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The Priests Of Father Ted

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Frank Kelly, who has fought bowel cancer in the past, has now been diagnosed with Parkinson's.

 

This thread will also, presumably, double as a thread for Irish TV character actors. If one of the more listmania posters on the site could do the honours via IMDB that'd be appreciated.

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Here's a completely amateur list to start you off then. I didn't go for all the extras in the background, because feck it, life is too short.

 

 

Priests

Dermot Morgan 1952-98

Frank Kelly b. 1938

Ardal O’Hanlon b.1965

Michael Redmond (Fr Stone) b. 1950

Arthur Mathews (Fr Kerrigan, Fr Ben, Fr Clarke) b. 1959

Derrick Branche (Fr Jose Fernandez) b. 1947

Jim Norton b. 1938

Maurice O’Donoghue (Fr Dick Byrne) b. 1950

Don Wycherley (Fr Cyril McDuff) b. 1967

Chris Curran (Fr Jim Johnson) before 1945-1996

Fergus O’Kelly (Fr Barty Dunne) before 1949

Paul Woodfull (Fr Harry Coyle) b. 1958

Tommy Duggan (Fr Paul Cleary) 1909-98

Jimmy Keogh (Fr Fintan Fay) -2003

Shay Gorman (Fr Jim Sutton) 1923-99

Tony Guilfoyle (Fr Larry Duff) b. 1960

Graham Norton (Fr Noel Furlong) b. 1963

James Benson (Fr Liam Finnegan) before 1961

Gerry O’Brien (Fr Billy O’Dwyer) before 1955

Ben Keaton (Fr Austin Purcell) b. 1957

Kevin Moore (Bishop O’Neill) before 1940

Denys Hawthorne (Bishop Facks) 1932-2009

Paddy Ward (Bishop Jordan) circa. 1933

Joe Rooney (Fr Damien Lennon) before 1975

Rio Fanning (Fr Frost) b. 1931

James Rymer (Fr Brendan) ?

Dermot Crowley (Fr Liam) b. 1947

Brendan Grace (Fr Fintan Stack) b. 1952

Fred Ridgeway (Fr Ken Dillon) 1953-2012

Noel Slattery (Fr Rory Shanahan) before 1969

Larry O’Brien (Fr Walton) ?

Paddy Joyce (Shouting Priest in New Jack City) 1923-2000

Declan Mulhullond (Shouting Priest) 1931-99

Ultan Ely O’Carroll (Another Credited Shouting Priest) ?

Desmond Jordan (Posh Priest in New Jack City) 1926-2009

Paul Hickey (Fr O’Shea) before 1974

Patrick Duggan (Fr Joe Briefly) before 1936

Liam O’Carroll (Blind priest) before 1976

Jonathan White (Fr Flynn) before 1955

Graham Lineham (Fr Gallagher) b. 1968

Kevin Gildea (Fr Cave) before 1976

Gerald McSorley (Fr Todd Unctious) b. 1950

Sean Barrett (Fr Fitzgerald) b. 1940

Donncha Crowley (Fr Billy) before 1967

Colum Gallivan (Fr Reilly) before 1963

Neil McCaul (Fr Terry) before 1955

Kevin McKidd (Fr Deegan) b. 1973

Joe Taylor (Fr Cleary) before 1971

Andrew McCulloch (Bishop Tom Mcccaskell) b. 1945

Brendan Dempsey (Fr Dick Mayo) before 1976

Patrick Kavanagh (Fr Seamus Fitzpatrick) 1931-2015

Des Keogh (Dublin Fr Jack) before 1947

Simon Nelson (Dublin Fr Dougal) b. 1968

Eamon Morrissey (Fr Beeching) b. 1943

Stephen Brennan (Fr Niall Haverty) before 1958

Birdy Sweeney (Fr Cullen) 1931-1999

Charles Simon (Fr Jim) 1909-2002

Conor Evans (Fr Romeo Sensini) before 1945

Ian Fitzgibbon (Fr Jessup) b. 1962

Tommy Tiernan (Fr Kevin) b. 1969

Jeff Harding (Fr Buzz Cagney) before 1960

Mark Doherty (Fr Alan) before 1976

 

 

Notable Non-Priests

Pauline McLynn b. 1962

Pat Shortt b. 1966

Patrick Drury born before 1956

Rynagh O’Grady b. 1954

Niall Buggy (Henry Sellers) b. 1948

Rosemary Henderson (Sister Assumpta) before 1966

Mairead McKinley (Sister Monica) before 1975

Peter Caffrey (Charles Hedges) 1949-2008

Jon Kenny (Fred Rickwood) b. 1957

Clare Grogan (Niamh Connolly) b. 1962

Irene Warren (Singing Nun on Telephone) ?

Nuala Walsh (Sister Mary Gondola) before 1976

Vass Anderson (Dr Sinnot) before 1953

Gerard Murphy (Plane pilot) 1948-2013

Vernon Dobtcheff (Hidden Nazi) b. 1934

Peadar Lamb (Fargo Boyle) before 1939

Peter Dineen (Giant Reid) before 1968

Pat McGrath (Hud Hastings) before 1970

Priscilla (Chris the Sheep) presumed long dead

Pat Laffan (Pat Mustard) before 1944

Richard Wilson b. 1936

Doreen Keogh (Mrs Dineen) b. 1926

Patrick McDonnell (Eoin McLove) before 1973

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**waiting for Admin to move this and bury it in some thread like they wanted to with my Sanford & Son post**

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I didn't watch Father Ted and I have not heard of many of these actors but two stand out Derrick Branche played the asian nurse in Only When I Laugh and Jim Norton played numerous roles on Babylon 5 (if it is the same one I am thinking of)

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**waiting for Admin to move this and bury it in some thread like they wanted to with my Sanford & Son post**

 

Finest Irish cultural product in history >>>> bootleg Steptoe and Son staring a tax cheat and a cunt.

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I didn't watch Father Ted and I have not heard of many of these actors but two stand out Derrick Branche played the asian nurse in Only When I Laugh and Jim Norton played numerous roles on Babylon 5 (if it is the same one I am thinking of)

 

I don't watch Babylon 5, but apparently it is. He's fairly recognisable.

 

Most of the actors are Irish ones, so obscure outwith the show. Otherwise, Vernon Dobtcheff is the casino owner who Jaws kills in The Spy Who Loved Me, the Scientist in the Doctor Who story The War Games, and thousands of other roles. Richard Wilson is Victor Meldrew. Gerard Murphy was in Silver Nemesis and Denys Hawthorne in Terror of the Vervoids (both Dr Who). Peter Caffrey was in Ballykissangel, Clare Grogan is a former pop star (Altered Images) who was in Gregory's Girl, and Graham Norton and Tommy Tiernan are now internationally renowned comics...somehow.

 

Oh, and Declan Mulhullond was a drunk who once played Jabba the Hutt in Star Wars.

 

 

Father Ted is great, one of the finest sitcoms ever made. And entirely accurate too.

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Vernon Dobtcheff turns up in La Grande Bellezza, which really took me out of that film for a bit.

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Vernon Dobtcheff turns up in La Grande Bellezza, which really took me out of that film for a bit.

 

Federation president in Blake's 7 series 2 (Shadow)

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Vernon Dobtcheff turns up in La Grande Bellezza, which really took me out of that film for a bit.

 

Federation president in Blake's 7 series 2 (Shadow)

Never mind that shit, he played the first character in Doctor Who to mention the Time Lords (The War Games, episode 6).

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I didn't watch Father Ted and I have not heard of many of these actors but two stand out Derrick Branche played the asian nurse in Only When I Laugh and Jim Norton played numerous roles on Babylon 5 (if it is the same one I am thinking of)

 

Then you need to remedy the situation without delay.

Because of the untimely death of Dermot Morgan who played the title character, there were only three series. 24 episodes in all plus one Christmas special.

You have a treat in store.

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Vernon Dobtcheff turns up in La Grande Bellezza, which really took me out of that film for a bit.

 

Federation president in Blake's 7 series 2 (Shadow)

 

 

He'll always bee the Concierge in Murder on the Orient Express to me.

 

Count me in as another fan of Father Ted. I still sometimes forget that Dermot Morgan is dead.

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Father Ted is the best TV programme ever made by Channel 4 and I know to some that doesn't mean anything much, it's still is...

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Father Ted is the best TV programme ever made by Channel 4 and I know to some that doesn't mean anything much, it's still is...

Agreed.

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Father Ted is the best TV programme ever made by Channel 4 and I know to some that doesn't mean anything much, it's still is...

indeed I haven't watched an episode where I haven't laughed out loud

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I have seen some episodes I like the Beast of Craggy Island which Father Dougal has to put on his list of things that don't exist along with Darth Vader and non-Catholic Gods.

 

I enjoyed what I saw.

 

Early Channel 4 had some really great comedy like Chelmsford 123 & The Big One seems to have lost its way seriously in the past few years.

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Father Ted is the best TV programme ever made by Channel 4 and I know to some that doesn't mean anything much, it's still is...

 

Second best after Black Books IMO

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Father Ted is the best TV programme ever made by Channel 4 and I know to some that doesn't mean anything much, it's still is...

Agreed.

 

Seconded

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Well well well, I Google a list of old comedy programmes on Channel 4 and some saddo (my kind of saddo) has made a comprehensive list

 

http://www.comedy.co.uk/guide/network/c4/

 

Ted is a good shout for best-ever, though a quick glance of the list shows some excellent competition:

 

  • Adam & Joe Show
  • Armstrong And Miller
  • Bad Sugar
  • Black Mirror
  • Brass Eye
  • Drop The Dead Donkey
  • Inbetweeners
  • IT Crowd
  • Jack Dee Show
  • Nathan Barley
  • Peep Show
  • Phoenix Nights
  • Star Stories
  • Teachers (well, series 1&2)
  • Whose Line Is It Anyway?

 

A tidy collection of boxsets there for most people.

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Real talk, A&J is the only one of those that stands up to repeat viewings nowadays. "Give it a whiz and mugs there is" still enters my subconscious every couple of weeks or so.

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I quite liked Drop the Dead Donkey, when it wasn't trying to be overtly sentimental.

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Not forgetting The Comic Strip Presents....

 

and of course, Nightingales.

 

"Nobody here but us chickens..."

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My three favs are not there

 

  • The Big One
  • Chelmsford 123
  • Hot Metal

These need to be released on DVD

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