Pat Laffan
Known for: Acting
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
Series
Ripper Street
Judge
2012
Series
Sharpe
Connelly
1993
Series
ScreenPlay
Father Mallory
1986
Series
Father Ted
Pat Mustard
1995
Film
War Horse
Devon Farmer #2
2011
Film
Barry Lyndon
Nora's Brother #1
1975
Film
Leap Year
Donal
2010
Film
The Saint
Catholic Priest
1997
Film
My Left Foot: The Story of Christy Brown
Barman
1989
The Sinners
Frank Daly
1970
Film
Space Truckers
Scummy
1996
Film
The Queen
Head Ghillie
2006
Series
Quirke
Costigan
2014
Film
The Snapper
George Burgess
1993
Film
The General
Sgt. Patrick Higgins
1998
Film
The General
Police Sergeant Patrick Higgins
1998
Film
Sharpe's Sword
Sergeant Connelly
1995
Film
Intermission
Charlie O'Brien
2003
Film
An Awfully Big Adventure
Mr Harcourt
1995
Under And Over
Mike
1971
Film
War of the Buttons
Mr Connor
1994
Film
Hear My Song
Taxi Driver 1
1991
Film
The Runway
Manus
2010
Film
Girl with Green Eyes
Bertie Counham
1964
Film
The Serpent's Kiss
Pritchard
1997
Film
The Treaty
Bishop
1991
Film
The Boys & Girl from County Clare
Gerry - The Customs Officer
2003
Film
The Playboys
Duffy
1992
Film
Before I Sleep
Harte's Father
1997
Film
Park
1999
Film
A Ferret Called Mickey
Dougie O'Neill
2003
Film
Trojan Eddie
Matt
1996
Film
How Harry Became a Tree
Father O'Connor
2002
Film
After Midnight
Head Chef
1990
Film
When Hitchcock met O'Casey
Self
2019
Film
Durango
Bill Gobberley
1999
Film
I Can't... I Can't...
Dr. Farnum (as Patrick Laffan)
1969
Film
A War of Children
1972
Film
Pigs
Detective 2
1984
Journey to Knock
Father Mallory
1991
Film
The Wednesdays
Judge
2007
Film
Laid to Rest
Frank
2019
Film
Events at Drimaghleen
Mr. McDowd
1991
Ballyfin: Portrait of an Irish Country House
Self
2017
To The Western World
1984