Cast & creator
Pat Laffan
Best known for Sharpe, Ripper Street, ScreenPlay
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.
Also known as: Patrick Laffan, Pat Laffin
38
film credits
7
television credits
45
1964–2019 · acting roles
6.8
average across scored titles
Signature credits
Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (45)
Showing 45 of 45 credits
Sharpe
Connelly
1993
Ripper Street
Judge
2012
ScreenPlay
Father Mallory
1986
Father Ted
Pat Mustard
1995
War Horse
Devon Farmer #2
2011
Barry Lyndon
Nora's Brother #1
1975
Leap Year
Donal
2010
The Saint
Catholic Priest
1997
My Left Foot: The Story of Christy Brown
Barman
1989
The Queen
Head Ghillie
2006The Sinners
Frank Daly
1970
Quirke
Costigan
2014
An Awfully Big Adventure
Mr Harcourt
1995
Space Truckers
Scummy
1996
Intermission
Charlie O'Brien
2003
The Serpent's Kiss
Pritchard
1997
War of the Buttons
Mr Connor
1994
Girl with Green Eyes
Bertie Counham
1964
Hear My Song
Taxi Driver 1
1991
Sharpe's Sword
Sergeant Connelly
1995
The Boys & Girl from County Clare
Gerry - The Customs Officer
2003
A War of Children
1972
The General
Sgt. Patrick Higgins
1998The General
Police Sergeant Patrick Higgins
1998
The Snapper
George Burgess
1993Under And Over
Mike
1971
How Harry Became a Tree
Father O'Connor
2002
Park
1999
The Runway
Manus
2010
I Can't... I Can't...
Dr. Farnum (as Patrick Laffan)
1969
When Hitchcock met O'Casey
Self
2019
The Playboys
Duffy
1992
A Ferret Called Mickey
Dougie O'Neill
2003
Before I Sleep
Harte's Father
1997
The Treaty
Bishop
1991To The Western World
1984
After Midnight
Head Chef
1990
Events at Drimaghleen
Mr. McDowd
1991
Durango
Bill Gobberley
1999
Trojan Eddie
Matt
1996Journey to Knock
Father Mallory
1991
Laid to Rest
Frank
2019
The Wednesdays
Judge
2007Ballyfin: Portrait of an Irish Country House
Self
2017
Pigs
Detective 2
1984