Pat Laffan
Acting
1939-06-08 · County Meath, Ireland
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
When Hitchcock met O'Casey
2019 · Movie
Laid to Rest
2019 · Movie
Ballyfin: Portrait of an Irish Country House
2017 · Movie
Quirke
2014 · Series
Ripper Street
2012 · Series
War Horse
2011 · Movie
The Runway
2010 · Movie
Leap Year
2010 · Movie
The Wednesdays
2007 · Movie
The Queen
2006 · Movie
A Ferret Called Mickey
2003 · Movie
The Boys & Girl from County Clare
2003 · Movie
Intermission
2003 · Movie
How Harry Became a Tree
2002 · Movie
Durango
1999 · Movie
Park
1999 · Movie
The General
1998 · Movie
Before I Sleep
1997 · Movie
The Serpent's Kiss
1997 · Movie
The Saint
1997 · Movie
Space Truckers
1996 · Movie
Trojan Eddie
1996 · Movie
An Awfully Big Adventure
1995 · Movie
Sharpe's Sword
1995 · Movie
Father Ted
1995 · Series
War of the Buttons
1994 · Movie
The Snapper
1993 · Movie
Sharpe
1993 · Series
The Playboys
1992 · Movie
Hear My Song
1991 · Movie
The Treaty
1991 · Movie
Journey to Knock
1991 · Movie
Events at Drimaghleen
1991 · Movie
After Midnight
1990 · Movie
My Left Foot: The Story of Christy Brown
1989 · Movie
ScreenPlay
1986 · Series
Pigs
1984 · Movie
To The Western World
1984 · Movie
Barry Lyndon
1975 · Movie
A War of Children
1972 · Movie
Under And Over
1971 · Series
The Sinners
1970 · Series
I Can't... I Can't...
1969 · Movie
Girl with Green Eyes
1964 · Movie