Vincent Dowling

Vincent Dowling

Infobox Actor
name = Vincent Dowling


caption =
birthname = Vincent Gerard Dowling
birthdate = birthdate and age|1929|9|7
birthplace = Dublin
deathdate =
deathplace =
occupation = actor, director
yearsactive = 1950-present
spouse = Brenda Doyle; Olwen Patricia O'Herlihy
website = http://vincentdowling.com/

Vincent Gerard Dowling (born September 7 1929, Dublin, Ireland) is an Irish-American actor and director.

He was formerly married to the late Irish actress, Brenda Doyle (who died in a car crash in 1981). He is the father of actress Bairbre Dowling, and the former father-in-law of Irish actor, Colm Meaney.

Dowling first came to prominence in Ireland in the 1950s for his role as Christy Kennedy in the long-running radio soap opera, "The Kennedys of Castleross". He served as Artistic and Producing Director of The Great Lakes Shakespeare Festival (now the Great Lakes Theater Festival) in Cleveland, Ohio from 1976 to 1984. [http://vincentdowling.com/bio.html Vincent Dowling, Curriculum Vitae: Summary] ] During his tenure at GLSF, he directed, produced and acted in many classical works, by Shakespeare and others. He is credited with discovering award-winning actor Tom Hanks.

Dowling founded the Miniature Theatre of Chester (now the Chester Theatre Company), in Chester, Massachusetts, in 1990. [ [http://www.chestertheatre.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=category.display&category_id=37 Chester Theatre Company, History] ]

Dowling's first autobiographical book is "Astride the Moon: A Theatrical Life", ISBN 0863278280 (Wolfhound Press, 2000).

He currently resides in Massachusetts with his second wife, Olwen Patricia O'Herlihy.

Dowling's papers, from 1976 onward, are housed at the Kent State University and John Carroll University libraries. [ Vincent Dowling, [http://speccoll.library.kent.edu/theater/dowling.html Papers] , 1976- [ongoing] , at Kent State University]

ee also

Great Lakes Theater Festival

External links

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* [http://speccoll.library.kent.edu/theater/dowling.html Dowling Papers] at Kent State University

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