Acting
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.
Filmography
Laid to Rest
Film · 2019
When Hitchcock met O'Casey
Film · 2019
Ballyfin: Portrait of an Irish Country House
Film · 2017
Quirke
Series · 2014
Ripper Street
Series · 2012
War Horse
Film · 2011
Leap Year
Film · 2010
The Runway
Film · 2010
The Wednesdays
Film · 2007
The Queen
Film · 2006
A Ferret Called Mickey
Film · 2003
The Boys & Girl from County Clare
Film · 2003
Intermission
Film · 2003
How Harry Became a Tree
Film · 2002
Durango
Film · 1999
Park
Film · 1999
The General
Film · 1998
The General
Film · 1998
The Saint
Film · 1997
The Serpent's Kiss
Film · 1997
Before I Sleep
Film · 1997
Trojan Eddie
Film · 1996
Space Truckers
Film · 1996
Sharpe's Sword
Film · 1995
An Awfully Big Adventure
Film · 1995
Father Ted
Series · 1995
War of the Buttons
Film · 1994
The Snapper
Film · 1993
Sharpe
Series · 1993
The Playboys
Film · 1992
Events at Drimaghleen
Film · 1991
The Treaty
Film · 1991
Journey to Knock
Film · 1991
Hear My Song
Film · 1991
After Midnight
Film · 1990
My Left Foot: The Story of Christy Brown
Film · 1989
ScreenPlay
Series · 1986
Pigs
Film · 1984
To The Western World
Film · 1984
Barry Lyndon
Film · 1975
A War of Children
Film · 1972
Under And Over
Series · 1971
The Sinners
Series · 1970
I Can't... I Can't...
Film · 1969
Girl with Green Eyes
Film · 1964