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Pat Laffan
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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 Ripβ¦
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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.
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BODY OF WORK
Pat Laffan's Filmography
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When Hitchcock met O'Casey
as Self

Laid to Rest
as Frank
No Poster
Ballyfin: Portrait of an Irish Country House
as Self

War Horse
as Devon Farmer #2

The Runway
as Manus

Leap Year
as Donal

The Wednesdays
as Judge

The Queen
as Head Ghillie

A Ferret Called Mickey
as Dougie O'Neill

The Boys & Girl from County Clare
as Gerry - The Customs Officer

Intermission
as Charlie O'Brien

How Harry Became a Tree
as Father O'Connor

Durango
as Bill Gobberley

Park

The General
as Sgt. Patrick Higgins

The General
as Police Sergeant Patrick Higgins

Before I Sleep
as Harte's Father

The Serpent's Kiss
as Pritchard

The Saint
as Catholic Priest

Space Truckers
as Scummy

Trojan Eddie
as Matt

An Awfully Big Adventure
as Mr Harcourt

Sharpe's Sword
as Sergeant Connelly

War of the Buttons
as Mr Connor

The Snapper
as George Burgess

The Playboys
as Duffy

Hear My Song
as Taxi Driver 1

The Treaty
as Bishop
No Poster
Journey to Knock
as Father Mallory

Events at Drimaghleen
as Mr. McDowd

After Midnight
as Head Chef

My Left Foot: The Story of Christy Brown
as Barman

Pigs
as Detective 2
No Poster
To The Western World

Barry Lyndon
as Nora's Brother #1

A War of Children

I Can't... I Can't...
as Dr. Farnum (as Patrick Laffan)

Girl with Green Eyes
as Bertie Counham