RONAN O'CASEY - "Trollenberg Terror" star & Vanessa Redgrave's ill-fated lover in "Blowup"

Canadian-born actor Ronan O'Casey died in Los Angeles on April 12, 2012.  He was born in Montreal, Canada, on June 15, 1922, the son of poet Michael Casey and actress Margaret Sheehy.  He began performing on stage with his mother's theatrical company in Montreal as a child.  He continued his career as an actor in theatrical productions in Ireland and England, and was seen frequently in British films and television productions from the late 1940s.  O'Casey was featured in the films "Give Us This Day" (1949), "The Mudlark" (1950), "Escape by Night" (1953), "Three Steps to the Gallows" (1953), "Double Exposure" (1954), "Tonight's the Night" (1954), "Murder on Approval" (1955), "Tiger by the Tail" (1955), "1984" (1956) as Rutherford, "Reach for the Sky" (1956), "Satellite in the Sky" (1956), "Bitter Victory" (1957), "Blind Spot" (1958), "Inn for Trouble" (1960), "Blowup" (1966) as Vanessa Redgrave's murdered lover,

Dead - in Blowout

 "Feelings" (1976), and "The Double Exposure of Holly" (1976).  O'Casey appeared in television productions of "The Front Page" (1948), "Willie the Squouse" (1954), "The Voices" (1955), "The Trollenberg Terror" (1956) (which was filmed by Hammer several years later and released in the U.S. as "The Crawling Eye"), "Come Read Me a Riddle" (1956), "The Wooden Dish" (1957), "All My Sons" (1958), and "The Town Has Turned to Dust" (1960).  He was featured as Jeff Rogers in "The Larkins from 1958 to 1963, and was the Chief in "The New Forest Rustlers" in 1966.  O'Casey was associate producer for Terry Southern's 1969 comic fantasy "The Magic Christian", starring Ringo Starr and Peter Sellers.  He was married to actress Louie Ramsay from 1956 until 1979.  O'Casey moved to the United States the following year, where he married writer Carol Tavris,  He continued his acting career, appearing in the 1986 tele-film "Beverly Hills Madam", and in episodes of "Dallas", "The A-Team", "L.A. Law", "Shell Game", "Easy Street", "Hotel", "ABC Afterschool Specials", "Sledge Hammer!", "Santa Barbara", and "Falcon Crest".  His later film credits include "The Protector" (1985), "The Beverly Hillbillies" (1993), and "The Drop Off" (2007).