Actor/Writer Dies Days After Partner of 60 Years: Brian Phelan Was 90

Brian Phelan, the Irish actor/screenwriter/playwright, has died, according to producer Graham Benson . Benson shared the news via an obituary published in The Guardian . Phelan was 90 years old at the time of his death.

Phelan's death occurred just five days after his longtime partner, Dorothy Bromiley . The couple had been together since the '60s and shared a daughter together, Kate. They are also survived by a son, Joshua, from Brimley's prior marriage to Joseph Losey.

Phelan was accomplished both on-camera and behind-the-scenes. He can be seen acting in movies like The Criminal (a.k.a. The Concrete Jungle ), HMS Defiant , The Soldier's Tale , The Servant , A High Wind in Jamacia and Honeybaby, Honeybaby . He also popped by television shows including Secret Agent , No Hiding Place , Court Martial , The Baron , Z Cars and The Sentimental Agent .

He was also regularly cast in televised plays that aired on programs like Armchair Theatre , ITV Play of the Week and BBC Sunday-Night Play . As a writer, he also contributed work to those same programs. He also wrote The Knockback , Coded Hostile (a.k.a. Tailspin: Behind the Korean Airliner Tragedy ), Murphy's Stroke , The Treaty and the aforementioned Honeybaby, Honeybaby . He was also known for writing the stage play The Signalman's Apprentice .