Fred-Michael O'Donovan

Background

O'Donovan, Fred-Michael was born on May 27, 1927 in Dublin, Ireland. Son of John and Kathleen (Connolly) O'D.

Education

Artistic director production company, after 1956, then managing director, group managing director, to 1980. Artistic director Gaiety Theatre Dublin. Chairman National Concert Hall (An Ceolarus Naisunta), 1981.

Chairman Radio Telefis Eireann the National Broadcasting Organization of Ireland, Dublin, since 1981. Director Murphy's Brewery (Ireland) Ltd. Chairman Westsat Ireland Ltd., since 1984.

Organizer International Festival of Poetry. Lecturer on literature figures and their association with Irish theatre to the United States university students. Producer numerous radio shows.

Author, producer radio program on child refugees for United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund. Producer recording: Complete Works of Shakespeare. Producer plays: Gaels of Laughter, Juno and the Paycock, Man and Superman, Alfie, Relatively Speaking, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, Prisoner of Second Avenue, Sunshine Boys, The Golden Years, The Sound of Music, The Caretaker, Annie.

Creater, author television shows and films: At Home with O'Hagan, The Ed Sullivan Show, Ireland, The Bing Crosby Show, Ireland, Meet the Quare Fella, The Man Who Invented St. Patrick, Crystal Clear (Cannes Festival award), creater, producer Jury's Irish Cabaret, 1963-1970. Producer many international shows, including: Ireland On Parade Co-Founder Irish Cancer Society. Governor National Children's Hospital Recipient Lord Mountbattan award, 1987.

Career

Chairman National Concert Hall (An Ceolarus Naisunta), 1981. Chairman Radio Telefis Eireann the National Broadcasting Organization of Ireland, Dublin, since 1981. Chairman Westsat Ireland Ltd.

Organizer International Festival of Poetry. Producer numerous radio shows. Producer rec; producer plays: Gaels of Laughter, Juno and the Paycock, Man and Superman, Alfie, Relatively Speaking, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, Prisoner of Second Avenue, Sunshine Boys, The Golden Years, The Sound of Music, The Caretaker, Annie.

Producer many international shows, including: Ireland On Parade Co-Founder Irish Cancer Society.

Achievements

• Fred-Michael O"Donovan has been listed as a noteworthy producer, director, business executive by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Club: International Variety (honorary life.

Connections

Married Sally Tennant. Children– Fiona, Sally Ann, Penny, Freddie.

Father:

John O'D.

Mother:

Kathleen (Connolly) O'D.

Spouse:

Sally Tennant

child:

Freddie O'Donovan

child:

Penny O'Donovan

child:

Sally Ann O'Donovan

child:

Fiona O'Donovan