Jack Meehan — A Prayer for the Dying Character Profile

About Jack Meehan

Ruthless London gangster and funeral director who hires Fallon for a hit. Demands Fallon eliminate Father Michael as a loose end. Orchestrates a boat assassination plot and attempts to bomb the church, ultimately dying in the resulting explosion.

Character Facts

Played by

Alan Bates

Appears in

A Prayer for the Dying (1987)

Role

Supporting

Relationships (3)

• Jack Meehan — Professional Employer — Martin Fallon (Mickey Rourke)

  Fallon works as a contract killer hired by Jack Meehan.

• Jack Meehan — Family Brother — Billy Meehan (Christopher Fulford)

  The two brothers run the local gangster and funeral business together.

• Jack Meehan — Conflict Target — Father Michael Da Costa (Bob Hoskins)

  Jack orders the priest's assassination to eliminate a witness.

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• Mrs. Orton (Peggy Aitchison)
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