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.
Known For
Credits
- 2019 · When Hitchcock Met O'Casey as Self
- 2019 · Laid to Rest as Frank
- 2019 · When Hitchcock met O'Casey as Self
- 2017 · Ballyfin: Portrait of an Irish Country House as Self
- 2014 · Quirke as Costigan
- 2012 · Ripper Street as Judge
- 2011 · War Horse as Devon Farmer #2
- 2010 · The Runway as Manus
- 2010 · Leap Year as Donal
- 2007 · The Wednesdays as Judge
- 2006 · The Queen as Head Ghillie
- 2003 · A Ferret Called Mickey as Dougie O'Neill
- 2003 · The Boys & Girl from County Clare as Gerry - The Customs Officer
- 2003 · Intermission as Charlie O'Brien
- 2001 · How Harry Became a Tree as Father O'Connor
- 1999 · Durango as Bill Gobberley
- 1999 · Park as
- 1998 · The General as Sgt. Patrick Higgins
- 1998 · The General as Police Sergeant Patrick Higgins
- 1997 · The Serpent's Kiss as Pritchard
- 1997 · The Saint as Catholic Priest
- 1996 · Space Truckers as Scummy
- 1996 · Trojan Eddie as Matt
- 1995 · An Awfully Big Adventure as Mr Harcourt
- 1995 · Sharpe's Sword as Connelly
- 1995 · Father Ted as Pat Mustard
- 1994 · War of the Buttons as Mr Connor
- 1993 · The Snapper as George Burgess
- 1992 · The Playboys as Duffy
- 1991 · Hear My Song as Taxi Driver 1
- 1991 · The Treaty as Bishop
- 1991 · Journey to Knock as Father Mallory
- 1991 · Events at Drimaghleen as Mr. McDowd
- 1990 · After Midnight as Head Chef
- 1989 · My Left Foot: The Story of Christy Brown as Barman
- 1984 · Pigs as Detective 2
- 1975 · Barry Lyndon as
- 1972 · A War of Children as
- 1969 · I Can't... I Can't... as Dr. Farnum (as Patrick Laffan)
- 1964 · Girl with Green Eyes as Bertie Counham