Patrick Drury

Acting

Biography

Patrick Drury is a character actor best known for playing shopkeeper John O'Leary in the Channel 4 television comedy Father Ted. His film credits include the horror movie The Awakening (1980) starring Charlton Heston, and the 1984 comedy Laughterhouse (also known as Singleton's Pluck) with Ian Holm. He was previously married to actress Caroline Langrishe.

Filmography 26

Movies (12)

RSC Live: Timon of Athens
2019
Flavius
Queen Marie of Romania
2019
Woodrow Wilson
RSC Live: Titus Andronicus
2017
Marcus Andronicus
RSC Live: Antony & Cleopatra
2017
Lepidus
Lennon Naked
2010
Apple Accountant
Coriolanus
1997
Comminius
A Breed of Heroes
1994
Maj. Anthony Hamilton-Smith
Shoot to Kill
1990
Detective Inspector
Up Line
1987
Brian O'Brien
Florence Nightingale
1985
Henry Nicholson
Laughterhouse
1984
David Wolmer
The Awakening
1980
Paul Whittier

Shows (14)

The Crown
2016
Lord Chamberlain
Ripper Street
2012
Col. Sir Edward Bradford
Murder in Suburbia
2004
Kieran Doyle
Midsomer Murders
1997
Robin Wooliscroft
Father Ted
1995
John O'Leary
Moon and Son
1992
Inspector Sardou
Soldier Soldier
1991
Lt Col Mark Osbourne
In Suspicious Circumstances
1991
Jack Derham
Screen One
1989
Maj. Anthony Hamilton-Smith
The Beiderbecke Connection
1988
Ivan
The Ruth Rendell Mysteries
1987
Chief Supt. Howard Fortune
Inspector Morse
1987
Frank McTeer
Shine on Harvey Moon
1982
Adrian Horowitz
I, Claudius
1976
Courier