Joe Pilkington

 ( 1940 Births ) 

Joe Pilkington (1940 – 7 July 1999) was an Irish people actor, best known for his portrayal of Eamon Maher in the long-running TV series The Riordans. Father of actress Rachel Pilkington, Joseph Pilkington made a marked contribution to Irish arts and culture through roles played both on and offscreen. His acting roles in the late 1960s in the Abbey Theatre are listed.

• Underground (1970) as Enlisted Man
• The McKenzie Break (1970) as Police Communications Sergeant (uncredited)
• The Outsider (1979)
• Light Years Away (1981) as Thomas
• Traveller (1981) as Traveller man
• The Ballroom of Romance (1986) as Tim Daly
• Into The West (1992) as Detective
• A Man of no Importance (1994) as Ernie Lally
• The Butcher Boy (1998) as Charlie McGlone

• The Riordans (1972–1979) as Eamon Maher
• The Hanging Gale (1995) as James Phelan

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