Albert Sharpe

Albert Sharpe (15 April 1885 - 13 February 1970) was an Irish stage and film actor. . His most famous roles were those of Disney's "Darby O'Gill and the Little People" and as Finian McLonergan in the Broadway stage production of the musical "Finian's Rainbow". (The stage production differed from the film by not having Finian sing at all; the film version, made in 1968, had Fred Astaire in the role and allowed him to both sing and dance.) He was also a member of the Abbey Players. His last ten years were spent in retirement and he died in Belfast on at the age of 85. [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0789185/bio]

Some films he was in, and the roles that he played in them: (from The Internet Movie Database [http://www.imdb.com] )

# The Day They Robbed the Bank of England (1960) .... Tosher

# Darby O'Gill and the Little People (1959) .... Darby O'Gill... aka The Little People (USA)
# Brigadoon .... Andrew Campbell
# Face to Face (1952) .... First Mate Brown ('The Secret Sharer')
# You Never Can Tell (1951) .... Grandpa Hathaway... aka One Never Knows... aka You Never Know (UK)
# The Highwayman (1951) .... Forsythe
# "Royal Wedding" (1951) .... James Ashmond... aka Wedding Bells (UK)

# Adventure in Baltimore (1949) .... Dan Fletcher... aka Bachelor Bait (UK)
# "Portrait of Jennie" (1948) (as Albert Sharp) .... Moore... aka Jennie (UK)... aka Tidal Wave
# The Return of October (1948) .... Vince the Tout... aka A Date with Destiny (UK)
# Up in Central Park (1948) .... Timothy Moore
# I See a Dark Stranger (1946) (uncredited) .... Irish Publican... aka The Adventuress (USA)