- He was the biological father of the Irish politician Richard Boyd Barrett. He was put up for adoption by his mother Sinéad Cusack and they met late in life.
- Son-in-law of Dan O'Herlihy.
- Six of his family members performed in John Huston's movie The Dead (1987).
- Father of Bairbre Dowling and former father-in-law of Colm Meaney.
- Stepfather of Micaela O'Herlihy and Colin O'Herlihy.
- He became a naturalized American citizen in 1976.
- He left school in Dublin at age 16 to become an actor, and joined Ireland's national theater, the Abbey Theatre, in 1953. Later in life, he was the Abbey's artistic director.
- Performing in Arthur Miller's "The Price" at the Miniature Theatre of Chester, a professional theatre company which Vincent helped found. (October 2005)
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