Person
Tom Hickey
Acting · 1944–2021 · Kildare, County Kildare, Ireland
Biography
Tom Hickey (1944 – May 1, 2021) was an Irish actor who appeared on stage and screen in a career that began in the early 1960s. He was best known for playing Benjy Riordan in the long-running television series, The Riordans.
Known for
Breakfast on Pluto
Bishop
Circle of Friends
Professor Maclure
My Left Foot: The Story of Christy Brown
Priest
Les Roses de Dublin
Peter O'Reilly
Gothic
Tour Guide
An Awfully Big Adventure
Freddie Reynalde
High Spirits
Sampson
The Last September
O'Brien
Cal
Preacher
Possession
Blackadder
Filmography
- 2012What Richard DidPriest
- 2012Stella DaysBishop Hegarty
- 2008AlarmFrank
- 2007GarageMr Skerrit
- 2005Breakfast on PlutoBishop
- 2004Inside I'm DancingCon O'Shea
- 2004The Phantom CnutPriest
- 2002PossessionBlackadder
- 2002Coney Island BabyMr. Hayes
- 2001Black Day at Black Rock
- 2000The Last SeptemberO'Brien
- 1998The Butcher BoyGardener
- 1997All Souls' Day
- 1997Before I Sleep
- 1997Gold In The StreetsMr Costello
- 1995The CakeSecond Orangeman
- 1995An Awfully Big AdventureFreddie Reynalde
- 1995Circle of FriendsProfessor Maclure
- 1995Moondance
- 1994FamilyDean
- 1993Raining StonesFather Barry
- 1992Unnatural PursuitsBlossom
- 1992Unnatural PursuitsBlossom
- 1991The TreatyEamonn Duggan
- 1991The MiracleTommy
- 1990Fools of FortuneFather Kilgarrif
- 1990Nuns on the RunFather Seamus
- 1989My Left Foot: The Story of Christy BrownPriest
- 1988High SpiritsSampson
- 1987GothicTour Guide
- 1984CalPreacher
- 1984To The Western World
- 1981Les Roses de DublinPeter O'Reilly
- 1979Katie: The Year of a ChildPub manager
- 1973Horowitz in Dublin(uncredited)
- 1971Flight of the DovesPat Flynn
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