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Andrew O'Connor (actor), Andrew O'Connor
Andrew O'Connor may refer to: *Andrew O'Connor (actor) (born 1963), British actor *Andrew O'Connor (sculptor) Andrew O'Connor (June 7, 1874 – June 9, 1941) was an American-Irish sculptor whose work is represented in museums in America, Ireland, Britain and France. Life O'Connor was born in Worcester, Massachusetts and died in Dublin, Ireland. For a t ... (1874–1941), American sculptor * Andrew O'Connor (writer) (born 1978), Australian novelist * Andy O'Connor (1884–1980), baseball player {{hndis, Oconnor, Andrew ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andrew O'Connor (actor)
Andrew Mark O'Connor (born 23 March 1963 in Stevenage, Hertfordshire) is an English actor, comedian, magician, television presenter and executive producer. Television career Although he enjoyed a short stint as a child actor, appearing as Tom Brill in the BBC mini-series ''The Canal Children'' in 1976, he made his mark as a children's magician, and won the Magic Circle's ''Young Magician of the Year'' prize in 1981. After appearing in a number of variety shows on television, he was invited to join the cast of London Weekend Television's '' Copy Cats'', a showcase featuring impressionists such as Bobby Davro and Gary Wilmot, in 1985. A second series, without Wilmot, followed in 1986. O'Connor received a writing credit for each series. His own children's show, ''Andrew O'Connor's Joke Machine'' soon followed, in which he told jokes and performed magic tricks and invited children to do the same. In 1986, he began appearing in ITV's popular Saturday morning children's series, ''No. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andrew O'Connor (sculptor)
Andrew O'Connor (June 7, 1874 – June 9, 1941) was an American-Irish sculptor whose work is represented in museums in America, Ireland, Britain and France. Life O'Connor was born in Worcester, Massachusetts and died in Dublin, Ireland. For a time he was in the London studio of the painter, John Singer Sargent, and later worked for the architects, McKim, Mead and White in America and with the sculptor Daniel Chester French. Settling in Paris in the early years of the 20th century, he exhibited annually at the Paris Salon. In 1906 he was the first foreign sculptor to win the Second Class medal for his statue of General Henry Ware Lawton, now in Garfield Park in Indianapolis. In 1928 he achieved a similar distinction by being awarded the Gold Medal for his ''Tristan and Iseult'', a marble group now in the Brooklyn Museum. His work was also part of the sculpture event in the art competition at the 1928 Summer Olympics. A number of his plaster casts are in the Hugh Lane Municipal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andrew O'Connor (writer)
Andrew O'Connor (born 1978) is an Australian novelist. Life Born in Warragul, Victoria, he studied arts at the University of Melbourne before travelling and working in central and northern Australia. Following this, he lived and worked in Tokyo and Nagano, Japan. He presently lives in Warragul, Australia. Awards and nominations * 2005 — The Australian/Vogel Literary Award for ''Tuvalu'' * 2007 — Commonwealth Writers' Prize (South East Asia and South Pacific Region, Best First Book) for ''Tuvalu'' * 2008 — Longlisted in the International Dublin Literary Award for ''Tuvalu'' Bibliography *''Tuvalu Tuvalu ( or ; formerly known as the Ellice Islands) is an island country and microstate in the Polynesian subregion of Oceania in the Pacific Ocean. Its islands are situated about midway between Hawaii and Australia. They lie east-northeast ...'' (2006) External links * 1978 births Australian male novelists Living people People from Warragul Writers from Victor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |