
Patrick Drury
Acting
Born: 1945-08-19 ยท 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.
๐ฌ Movies (13)

Adnan Syed: Overturned
2022
Director of Photography

Queen Marie of Romania
2019
Woodrow Wilson

RSC Live: Timon of Athens
2019
Flavius

RSC Live: Antony & Cleopatra
2017
Lepidus

RSC Live: Titus Andronicus
2017
Marcus Andronicus

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
๐บ TV Shows (14)

The Crown
2016
Lord Chamberlain

Ripper Street
2012
Col. Sir Edward Bradford

Murder in Suburbia
2004
Kieran Doyle

Midsomer Murders
1997
Connor Simpson

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

Inspector Morse
1987
Frank McTeer

The Ruth Rendell Mysteries
1987
Chief Supt. Howard Fortune

Shine on Harvey Moon
1982
Adrian Horowitz

I, Claudius
1976
Courier