Patrick Drury

Acting

Patrick Drury

Born August 19, 1945 · London, England, UK (age 81)

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

Queen Marie of RomaniaQueen Marie of Romania · 2019
Queen Marie of Romania
7.12019
MovieDramaHistory
Devastated by the First World War and plunged into political controversy, Romania's every hope accompanies its Queen on her mission to Paris, to lobby for its great unification's international recognition at the 1919 Peace Talks.
The AwakeningThe Awakening · 1980
The Awakening
5.41980
MovieHorror
When a British archaeologist violates an Egyptian queen's tomb, her evil spirit enters his daughter.
Florence NightingaleFlorence Nightingale · 1985
Florence Nightingale
6.11985
MovieDramaTV Movie
This is the fact-based story of an aristocratic woman who defies Victorian society to reform hospital sanitation and to define the nursing profession as it is known today. After volunteering to travel to Scutari to care for the wounded soldiers, who are victims of the Crimean war, she finds herself very unwelcome and faces great opposition for her new way of thinking. However through her selfless acts of caring, she quickly becomes known as 'The Lady with the Lamp', the caring nurse whose shadow soldiers kiss.
RSC Live: Timon of AthensRSC Live: Timon of Athens · 2019
RSC Live: Timon of Athens
2019
Movie
Timon has it all – money, influence, friends. Surely it can’t last? When the money runs out, Timon soon finds her influence and friends have also gone. Left alone, she flees Athens to take refuge in the woods, cursing the city she once loved.
Lennon NakedLennon Naked · 2010
Lennon Naked
5.52010
MovieDramaTV Movie
A profile of John Lennon in the late 1960s as the Beatles are set to fall apart.
Up LineUp Line · 1987
Up Line
1987
MovieComedy
Three alternative comedians get involved in a pyramid-selling organization, Pathway, in order to finance their act. They gain great success by deploying their skills as entertainers, only to eventually discover the sinister purpose behind the Pathway organization.
A Breed of HeroesA Breed of Heroes · 1994
A Breed of Heroes
3.71994
MovieTV MovieComedy
In 1971, fresh-faced, eager for heroics, the young officers arrive in Belfast. Pelted with rocks by kids, sniped at by the IRA, they take refuge in sex, black humour and the weird rituals of the officers' mess.
Adnan Syed: OverturnedAdnan Syed: Overturned · 2022
Adnan Syed: Overturned
8.02022
MovieDocumentary
It showcases a deep dive into how expert true-crime journalism can change the entire direction of a case that many had thought to be closed, bringing Adnan Syed's story full circle by incorporating the news of his release.

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Shine on Harvey MoonShine on Harvey Moon · 1982
Shine on Harvey Moon
7.71982
SeriesDrama
Shine on Harvey Moon! is a British comedy-drama series made by Central Television for ITV from 8 January 1982 to 23 August 1985 and briefly revived in 1995 by Meridian. This generally light-hearted series was created by comedy writers Laurence Marks and Maurice Gran. The series is set in the East End of London shortly after the Second World War. Upon being demobbed RAF serviceman Harvey Moon, played by Kenneth Cranham, returns home and finds his family involved in various troubles. His wife Rita, played by Maggie Steed, is not interested in resuming their relationship, and works in a seedy nightclub frequented by American servicemen. He becomes involved with the Labour Party and the union movement. The name of the series is a wordplay on the title of the popular 1908 song 'Shine On, Harvest Moon'. The first series was commissioned and recorded by ATV at their Elstree studios with the remaining series filmed at newly constructed facilities in Nottingham.

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