Bingo O'Malley (May 10, 1933 - June 2, 2019) was an American actor. He has been called "Pittsburgh’s finest actor."
Biography
O'Malley never revealed his birth name.
He initially aspired to the priesthood but found that "I am not religious."
He then spent years as a juvenile-probation officer as well as a school social worker.
It was while working as a Navy radarman in
Key West
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that O'Malley got his first role in a community theater production of ''
The Rainmaker'' in the 1950s.
By the 1970s, O'Malley was working with a community theater in
Churchill, Pennsylvania as well as the Pittsburgh Lab Theatre.
For the next two decades O'Malley was one of the city's busiest actors.
On film, O'Malley appeared in fellow Pittsburgher
George A. Romero's ''
Knightriders
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''
as well as ''
Creepshow''
and ''
Two Evil Eyes''.
He also appeared in ''
My Bloody Valentine 3D'' and ''
Super 8
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Film
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* Super 8 film camera, a motion picture camera used to film Super 8mm motion picture format
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''.
Filmography
Film
Television
References
External links
*
A Remembrance of Bingo O'Malley: 1933–2019
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American film actors
Male actors from Pittsburgh
1933 births
2019 deaths