
Patrick Drury
ActingBorn: 1945-08-19Place of Birth: 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.
Known For

Midsomer Murders
Robin Wooliscroft

The Crown
Lord Chamberlain

The Ruth Rendell Mysteries
Chief Supt. Howard Fortune

Inspector Morse
Frank McTeer

Ripper Street
Col. Sir Edward Bradford

Soldier Soldier
Lt Col Mark Osbourne

Screen One
Maj. Anthony Hamilton-Smith

Father Ted
John O'Leary

I, Claudius
Courier

Shine on Harvey Moon
Adrian Horowitz