Pat Laffan

Born: 1939-06-08

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.


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Barry Lyndon

as uncredited
Released: 1975-12-18

An Irish rogue uses his cunning and wit to work his way up the social classes of 18th century...

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Leap Year

as Donal
Released: 2010-01-08

When yet another anniversary passes without a marriage proposal from her boyfriend, Anna decides...

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War Horse

as Devon Farmer #2
Released: 2011-12-25

On the brink of the First World War, Albert's beloved horse Joey is sold to the Cavalry by his...

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The Saint

as Catholic Priest
Released: 1997-04-03

Simon Templar (The Saint), is a thief for hire, whose latest job to steal the secret process for...

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My Left Foot: The Story of Christy Brown

as Barman
Released: 1989-04-07

No one expects much from Christy Brown, a boy with cerebral palsy born into a working-class...

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The Queen

as Head Ghillie
Released: 2006-09-15

The Queen is an intimate behind the scenes glimpse at the interaction between HM Elizabeth II...

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The General

as Sgt. Patrick Higgins
Released: 1998-05-01

The real-life story of Dublin folk hero and criminal Martin Cahill, who pulled off two daring...

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The General

as Police Sergeant Patrick Higgins
Released: 1998-05-01

The real-life story of Dublin folk hero and criminal Martin Cahill, who pulled off two daring...

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Intermission

as Charlie O'Brien
Released: 2003-08-29

A raucous story of the interweaving lives and loves of small-town delinquents, shady cops,...

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Trojan Eddie

as Matt
Released: 1996-09-09

Trojan Eddie sells stolen goods for John Power, aging godfather of a local network of Irish...

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Space Truckers

as Scummy
Released: 1996-03-01

John Canyon is one of the last independent space transport entrepreneurs. Rough times force him...

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An Awfully Big Adventure

as Mr Harcourt
Released: 1995-07-21

Liverpool. 1947. Right after World War II, a star struck naive teenage girl joins a shabby...

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The Serpent's Kiss

as Pritchard
Released: 1997-05-14

A man sends a young architect to build an extravagant garden to bankrupt the husband of the...

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War of the Buttons

as Mr Connor
Released: 1994-09-29

War between two Irish youth gangs consists of removing and retrieving buttons from each other's...

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The Snapper

as George Burgess
Released: 1993-08-06

Sharon Curley is a 20-year-old living with her parents and many brothers and sisters in Dublin....

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The Runway

as Manus
Released: 2010-07-10

The Runway is inspired by the true story of a South American pilot who landed his plane near...

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Hear My Song

as Taxi Driver 1
Released: 1991-12-27

Singer Josef Locke fled to Ireland 25 years ago to escape the clutches of the tax man and police...

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How Harry Became a Tree

as Father O'Connor
Released: 2001-09-01

Set in rural Ireland. Believing that "a man is measured by his enemies", Harry Maloney (Colm...

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The Playboys

as Duffy
Released: 1992-04-22

A young woman, Tara Maguire (Robin Wright) scandalizes her provincial Irish village in the 1950s...

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Durango

as Bill Gobberley
Released: 1999-04-25

In 1939 Ireland, a young man decides to lead a forty mile cattle drive rather than selling his...

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The Boys & Girl from County Clare

as Gerry - The Customs Officer
Released: 2003-09-12

In Ireland in the mid 1960s, two feuding brothers and their respective Ceilidh bands compete at...

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Girl with Green Eyes

as Bertie Counham
Released: 1964-05-14

Catholic-Irish farm girl Kate, along with her gregarious best friend Baba, moves to Dublin to...

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Sharpe's Sword

as Connelly
Released: 1995-04-26

Sharpe is tasked to protect the most important spy in Lord Wellington's network, but domestic...

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The Wednesdays

as Judge
Released: 2007-07-17

Sometimes, when you're in the autumn of your days, you'll try anything just to put a smile on...

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Events at Drimaghleen

as Mr. McDowd
Released: 1991-07-17

The painful memories of the tragedy that awaited the people of Drimaghleen on 2/11/88 have just...

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I Can't... I Can't...

as Dr. Farnum (as Patrick Laffan)
Released: 1969-11-01

The tale of a young Irish Catholic bride who is devastated when her pregnant mother miscarries...

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A War of Children

as uncredited
Released: 1972-11-18

A Protestant and a Catholic family's friendship is threatened by the sectarian violence in...

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Park

as uncredited
Released: 1999-01-02

Catherine goes to a local park to meet up with a school friend. The friend is not there, and...

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Pigs

as Detective 2
Released: 1984-09-28

Grim tale of marginalized souls in an apocalyptic Dublin inner city. Jimmy takes up residence in...

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Laid to Rest

as Frank
Released: 2019-09-02

A feuding father and son must put aside their differences and get morbidly creative in order to...

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Ripper Street

as Judge
First aired: 2012-12-30

A drama set in the East End of London in 1889, during the aftermath of the "Ripper" murders. The...

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Father Ted

as Pat Mustard
First aired: 1995-04-21

A crazy comedy about three rather strange parish priests exiled to Craggy Island, a remote...

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Quirke

as Costigan
First aired: 2014-02-16

Quirke is the chief pathologist in the Dublin city morgue – a charismatic loner whose job takes...

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