birth_place birth_date yearsactive article_title occupation
kildare , ireland 1944 1963 -- present tom hickey -lrb- actor -rrb-
 actor
tom hickey -lrb- actor -rrb-

tom hickey -lrb- born 1944 -rrb- is an irish actor who has appeared on stage and screen in a career that began in the early 1960s .
he is , perhaps , best known for playing benjy riordan in the long-running television series , `` the riordans '' .
