Michael Byrne was born in Kilkenny, Ireland in 1761. He was signed as an able seaman by Captain Bligh on the Bounty primarily to play the fiddle. Bligh wrote I had great difficulty before I left England to get a man to play the violin and I preferred at last to take one two-thirds blind than come without one and described him as being 5 feet 6 inches high. Fair complexion and is almost blind. Plays the fiddle. Has the mark of an issue in the back of his neck.
He was a loyalist who gave himself up voluntarily when the Pandora arrived and subsequently survived the wreck of the Pandora. He was acquitted at court-martial and it is not known what subsequently became of him.
Michael Byrne (born 7 November 1943) is an English actor noted for his roles on film and television.
His film credits include: Vampyres, The Eagle Has Landed, Butley, A Bridge Too Far, The Medusa Touch, Force 10 from Navarone, Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, Braveheart, The Saint, Tomorrow Never Dies, The Good Father, The Sum of All Fears and Gangs of New York.
TV credits include: Z-Cars, Secret Army, Tales of the Unexpected, The Professionals, Smiley's People, Yes, Prime Minister, Between The Lines, Sharpe, The Mists of Avalon, Waking the Dead and Honest.
Jimmy Gabriel was caretaker manager for Everton F.C. after Howard Kendall left due to lack of European football as English clubs were banned at the time. He was soon replaced by Kendall's assistant Colin Harvey
Michael Thomas Byrne (born May 14 1985 in Ashton-under-Lyne, England) is an English-born Welsh footballer, who plays for Northwich Victoria.
Michael Byrne is an Australian poet.
Byrne lives in Canberra and in 2006 was awarded the ACT Writing and Publishing Awards for his book of poetry, Southbound.
Michael Byrne (born December 2, 1958) is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Melbourne, Hawthorn and Sydney in the VFL.
A 200cm tall ruckman, Byrne started his career at Melbourne and one game into his sixth season with the club decided to cross to Hawthorn. He finished the year with 47 goals for Hawthorn and the following season played in their premiership side, kicking three goals in the Grand Final. In 1983 he polled well in the Brownlow Medal count with an equal fifth placing. He moved to Sydney in 1987 before retiring at the end of the 1989 season after 167 league games.
Has played a Nazi in Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989) and a Jewish survivor of the Holocaust in Apt Pupil (1998).
Has played a Nazi foil for Harrison Ford (I) twice, in Force 10 from Navarone (1978) and Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989). In both movies, his character ends up in a vehicle falling off a cliff.
Father of Allie Byrne.
