John McCormack was born on June 14, 1884 in Athlone, County Westmeath, Ireland as John Francis McCormack. He was married to Lily Foley. He died on September 16, 1945 in Booterstown, County Dublin, Ireland.
[on Bing Crosby] All you need today is a cardboard megaphone and a little nerve and then to stand near a microphone and fake a thing they call singing.
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Fact
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Considered by many to be Ireland's greatest tenor.
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Pictured on a 20¢ US commemorative postage stamp issued in his honor, 6 June 1984.
Soundtrack
Title
Year
Status
Character
Brooklyn
2015
performer: "Macushla", "Silver Threads"
Testament of Youth
2014
performer: "Silver Threads Among the Gold"
War on Terror
2011
Documentary performer: "Una Furtiva Lagrima" from "L'elisir d'amore"
War Horse
2011
performer: "Roses of Picardy"
Boardwalk Empire
2011
TV Series performer - 1 episode
Bachelors Cottage
2006
Video short performer: "A Long Way to Tipperary"
Folk Britannia
2006
TV Series documentary performer - 1 episode
Ladies in Lavender
2004
performer: "Roses of Picardy"
When Brendan Met Trudy
2000
performer: "Three O'Clock In The Morning", "Sonny Boy", "Kathleen Mavourneen", "Panis Angelicus"
Mal
1999
performer: "The Green Isle of Erin"
The Butcher Boy
1997
performer: "AVE MARIA, Op. 52, No. 6"
Miller's Crossing
1990
performer: "Come Back To Erin"
Harlem Nights
1989
performer: "Oh Promise Me"
Wings of the Morning
1937
performer: "Believe Me If All Those Endearing Young Charms", "Killarney", "Come Back to Erin", "At the Dawning of the Day" - uncredited
Song o' My Heart
1930
performer: "A Fairy Story by the Fire" uncredited, "I Feel You Near Me" uncredited, "I Hear You Calling Me" uncredited, "Ireland, Mother Ireland" uncredited, "Just for Today" uncredited, "Little Boy Blue" uncredited, "Luoghi Sereni e Cari" uncredited, "A Pair of Blue Eyes" uncredited, "Plaisir d'Armour", "The Rose of Tralee" uncredited, "Then You'll Remember Me" uncredited, "All Mein Gedanken" uncredited, "Kitty, My Love, Will You Marry Me?" uncredited, "The Magpie's Nest" uncredited
Lilac Time
1928
performer: "Jeannine, I Dream of Lilac Time" - uncredited
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