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 Project Viper is a 2002 movie starring Patrick Muldoon, Theresa Russell, Curtis Armstrong, Tamara Davies. The movie was directed by Jim Wynorski under the pseudonym "Jay Andrews."-Plot:...	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 Bulletproofing is the process of making something capable of stopping a bullet or similar high velocity projectiles e.g. shrapnel. The term bullet resistance is often preferred because few, if any, practical materials provide complete protection against all types of bullets, or multiple hits in the...	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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