Barry Cassin, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Barry Cassin

Irish actor and director

Date of Birth: 23-Nov-1924

Place of Birth: Dublin, Leinster, Ireland

Date of Death: 14-Jan-2017

Profession: actor, theater director, television actor

Nationality: Ireland

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius

John Finbar "Barry" Cassin (23 November 1924 – 14 January 2017) was an Irish television, stage and screen actor.
On stage, he is best known for his role in the production of Twelve Angry Men.On screen, Cassin played mostly secondary roles such as in the television series Mystic Knights of Tir Na Nog, in 2004 he was Fr.
Griffin in The Blackwater Lightship for the Hallmark Hall of Fame and the 2012 film Byzantium.
He introduced the works of John B.
Keane and notably directed the first stage production of The Field.
Cassin's daughter, Anne, is a well-known journalist and news presenter for Raidió Teilifís Éireann.