Known For
Acting
Patrick Drury
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.
Movie Appearances
The Awakening
as Paul Whittier
1980
Laughterhouse
as David Wolmer
1984
Up Line
as Brian O'Brien
1987
Coriolanus
as Comminius
1997
Shoot to Kill
as Detective Inspector
1990
Queen Marie of Romania
as Woodrow Wilson
2019
RSC Live: Antony & Cleopatra
as Lepidus
2017
RSC Live: Titus Andronicus
as Marcus Andronicus
2017
A Breed of Heroes
as Maj. Anthony Hamilton-Smith
1994
RSC Live: Timon of Athens
as Flavius
2019
Lennon Naked
as Apple Accountant
2010
TV Appearances
The Beiderbecke Connection
as Ivan
1988
Inspector Morse
as Frank McTeer
1987
The Ruth Rendell Mysteries
as Chief Supt. Howard Fortune
1987
Father Ted
as John O'Leary
1995
Ripper Street
as Col. Sir Edward Bradford
2012
Soldier Soldier
as Lt Col Mark Osbourne
1991
The Crown
as Lord Chamberlain
2016
Midsomer Murders
as Robin Wooliscroft
1997
Midsomer Murders
as Connor Simpson
1997
Shine on Harvey Moon
as Adrian Horowitz
1982
Moon and Son
as Inspector Sardou
1992
I, Claudius
as Courier
1976