Acting · London, England, UK · Born August 19, 1945
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.
MovieRSC Live: Timon of Athens
2019
as Flavius
MovieQueen Marie of Romania
2019
as Woodrow Wilson
MovieRSC Live: Titus Andronicus
2017
as Marcus Andronicus
MovieRSC Live: Antony & Cleopatra
2017
as Lepidus
TVThe Crown
2016
as Lord Chamberlain
TVRipper Street
2012
as Col. Sir Edward Bradford
MovieLennon Naked
2010
as Apple Accountant
TVMurder in Suburbia
2004
as Kieran Doyle
TVMidsomer Murders
1997
as Robin Wooliscroft
MovieCoriolanus
1997
as Comminius
TVFather Ted
1995
as John O'Leary
MovieA Breed of Heroes
1994
as Maj. Anthony Hamilton-Smith
TVMoon and Son
1992
as Inspector Sardou
TVSoldier Soldier
1991
as Lt Col Mark Osbourne
TVIn Suspicious Circumstances
1991
as Jack Derham
MovieShoot to Kill
1990
as Detective Inspector
TVScreen One
1989
as Maj. Anthony Hamilton-Smith
TVThe Beiderbecke Connection
1988
as Ivan
TVThe Ruth Rendell Mysteries
1987
as Chief Supt. Howard Fortune
MovieUp Line
1987
as Brian O'Brien
TVInspector Morse
1987
as Frank McTeer
MovieFlorence Nightingale
1985
as Henry Nicholson
MovieLaughterhouse
1984
as David Wolmer
TVShine on Harvey Moon
1982
as Adrian Horowitz
MovieThe Awakening
1980
as Paul Whittier
TVI, Claudius
1976
as Courier
