Joe Pilkington

Joe Pilkington
Born	1940 Galway, Ireland
Died	(1999-07-07)7 July 1999 Galway, Ireland
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1970–1999

Joe Pilkington (1940 – 7 July 1999) was an Irish actor, best known for his portrayal of Eamon Maher in the long-running TV series The Riordans.^[1] Father of actress Rachel Pilkington, Joseph Pilkington made a marked contribution to Irish arts and culture through roles played both on and offscreen. His acting roles in the late 1960s in the Abbey Theatre are listed.^[2]

Filmography

Film

• Underground (1970) as Enlisted Man
• The McKenzie Break (1970) as Police Communications Sergeant (uncredited)
• The Outsider (1979)
• Light Years Away (1981) as Thomas
• Traveller (1981) as Traveller man
• The Ballroom of Romance (1986) as Tim Daly
• Into The West (1992) as Detective
• A Man of no Importance (1994) as Ernie Lally
• The Butcher Boy (1998) as Charlie McGlone

Television

• The Riordans (1972–1979) as Eamon Maher
• The Hanging Gale (1995) as James Phelan

References

1. "RTE Archives, Joseph Pilkington - The Riordans". RTE Archives. RTE Archives. Retrieved 25 May 2015.
2. "Joseph Pilkington Irish Actor". Abbey Theatre Ireland. Abbey Theatre Ireland. Retrieved 25 May 2015.

Further reading

• galway-actor-forever-linked-to-riordans

External links

• Joe Pilkington at IMDb