Noel O'Donovan (6 December 1949 – 13 September 2019) was an Irish

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. O'Donovan grew up in

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, Ireland. In the 1960s, he went to

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, where worked as a labourer. Soon after, he found work at the Saville Theatre in the West End. In 1970, he returned to Ireland and joined the Abbey Theatre's acting school. He died in the attentive care of staff at the Mater Hospital in

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Selective filmography

Film

Television

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:ODonovan, Noel 1949 births 2019 deaths Irish male film actors Irish male television actors 20th-century Irish male actors 21st-century Irish male actors Actors from County Cork