Pat Laffan
Biography
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
as Self
Laid to Rest
2019
as Frank
- No poster
Ballyfin: Portrait of an Irish Country House
2017
as Self
War Horse
2011
as Devon Farmer #2
The Runway
2010
as Manus
Leap Year
2010
as Donal
The Wednesdays
2007
as Judge
The Queen
2006
as Head Ghillie
A Ferret Called Mickey
2003
as Dougie O'Neill
The Boys & Girl from County Clare
2003
as Gerry - The Customs Officer
Intermission
2003
as Charlie O'Brien
How Harry Became a Tree
2002
as Father O'Connor
Durango
1999
as Bill Gobberley
Park
1999
The General
1998
as Sgt. Patrick Higgins
The General
1998
as Police Sergeant Patrick Higgins
Before I Sleep
1997
as Harte's Father
The Serpent's Kiss
1997
as Pritchard
The Saint
1997
as Catholic Priest
Space Truckers
1996
as Scummy
Trojan Eddie
1996
as Matt
An Awfully Big Adventure
1995
as Mr Harcourt
Sharpe's Sword
1995
as Sergeant Connelly
War of the Buttons
1994
as Mr Connor