Pat Laffan
Acting • Born 1939-06-08 – Died 2019-03-14
Biography
Pat Laffan was an Irish actor best known for his roles as Georgie Burgess in The Snapper and the milkman Pat Mustard in the Father Ted episode Speed 3. Laffan grew up on a farm in Co. Meath and began his career as an actor after graduating from Engineering in UCD. A prolific theatre actor, Laffan was a member of the Abbey Theatre Company in the 1960s and 1970s, and was the Director of the Peacock Theatre for most of the 1970s. He directed in the Gate Theatre from 1979 to 1982. Laffan had around 40 film credits to his name - including turns in Steven Spielberg's War Horse (2011), Intermission (2003), The General (1998) and Leap Year (2010) - and 30 credits on TV, Moone Boy, EastEnders and Ripper Street, to name a few. He died on March 14th, 2019 at the age of 79.
Filmography
42 credits
The Saint
Movie • 1997
Catholic Priest
I Can't... I Can't...
Movie • 1969
Dr. Farnum (as Patrick Laffan)
Leap Year
Movie • 2010
Donal
Girl with Green Eyes
Movie • 1964
Bertie Counham
The Runway
Movie • 2010
Manus
Sharpe's Sword
Movie • 1995
Connelly
Durango
Movie • 1999
Bill Gobberley
The Playboys
Movie • 1992
Duffy
Park
Movie • 1999
My Left Foot: The Story of Christy Brown
Movie • 1989
Barman
Events at Drimaghleen
Movie • 1991
Mr. McDowd
The Treaty
Movie • 1991
Bishop
Ballyfin: Portrait of an Irish Country House
Movie • 2017
Self
Journey to Knock
Movie • 1991
Father Mallory
The Queen
Movie • 2006
Head Ghillie
A Ferret Called Mickey
Movie • 2003
Dougie O'Neill
Hear My Song
Movie • 1991
Taxi Driver 1
War of the Buttons
Movie • 1994
Mr Connor
After Midnight
Movie • 1990
Head Chef
How Harry Became a Tree
Movie • 2002
Father O'Connor
The Boys & Girl from County Clare
Movie • 2003
Gerry - The Customs Officer
Barry Lyndon
Movie • 1975
Nora's Brother #1
Intermission
Movie • 2003
Charlie O'Brien
The General
Movie • 1998
Sgt. Patrick Higgins
The Wednesdays
Movie • 2007
Judge
The General
Movie • 1998
Police Sergeant Patrick Higgins
War Horse
Movie • 2011
Devon Farmer #2
The Snapper
Movie • 1993
George Burgess
An Awfully Big Adventure
Movie • 1995
Mr Harcourt
Pigs
Movie • 1984
Detective 2
A War of Children
Movie • 1972
Laid to Rest
Movie • 2019
Frank
Trojan Eddie
Movie • 1996
Matt
Space Truckers
Movie • 1996
Scummy
The Serpent's Kiss
Movie • 1997
Pritchard
When Hitchcock met O'Casey
Movie • 2019
Self
To The Western World
Movie • 1984
Before I Sleep
Movie • 1997
Harte's Father
Ripper Street
TV • 2012
Judge
Father Ted
TV • 1995
Pat Mustard
Quirke
TV • 2014
Costigan
Under And Over
TV • 1971
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