Known For
Acting
Born
Jun 08, 1939
Died
Mar 14, 2019
Place of Birth
County Meath, Ireland
Credits
44 titles
Pat Laffan
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.
Known For
Filmography
When Hitchcock met O'Casey
Self
Laid to Rest
Frank
Ballyfin: Portrait of an Irish Country House
Self
Quirke
Costigan
Ripper Street
Judge
War Horse
Devon Farmer #2
The Runway
Manus
Leap Year
Donal
The Wednesdays
Judge
The Queen
Head Ghillie
A Ferret Called Mickey
Dougie O'Neill
The Boys & Girl from County Clare
Gerry - The Customs Officer
Intermission
Charlie O'Brien
How Harry Became a Tree
Father O'Connor
Durango
Bill Gobberley
Park
The General
Sgt. Patrick Higgins
Before I Sleep
Harte's Father
The Serpent's Kiss
Pritchard
The Saint
Catholic Priest
Space Truckers
Scummy
Trojan Eddie
Matt
An Awfully Big Adventure
Mr Harcourt
Sharpe's Sword
Sergeant Connelly
Father Ted
Pat Mustard
War of the Buttons
Mr Connor
The Snapper
George Burgess
Sharpe
Connelly
The Playboys
Duffy
Hear My Song
Taxi Driver 1
The Treaty
Bishop
Journey to Knock
Father Mallory
Events at Drimaghleen
Mr. McDowd
After Midnight
Head Chef
My Left Foot: The Story of Christy Brown
Barman
ScreenPlay
Father Mallory
Pigs
Detective 2
To The Western World
Barry Lyndon
Nora's Brother #1
A War of Children
Under And Over
Mike
The Sinners
Frank Daly
I Can't... I Can't...
Dr. Farnum (as Patrick Laffan)
Girl with Green Eyes
Bertie Counham