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'Legacy'

F.J. McCormick was an Irish actor in the early 1900's. The legacy that he has built for himself was most impressive for his time and he continues to live on in the memory of the Irish people. He started acting at the age of 19 in the Abbey Theatre, one of the most well known theatres in Ireland. From there McCormick built his legacy which included him playing several parts in over 500 productions which mostly took place in the Abbey Theatre. He spent most of his career which dated from (1914) up until (1947) working in the Abbey Theatre. Being a great man helped him become a great actor which lead to his wide spread success.

There are many popular plays and films that McCormick was part of which are still remembered to this day by many, some of them include the original The Plough and the Stars in (1926) where he played Fluther Good, he then played a different role of Captain Brennan in the same play in America. This is an example of the legacy that F.J McCormick had built for himself. Another popular role McCormick played was in the film Odd Man Out where he played Shell.

McCormick is well known for working with the play write Sean O’Casey. Most of McCormick’s success came to him while working with O’Casey. Not only did McCormick act in plays he also created the character Joxer Daly in Juno and the Paycock in 1924.

It is said that he was one of the most versatile actors of his generation, his early death was a huge loss to the Irish arts and more specifically the Abbey Theatre where he carried most of his work. The Abbey Theatre had a huge role in helping him build his legacy in such a short lifetime, it is very impressive that one man could do so much work in such a short space of time and have the impact it did on Irish theatre and Irish arts in general, his work and his legacy will continue to be remembered.

'Later life & death'

F.J. McCormick died on the April 24th 1947 from a brain tumour at the young age of just 56 years old. He died in his hometown of Dublin where he not only grew up but lived his entire life. His resting place is located in Deansgrange, Blackrock in Dublin Ireland. His grave is a place where people can visit and pay their respects to him.

Leading up to his death McCormick starred in two popular films, which were the Odd Man Out where he played a character named Shell. Another role he played was in the film Hungry Hill where he played a character named Old Tim, both of these pieces of work were made in (1947) the year McCormick died of his brain tumour, his sickness never stopped him from working and doing what he loved as he kept going until his death in April.

In the last 5 years of McCormick’s life he continued to work in the Abbey theatre where he acted in over 70 play writes before he died. He only starred in 1 play in the theatre in his final year of his life, he acted in the play They Got What They Wanted playing role of Bartley Murnaghan. The reason for this is was that he was busy with his work in the film industry where he had a big part to play. McCormick never stopped working despite sick he was, McCormick always went out on stage and put a show on for his audience.

It is said that people regarded him as one of the greatest actors in his era this comes from his work in 500 plays and 4 films over his career. A year after his passing in 1948 Barry Fitzgerald said he only knew of two actors with the gift that McCormick had and they were Charles Laughton and Charlie Chaplin.