Niall MacGinnis is not as well known outside of Europe, but he was a wonderful character actor whose variety of roles matched his great gift for characterization and the look beyond just makeup that he projected. He was educated at Stonyhurst College and Trinity College, Dublin. He obtained a basic medical education which qualified him as a house (resident) surgeon during World War II in the Royal Navy. But after the war he decided to pursue acting. He worked in stage repertoire and stock companies and moved on to do significant stage work at the Old Vic Theatre in London, where John Gielgud was director and Shakespeare has a particular focus. MacGinnis had the burly look of a farm hand with a large head and curly hair falling away from a progressively receding hairline. He could portray a broad enough accent - or little at all, as the case might be - which could entail any part of the British Isles.
康纳利1930年8月25日出生于苏格兰首府爱丁堡的一个工人家庭，小时家庭生活十分贫困，全家靠着父亲每周两英镑的收入和母亲给人家当女佣的微薄补贴度日。清贫的家境使得他13岁就辍学开始谋生，16岁进入皇家海军服役，但严重的胃溃疡却使他从军不到三年就被迫退伍，返回了故乡爱丁堡。...
