Malachy McCourt, the Irish American author, barkeep, and actor known for his long-running role on the soap opera Ryan's Hope, died Monday in Manhattan. He was 92.
愛爾蘭裔美國作家、酒吧老板和演員馬拉奇·麥考特因出演肥皂劇《瑞安的希望》而聞名,于周一在曼哈頓去世。享年92歲。
His wife, Diana McCourt, confirmed the news to the New York Times. McCourt himself told the Times last year that he had a heart condition, multiple kinds of cancer, and muscular degeneration.
他的妻子戴安娜·麥考特向《紐約時報(bào)》證實(shí)了這一消息。麥考特本人去年告訴《紐約時報(bào)》,他患有心臟病、多種癌癥和肌肉退化。
McCourt's childhood was recounted in his brother Frank's Pulitzer Prize-winning memoir Angela's Ashes, which detailed their mother's attempt to raise the four of their surviving seven children in poverty in Limerick, Ireland. McCourt also wrote his own memoirs: 1998's Monk Swimming, which picks up where Angela’s Ashes leaves off, and 2000's Singing My Him Song, about fatherhood. He was the oldest surviving child of his seven siblings (Frank McCourt died in 2009).
麥考特的兄弟弗蘭克的回憶錄《安吉拉的灰燼》講述了他的童年,這本書獲得了普利策獎。書中詳細(xì)描述了他們的母親在愛爾蘭利默里克的貧困中撫養(yǎng)幸存的七個孩子中的四個。麥考特還寫了自己的回憶錄:1998年的《游泳和尚》繼承了《安吉拉的灰燼》的遺作;2000年的《唱我的他之歌》講述了父親的角色。他是他七個兄弟姐妹中最年長的孩子(弗蘭克·麥考特于2009年去世)。
A fixture in the New York Irish community, McCourt founded an eponymous pub, Malachy's, on Third Avenue in Manhattan. Actor Richard Harris was a close friend and worked as a bartender there for a time. McCourt also ran for governor of New York in 2006.
麥考特是紐約愛爾蘭人社區(qū)的一員,他在曼哈頓第三大道開了一家同名酒吧——馬拉奇酒吧。演員理查德·哈里斯是她的好朋友,曾在那里做過一段時間的酒保。麥考特還曾在2006年競選紐約州州長。
Though he was best known for his recurring role as the bartender Kevin on Ryan's Hope, McCourt appeared in numerous films and television shows, including The Other Guys, The Devil's Own, Brewster's Millions, The Molly Maguires, Starman, One Life To Live, Search For Tomorrow, Another World, Oz, Tales of the Unexpected, and Remember WENN.
雖然他最出名的角色是在《瑞恩的希望》中飾演的調(diào)酒師凱文,但他也出演了許多電影和電視節(jié)目,包括《其他人》、《魔鬼家族》、《布魯斯特的百萬》、《莫莉·馬奎爾》、《星際人》、《一生一世》、《尋找明天》、《另一個世界》、《綠野仙蹤》、《意想不到的故事》和《記住WENN》。
McCourt was born Sept. 20, 1931, in Brooklyn, before relocating to Limerick with his parents and siblings. In 1952, he returned to New York at 20 and launched a varied career that included stints as a writer, actor, talk show host, bar owner, and more.
麥考特于1931年9月20日出生在布魯克林,之后隨父母和兄弟姐妹搬到了利默里克。1952年,20歲的他回到紐約,開始了各種各樣的職業(yè)生涯,包括作家、演員、脫口秀主持人、酒吧老板等等。
Beginning his career on stage, McCourt worked in nearly every medium, including serving as a sometime host of New York radio programs. He also appeared as a guest on Jack Paar's Tonight Show.
在舞臺上開始他的職業(yè)生涯,麥考特幾乎在所有媒體工作,包括擔(dān)任紐約廣播節(jié)目的主持人。他還做客了杰克·帕爾的《今夜秀》。
His stint on Ryan's Hope was his most prolific period of acting employment. His Kevin was a raconteur and barman at his best friend Johnny Ryan's (Bernie Barrow) bar, while also acting as a perpetual thorn in the side to his in-law Delia (Ilene Kristen). He appeared on 217 episodes of the ABC soap opera from 1975 to 1989.
出演《賴安的希望》是他演藝生涯中最多產(chǎn)的時期。他飾演的凱文是他最好的朋友約翰尼·瑞恩(伯尼·巴羅飾)酒吧的講述者和酒保,同時也是他的姻親迪莉婭(艾琳·克里斯汀飾)的眼中釘。從1975年到1989年,他出演了217集美國廣播公司的肥皂劇。
McCourt was also beloved for his yearly Christmas appearances on All My Children as Father Clarence, a priest who was also a seemingly supernatural presence when he appeared on to dole out inspirational advice.
麥考特還因每年圣誕節(jié)在《我的孩子們》中飾演克拉倫斯神父而廣受歡迎??死瓊愃股窀甘且幻翈?,他在節(jié)目中提供鼓舞人心的建議時,似乎也是一種超自然的存在。
Later in life, McCourt had a run as a Catholic priest on HBO's Oz, and he portrayed Francis Preston Blair in the 2003 Civil War epic Gods and Generals.
后來,麥考特在HBO的電視劇《Oz》中扮演天主教牧師,并在2003年的內(nèi)戰(zhàn)史詩《眾神與將軍》中飾演弗朗西斯·普雷斯頓·布萊爾。
In addition to his wife, McCourt is survived by daughter Siobhan; sons Malachy Jr., Conor, and Cormac; stepdaughter Nina Galin; nine grandchildren; and one great-grandson.
除了妻子,麥考特還留下了女兒西沃恩;兒子小馬拉奇、康納和科馬克;繼女尼娜·加林;九個孫子;還有一個曾孫。