Pat Laffan
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.
Leap Year
as DonalWhen yet another anniversary passes without a marriage proposal from her boyfriend, Anna decides...
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Barry Lyndon
as uncreditedAn Irish rogue uses his cunning and wit to work his way up the social classes of 18th century...
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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 PriestSimon 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 BarmanNo one expects much from Christy Brown, a boy with cerebral palsy born into a working-class...
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The Queen
as Head GhillieThe Queen is an intimate behind the scenes glimpse at the interaction between HM Elizabeth II...
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The General
as Sgt. Patrick HigginsThe 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 HigginsThe real-life story of Dublin folk hero and criminal Martin Cahill, who pulled off two daring...
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as Charlie O'BrienA raucous story of the interweaving lives and loves of small-town delinquents, shady cops,...
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The Playboys
as DuffyA young woman, Tara Maguire (Robin Wright) scandalizes her provincial Irish village in the 1950s...
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Space Truckers
as ScummyJohn Canyon is one of the last independent space transport entrepreneurs. Rough times force him...
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An Awfully Big Adventure
as Mr HarcourtLiverpool. 1947. Right after World War II, a star struck naive teenage girl joins a shabby...
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War of the Buttons
as Mr ConnorWar between two Irish youth gangs consists of removing and retrieving buttons from each other's...
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The Snapper
as George BurgessSharon Curley is a 20-year-old living with her parents and many brothers and sisters in Dublin....
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The Boys & Girl from County Clare
as Gerry - The Customs OfficerIn Ireland in the mid 1960s, two feuding brothers and their respective Ceilidh bands compete at...
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The Serpent's Kiss
as PritchardA man sends a young architect to build an extravagant garden to bankrupt the husband of the...
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Girl with Green Eyes
as Bertie CounhamA naive young country girl moves to Dublin and finds herself drawn to a sophisticated author...
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Hear My Song
as Taxi Driver 1Singer Josef Locke fled to Ireland 25 years ago to escape the clutches of the tax man and police...
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Sharpe's Sword
as ConnellySharpe is tasked to protect the most important spy in Lord Wellington's network, but domestic...
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A War of Children
as uncreditedA Protestant and a Catholic family's friendship is threatened by the sectarian violence in...
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The Treaty
as BishopHow the Anglo-Irish Treaty between the unrecognised Irish Republic, represented by Michael...
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How Harry Became a Tree
as Father O'ConnorSet in rural Ireland. Believing that "a man is measured by his enemies", Harry Maloney (Colm...
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After Midnight
as Head ChefAn alcoholic night watchman in a Dublin hotel redeems himself with the help of a new assistant.
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The Runway
as ManusThe Runway is inspired by the true story of a South American pilot who landed his plane near...
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I Can't... I Can't...
as Dr. Farnum (as Patrick Laffan)The tale of a young Irish Catholic bride who is devastated when her pregnant mother miscarries...
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Trojan Eddie
as MattTrojan Eddie sells stolen goods for John Power, aging godfather of a local network of Irish...
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Events at Drimaghleen
as Mr. McDowdThe painful memories of the tragedy that awaited the people of Drimaghleen on 2/11/88 have just...
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Durango
as Bill GobberleyIn 1939 Ireland, a young man decides to lead a forty mile cattle drive rather than selling his...
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Pigs
as Detective 2A group of unemployed and marginalised souls eke out a meagre living by drawing welfare and...
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A Ferret Called Mickey
as Dougie O'NeillEight year old Paulie is happiest when dressing-up in his mother’s high heels and having tea...
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The Wednesdays
as JudgeSometimes, when you're in the autumn of your days, you'll try anything just to put a smile on...
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Laid to Rest
as FrankA feuding father and son must put aside their differences and get morbidly creative in order to...
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Park
as uncreditedCatherine goes to a local park to meet up with a school friend. The friend is not there, and...
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When Hitchcock Met O'Casey
as SelfWhen Hitchcock Met O'Casey is the untold story of the unlikely collaboartion between Alfred...
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When Hitchcock met O'Casey
as SelfIt was a collaboration between one of Ireland’s most noted playwrights and cinema’s greatest...
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as JudgeA 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 MustardA crazy comedy about three rather strange parish priests exiled to Craggy Island, a remote...
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Quirke
as CostiganQuirke is the chief pathologist in the Dublin city morgue – a charismatic loner whose job takes...
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