
Patrick Drury
Acting
Biography
Patrick Drury is a character actor best known for playing shopkeeper John O'Leary in the Channel 4 television comedy Father Ted. His film credits include the horror movie The Awakening (1980) starring Charlton Heston, and the 1984 comedy Laughterhouse (also known as Singleton's Pluck) with Ian Holm. He was previously married to actress Caroline Langrishe.
Filmography
23 credits
The Awakening
Movie • 1980
Paul Whittier

Laughterhouse
Movie • 1984
David Wolmer

Up Line
Movie • 1987
Brian O'Brien

Coriolanus
Movie • 1997
Comminius

Shoot to Kill
Movie • 1990
Detective Inspector

Queen Marie of Romania
Movie • 2019
Woodrow Wilson

RSC Live: Antony & Cleopatra
Movie • 2017
Lepidus

RSC Live: Titus Andronicus
Movie • 2017
Marcus Andronicus

A Breed of Heroes
Movie • 1994
Maj. Anthony Hamilton-Smith

RSC Live: Timon of Athens
Movie • 2019
Flavius

Lennon Naked
Movie • 2010
Apple Accountant

The Beiderbecke Connection
TV • 1988
Ivan

Inspector Morse
TV • 1987
Frank McTeer

The Ruth Rendell Mysteries
TV • 1987
Chief Supt. Howard Fortune

Father Ted
TV • 1995
John O'Leary

Ripper Street
TV • 2012
Col. Sir Edward Bradford

Soldier Soldier
TV • 1991
Lt Col Mark Osbourne

The Crown
TV • 2016
Lord Chamberlain

Midsomer Murders
TV • 1997
Robin Wooliscroft

Midsomer Murders
TV • 1997
Connor Simpson

Shine on Harvey Moon
TV • 1982
Adrian Horowitz

Moon and Son
TV • 1992
Inspector Sardou

I, Claudius
TV • 1976
Courier