Patrick Drury

Known for

Acting

Born

August 19, 1945 (age 81)

Birthplace

London, England, UK

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.

Best known work

The Crown

2016

Midsomer Murders

1997

Father Ted

1995

Ripper Street

2012

Inspector Morse

1987

I, Claudius

1976

The Awakening

1980

Queen Marie of Romania

2019

Rumpole of the Bailey

1975

Lennon Naked

2010

Filmography

2022
Adnan Syed: Overturned
Director of Photography
2019
RSC Live: Timon of Athens
as Flavius
2019
Queen Marie of Romania
as Woodrow Wilson
2017
RSC Live: Titus Andronicus
as Marcus Andronicus
2017
RSC Live: Antony & Cleopatra
as Lepidus
2016
The CrownTV
as Lord Chamberlain (5 episodes)
2012
Ripper StreetTV
as Col. Sir Edward Bradford (2 episodes)
2010
Lennon Naked
as Apple Accountant
2004
Murder in SuburbiaTV
as Kieran Doyle (1 episode)
1997
Midsomer MurdersTV
as Robin Wooliscroft (1 episode), as Connor Simpson (1 episode)
1997
Coriolanus
as Comminius
1995
Father TedTV
as John O'Leary (2 episodes)
1994
A Breed of Heroes
as Maj. Anthony Hamilton-Smith
1992
Moon and SonTV
as Inspector Sardou (5 episodes)
1991
The Men's RoomTV
as James Walton (5 episodes)
1991
Soldier SoldierTV
as Lt Col Mark Osbourne (3 episodes)
1991
In Suspicious CircumstancesTV
as Jack Derham (1 episode)
1990
Shoot to Kill
as Detective Inspector
1989
Screen OneTV
as Maj. Anthony Hamilton-Smith (1 episode)
1988
The Beiderbecke ConnectionTV
as Ivan (4 episodes)
1987
The Ruth Rendell MysteriesTV
as Chief Supt. Howard Fortune (1 episode)
1987
Up Line
as Brian O'Brien
1987
Inspector MorseTV
as Frank McTeer (1 episode)
1985
Florence Nightingale
as Henry Nicholson
1984
Laughterhouse
as David Wolmer