Pat Laffan

Pat Laffan was an Irish actor best known for his roles as Georgie Burgess in The Snapper and the milkman Pat Mustard in the Father Ted episode Speed 3 Laffan grew up on a farm in Co Meath and began his career as an actor after graduating from Engineering in UCD A prolific theatre actor Laffan was a member of the Abbey Theatre Company in the 1960s and 1970s and was the Director of the Peacock Theatre for most of the 1970s He directed in the Gate Theatre from 1979 to 1982 Laffan had around 40 film credits to his name including turns in Steven Spielbergs War Horse 2011 Intermission 2003 The General 1998 and Leap Year 2010 and 30 credits on TV Moone Boy EastEnders and Ripper Street to name a few He died on March 14th 2019 at the age of 79