Pat Laffan profile
Actor profile

Pat Laffan

8th June 1939 County Meath, Ireland 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.

37 Movies 4 TV Shows 41 Credits
Filmography

Movies & TV Shows

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Durango 25th April 1999 as Bill Gobberley
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The General 1st May 1998 as Police Sergeant Patrick Higgins
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Pigs 28th September 1984 as Detective 2
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Quirke 16th February 2014 as Costigan