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Patrick Drury

Acting · Born August 19, 1945 · London, England, UK

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.

Patrick Drury movies and shows

  • Midsomer Murders1997
  • The Crown2016
  • Inspector Morse1987
  • Ripper Street2012
  • Rumpole of the Bailey1975
  • The Ruth Rendell Mysteries1987
  • Soldier Soldier1991
  • Father Ted1995
  • Shine on Harvey Moon1982
  • Screen One1989
  • I, Claudius1976
  • Murder in Suburbia2004
  • In Suspicious Circumstances1991
  • Cold Blood2005
  • Moon and Son1992
  • The Awakening1980
  • The Beiderbecke Connection1988
  • The Men's Room1991
  • Up Line1987
  • RSC Live: Timon of Athens2019
  • Lennon Naked2010
  • RSC Live: Antony & Cleopatra2017
  • Florence Nightingale1985
  • RSC Live: Titus Andronicus2017