemoration observed annually on 16 June in Dublin and elsewhere to celebrate the life of Irish writer James Joyce and relive the events in his novel Ulysses, all of which took place on the same day in Dublin in 1904...

 he co-wrote with T.S.Kerrigan.

Redmond Gleeson fathered ten children and when he's not acting he resides in Kalimantan, Indonesia
Central Kalimantan
Central Kalimantan is a province of Indonesia, one of four in Kalimantan - the Indonesian part of the island of Borneo. Its provincial capital is Palangka Raya.The province has a population of just over 2.2 million at the 2010 Census...

 with his wife, Mardiah.

Films

Year Film Role Notes
2007 Sibling Rivalry Redmond Short
2006 The Tripper
The Tripper
The Tripper is a 2007 slasher film which was directed by David Arquette and stars Jaime King, Thomas Jane and Lukas Haas.-Synopsis:The film is a nostalgic homage to the exploitation films of Wes Craven and Tobe Hooper that follows a group of free-loving hippies who escape to a modern-day Woodstock...

Dylan/Father
2003 A Foreign Affair Funeral director Released on DVD as 2 Brothers & a Bride
2002 Project Viper
Project Viper
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Local Man TV movie
It Could Happen Father Murphy Short
2001 Hunger
Hunger (2001 film)
Hunger is a 2001 film written and directed by Maria Giese, based upon the 1890 novel of the same title by Norwegian author Knut Hamsun....

Old Man
1997 St. Patrick's Day Thomas
1996 Entertaining Angels: The Dorothy Day Story
Entertaining Angels: The Dorothy Day Story
Entertaining Angels: the Dorothy Day Story is a 1996 independent film about the life of Dorothy Day, the journalist turned social activist and founder of the Catholic Worker newspaper. The film stars Moira Kelly as Day, Heather Graham, Lenny Von Dohlen and Martin Sheen.Both Kelly and Sheen are also...

Irish Man
1992 Sinatra Cop #1 TV movie
1991 Shout
Shout (film)
Shout is a 1991 film starring John Travolta as a music teacher who introduces rock and roll to a west Texas home for boys in 1955. Travolta was nominated for a Razzie Award for Worst Supporting Actor....

Minister (credited as Redmond M. Gleeson)
1990 Backstreet Dreams
Backstreet Dreams (1990 film)
Backstreet Dreams is a 1990 drama movie starring Brooke Shields, Jason O'Malley, Sherilyn Fenn and Anthony Franciosa. It was directed by Rupert Hitzig and Jason O'Malley.-Plot:...

Dempsey
Young Guns II
Young Guns II
Young Guns II is a 1990 western film, and the sequel to Young Guns . It stars Emilio Estevez, Kiefer Sutherland, Lou Diamond Phillips, Christian Slater, and features William Petersen as Pat Garrett. It was written and produced by John Fusco and directed by Geoff Murphy.It follows the life of...

Murphy Man
Too Young to Die?
Too Young to Die?
Too Young to Die? is a 1990 television movie starring Brad Pitt and Juliette Lewis. It touches on the debate concerning the death penalty. It is based on a true story...

Janitor (credited as Redmond M. Gleeson) TV movie
1988 Bulletproof
Bulletproof
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Father Riley (credited as Redmond M. Gleeson)
1987 The Dead  Nightporter
1986 Hollywood Harry Skeeter
1984 Dreamscape
Dreamscape (film)
Dreamscape is a 1984 science fiction horror film directed by Joseph Ruben and written by David Loughery, with Chuck Russell and Ruben co-writing...

Snead
1983 Starflight: The Plane That Couldn't Land
Starflight: The Plane That Couldn't Land
Starflight: The Plane That Couldn’t Land is a 1983 television movie starring Lee Majors and Hal Linden...

Bud TV movie, re-released on video as Starflight One
1982 Mae West Reverend Bragg TV movie
Thou Shalt Not Kill TV movie
1981 Sizzle Minister TV movie
St. Helens Hendricks
Cattle Annie and Little Britches
Cattle Annie and Little Britches (film)
Cattle Annie and Little Britches is an American film based on the lives of two adolescent girls in the late 19th century who became infatuated with the Western outlaw heroes they had read about in Ned Buntline's stories and left their homes to join them...

Red Buck
1980 Alcatraz: The Whole Shocking Story Jackson TV movie
A Rumor of War
A Rumor of War (miniseries)
A Rumor of War is a 1980 television miniseries, based on the 1977 autobiography by Philip Caputo about his service in the United States Marine Corps in the early years of American involvement in the Vietnam War...

Sgt. Furth TV movie
The Octagon
The Octagon (film)
The Octagon is a 1980 action film with Chuck Norris in the leading role. It was directed by Eric Karson and written by Paul Aaron and Leigh Chapman. It was filmed in Los Angeles, California and released on August 14, 1980. It is notable for its inventive use of 'voice over' effects to portray the...

Duffy
1979 Steel Harry
The Best Place to Be TV movie
The Ordeal of Patty Hearst Sheriff's Deputy TV movie
1978 True Grit
True Grit: A Further Adventure
True Grit: A Further Adventure is a 1978 television film sequel to the films True Grit and Rooster Cogburn.While John Wayne played the role of Rooster Cogburn in the first two films, Warren Oates played him in this 1978 television film.-Plot:...

Harrison TV movie, also called True Grit: A Further Adventure
1977 Captains Courageous Phillips TV movie
1976 Pipe Dreams
Pipe Dreams (1976 film)
Pipe Dreams is a 1976 film starring soul singer Gladys Knight in her acting debut as a woman who attempts to regain the love of her husband played by real-life spouse Barry Hankerson. In this drama, her husband must choose between reuniting with her or giving in to pressure of the local boss, Mike...

 
Hollow Legs
Wanted: The Sundance Woman (credited as Redmond M. Gleeson) TV movie
Midway
Midway (film)
Midway is a 1976 war film directed by Jack Smight and produced byWalter Mirisch from a screenplay by Donald S. Sanford. The music score was by John Williams and the cinematography by Harry Stradling, Jr...

Pvt. Dombrowski - Radio Man (uncredited)
Law and Order Rev. Martin O'Malley TV movie
1975 Last Hours Before Morning Hopkins TV movie
Capone N.Y. Cop #2
1974 Roll, Freddy, Roll!
Roll, Freddy, Roll!
- Plot summary :A man tries to impress his son by breaking the world record for staying on roller skates.- Cast :*Tim Conway as Freddy Danton*Jan Murray as Big Sid Kane*Moosie Drier as Tommy Danton*Barra Grant as Sidni Kane*Scott Brady as Adm...

Man TV movie
Trapped Beneath the Sea
Trapped Beneath the Sea
Trapped Beneath the Sea is a 1974 television movie about four men trapped in a mini-submarine in waters off the coast of Florida. Paul Michael Glaser, Joshua Bryant, Cliff Potts and Roger Kern play the victims in this movie. Lee J. Cobb and Martin Balsam are among those trying to rescue...

PO1 Stanton TV movie
Airport 1975
Airport 1975
Airport 1975 is a 1974 disaster film and the first sequel to the successful 1970 film Airport. It stars Charlton Heston and Karen Black and is directed by Jack Smight....

Passenger (uncredited)
Mr. and Mrs. Cop Officer Irv Pyle (credited as Redmond Gleason) TV movie
1971 The Ski Bum Head Dope Dealer

Television

Year Title Role Notes
1991 My Life and Times Hawker "Millennium"
1990 L.A. Law
L.A. Law
L.A. Law is a US television legal drama that ran on NBC from September 15, 1986 to May 19, 1994. L.A. Law reflected the social and cultural ideologies of the 1980s and early 1990s and many of the cases featured on the show dealt with hot topic issues such as abortion, racism, gay rights,...

Foreperson (credited as Redmond M. Gleeson) "Armand's Hammer"
1989 Guns of Paradise Judge Prine (credited as Redmond Glesson) "A Matter of Honor: Part 1"
1987 Santa Barbara
Santa Barbara (TV series)
Santa Barbara is an American television soap opera, first broadcast in the United States on NBC on July 30, 1984, and last aired on January 15, 1993. The show revolved around the eventful lives of the wealthy Capwell family of Santa Barbara, California...

Will Morton Episode #1.717
1985 George Burns Comedy Week
George Burns Comedy Week
George Burns Comedy Week was a comedy anthology television series broadcast in the United States by CBS as part of its 1985 fall lineup.As he was age 89 when the show premiered, George Burns was billed as the oldest person ever to "star" in a television series...

Hanlon "The Dynamite Girl"
1984 Weekend TV short
1983 St. Elsewhere
St. Elsewhere
St. Elsewhere is an American medical drama television series that originally ran on NBC from October 26, 1982 to May 25, 1988. The series is set at fictional St. Eligius, a decaying urban teaching hospital in Boston's South End neighborhood...

Mr. Landrum "Under Pressure"
St. Elsewhere
St. Elsewhere
St. Elsewhere is an American medical drama television series that originally ran on NBC from October 26, 1982 to May 25, 1988. The series is set at fictional St. Eligius, a decaying urban teaching hospital in Boston's South End neighborhood...

Garth Landrum "Entrapment"
1982 Cagney & Lacey
Cagney & Lacey
Cagney & Lacey is an American television series that originally aired on the CBS television network for seven seasons from October 8, 1981 to May 16, 1988...

Sammy "High Steel"
1981 The Dukes of Hazzard
The Dukes of Hazzard
The Dukes of Hazzard is an American television series that aired on the CBS television network from 1979 to 1985.The series was inspired by the 1975 film Moonrunners, which was also created by Gy Waldron and had many identical or similar character names and concepts.- Overview :The Dukes of Hazzard...

Ben Wilkenson "10 Million Dollar Sheriff Part 1"
1980 Lou Grant
Lou Grant (TV series)
Lou Grant is an American television drama series starring Ed Asner in the titular role as a newspaper editor. Unusual in American television, this drama series was a spinoff from a sitcom, The Mary Tyler Moore Show. Aired from 1977 to 1982, Lou Grant won 13 Emmy Awards, including "Outstanding Drama...

Francie Fitzgerald "Guns"
1979 Ike: The War Years Riley TV mini-series
1978 The Paper Chase
The Paper Chase (TV series)
The Paper Chase is a television series based on a 1970 novel by John Jay Osborn, Jr., as well as a 1973 film based on the novel. It follows the lives of law student James T. Hart and his classmates at Harvard Law School.-Production:...

Red "Da Da"
1976 Arthur Hailey's the Moneychangers Vernon Jax TV mini-series
Columbo George Thomas "Now You See Him"
1975 Columbo Arnold "A Deadly State of Mind"
M*A*S*H  Sergeant Callan "Dear Ma"
Kojak
Kojak
Kojak is an American television series starring Telly Savalas as the title character, bald New York City Police Department Detective Lieutenant Theo Kojak. It aired from October 24, 1973, to March 18, 1978, on CBS. It took the time slot of the popular Cannon series, which was moved one hour earlier...

Det. Houston "How Cruel the Frost, How Bright the Stars"
Cannon
Cannon (TV series)
Cannon is a CBS detective television series produced by Quinn Martin which aired from March 26, 1971 to March 3, 1976.The primary protagonist was the title character, Frank Cannon, played by William Conrad....

Gas Station Attendant "Coffin Corner"
1974 The Snoop Sisters
The Snoop Sisters
The Snoop Sisters was an American mystery television show that aired on NBC during the 1973–1974 season.-Plot:The show starred Hollywood film legends Helen Hayes and Mildred Natwick as two elderly sisters who routinely stumbled across mysteries which they solved...

O'toole "Black Day for Bluebeard"

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