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.
Known For
Popular credits
The Crown
Lord Chamberlain
Midsomer Murders
Robin Wooliscroft
Midsomer Murders
Connor Simpson
Father Ted
John O'Leary
Ripper Street
Col. Sir Edward Bradford
Inspector Morse
Frank McTeer
I, Claudius
Courier
The Awakening
Paul Whittier
Queen Marie of Romania
Woodrow Wilson
Lennon Naked
Apple Accountant
Soldier Soldier
Lt Col Mark Osbourne
The Ruth Rendell Mysteries
Chief Supt. Howard Fortune
Shine on Harvey Moon
Adrian Horowitz
The Beiderbecke Connection
Ivan
Laughterhouse
David Wolmer
A Breed of Heroes
Maj. Anthony Hamilton-Smith
Coriolanus
Comminius
Up Line
Brian O'Brien
Shoot to Kill
Detective Inspector
RSC Live: Antony & Cleopatra
Lepidus