George Shane

Born: None

George Shane was a Northern Irish actor of stage and screen. His film credits included A Prayer for the Dying, An Everlasting Piece, and Closing the Ring. He died in Derry on 9th March, 2016 at the age of 71.


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A Prayer for the Dying

as O'Connor
Released: 1987-09-11

Martin, an I.R.A. hitman, is seen by a Catholic priest while carrying out a hit. He grows a bond...

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Closing the Ring

as Maginty
Released: 2007-09-14

During the 1940s, a group of young men go off to war, leaving behind Ethel Ann, who is in love...

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Wilderness

as Governor
Released: 2006-08-11

Juvenile delinquents are sent to a small British island after a fellow prisoner's death, where...

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Cal

as Second Policeman
Released: 1984-08-24

Cal, a young man on the fringes of the IRA, falls in love with Marcella, a Catholic woman whose...

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Love Lies Bleeding

as Gerry Ellis
Released: 1993-06-14

Conn, a member of the IRA and a former hunger striker, is serving a life sentence for murder....

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Shergar

as Patrick
Released: 1986-03-23

Malachy: "Who do you kidnap? You can't touch children, women, no sons of Irish mothers. What's...

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Acceptable Levels

as Frank McAteer
Released: 1983-01-01

A BBC film crew is interviewing a ‘typical Catholic family’ in the Divis Flats area of Belfast,...

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An Everlasting Piece

as Billy King
Released: 2000-12-22

Colin is a Catholic and George is a poetry-loving Protestant. In Belfast in the 1980s, they...

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You, Me & Marley

as Tony
Released: 1992-09-30

A group of bored Roman Catholic teens from Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom steal cars...

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Lorna

as Tommy Agnew
Released: 1987-06-02

In the follow-up to Graham Reid’s trilogy of ‘Billy’ plays, Billy's sister Lorna Martin is left...

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Chinese Whispers

as Stella
Released: 1989-08-02

Kenny's work as a nurse in a psychiatric hospital isn't just a job, it's a vocation. His special...

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Resurrection Man

as James Kelly
Released: 1998-02-13

Belfast, in 1970s. Victor Kelly is a young protestant man who hates the Catholics so much that...

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A Coming to Terms for Billy

as Tommy Agnew
Released: 1984-02-21

Belfast, 1980: July, the marching season ... Norman Martin, away for two years, returns with his...

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Crossfire

as Insp. Massey
Released: 1988-03-15

A police computer expert is seconded to Belfast to track down the identity of an IRA mole.

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Shoot to Kill

as DCI Samuel George Flanagan
Released: 1990-06-03

Shoot to Kill is a four-hour drama documentary reconstruction of the events that led to the...

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Maeve

as Causeway Man
Released: 1981-09-02

Maeve returns home to Belfast after a long absence. Her arrival in the city stimulates a series...

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Holy Cross

as Harry
Released: 2003-10-10

Violence erupts in north Belfast when the residents of Glenbyrn, a predominantly Protestant...

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Life After Life

as Mr. Moloney
Released: 1995-04-02

Leo Doyle, a convicted IRA murderer, is released into the community after 14 years in prison on...

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Beyond Reason

as Bob Christie
Released: 1995-01-01

Drama based on a real-life story of a love affair between a married army captain and a young...

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Pigs

as George
Released: 1984-09-28

A group of unemployed and marginalised souls eke out a meagre living by drawing welfare and...

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The Legion Hall Bombing

as Second Accused's Father
Released: 1978-08-22

The story of the trial of Willie Gallagher, convicted of bombing the Strabane British Legion...

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Bergerac

as Nick McVie
First aired: 1981-10-18

Bergerac is a British television show set on Jersey. Produced by the BBC in association with the...

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Foreign Bodies

as Joe
First aired: 1987-03-05

Roisin and Septa are two young nurses from Dublin who go to work at a hospital in Belfast....

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The Hanging Gale

as Brewster
First aired: 1995-05-14

The Hanging Gale is a four-episode television serial which first aired on RTÉ One and BBC1 in...

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Shoot to Kill

as DCI Samuel George Flanagan
First aired: 1990-06-03

A reconstruction of the events that led to the 1984–86 Stalker Inquiry into the shooting of six...

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