Joe Lynch
Biography
Joe Lynch was an Irish actor who worked in comedy and drama across radio, stage, television and film. Born in Mallow, County Cork, he began performing part time with the Cork Opera House and the Cork Shakespearean Company, and by 1947 he was acting full time. He helped set up the Radio Éireann Players, acted with the Abbey Theatre from 1967 to 1981, and devised Living with Lynch, Radio Éireann's first comedy series, for Sunday nights. His films included The Face of Fu Manchu (1965), Ulysses (1967) and Girl with Green Eyes (1964), and for RTÉ television he played Dinny Byrne in Glenroe from 1983 to 2000. He voiced Grundel the Toad in the animated Thumbelina (1994) and won Jacob's Awards in 1962 and 1977.
75years old at death
- Born Mallow
- Died Alicante
- Star sign: CancerThe sign runs June 21 to July 22
- Joseph Laurence Lynch (birth name)
Movie Career
- Films
- 4
- Career span
- 30 years1964 to 1994
Every film, newest first
- 1994ThumbelinaIMDb rating 6.3
- 1965The Face of Fu ManchuIMDb rating 5.8
- 1965Young CassidyIMDb rating 6.5
- 1964Girl with Green EyesIMDb rating 6.9
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Early training
Lynch helped found the Radio Éireann Players, and he also acted in stagings of plays by Teresa Deevy, among other works.
A first
In the 1950s, Lynch was in charge of Living with Lynch, a Radio Éireann show that aired on Sunday nights and became the station's first comedy series.
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Worked with
Joe Lynch shares three films with Harry Brogan, and one with each of the others. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
Harry Brogan's page
T.P. McKenna's page
Christopher Lee's page
John Hurt's page
Maggie Smith's page
Julian Glover's page
Don BluthDirector, 1 film, 1994
All films by Don Bluth
Gary GoldmanDirector, 1 film, 1994
All films by Gary Goldman
Don SharpDirector, 1 film, 1965
All films by Don Sharp
Online
Official profiles and reference pages.