Dermot Crowley (born 19 March 1947) is an Irish stage, film and television actor.

Life and career

Theatre

Crowley's stage work has included a leading role in an Olivier Award winning production of Conor McPherson's '' The Weir'', which played in the United Kingdom, Ireland and the United States in the late 1990s. His first television role was playing

George Bernard Shaw George Bernard Shaw (26 July 1856 – 2 November 1950), known at his insistence as Bernard Shaw, was an Irish playwright, critic, polemicist and political activist. His influence on Western theatre, culture and politics extended from the 188 ...

in the UK TV series ''Victorian Scandals'' in 1976. In 2011, he appeared in '' The Cripple of Inishmaan'' with the Druid Theatre Company at the Kirk Douglas Theatre in Los Angeles. He won the L.A. Drama Critics Circle Award for Featured Performance.

Film and television

Crowley played General Crix Madine in '' Return of the Jedi''. He played Sgt. François Duval in '' Son of the Pink Panther''. Crowley went on to appear in '' Call Red'', ''

Father Ted ''Father Ted'' is a sitcom created by Irish writers Graham Linehan and Arthur Mathews (writer), Arthur Mathews and produced by British production company Hat Trick Productions for British television channel Channel 4. It aired over three seri ...

'' (as Father Liam Deliverance), '' Dangerfield'', '' Jonathan Creek'', '' A Touch of Frost'', ''

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'', ''

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'', '' Midsomer Murders'' and '' Luther'', among others. In 1987 Crowley auditioned for the role of the Seventh Doctor in ''

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''. Footage of his screen test was included on the special features of the DVD release of ''

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''. Crowley also appeared as the crooked Mr. Simpson in ''The Adventure of the Clapham Cook'', which was the very first episode of '' Agatha Christie's Poirot'' in 1989. He read the voice of Molloy on the Naxos 2003 Audiobook of

Samuel Beckett Samuel Barclay Beckett (; 13 April 1906 – 22 December 1989) was an Irish writer of novels, plays, short stories, and poems. Writing in both English and French, his literary and theatrical work features bleak, impersonal, and Tragicomedy, tra ...

's novel ''Molloy''. He appeared in the feature film '' The Best Offer'' in 2013. In 2012 he starred in a new series '' Hunted'' for

BBC One BBC One is a British free-to-air public broadcast television channel owned and operated by the BBC. It is the corporation's oldest and flagship channel, and is known for broadcasting mainstream programming, which includes BBC News television b ...

and

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. He played George Ballard, an MI6 Spy Chief in episodes 4 and 5. Crowley often appears on

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radio in drama such as '' Mind's Eye''. In 2013, he played Pat Whyte in '' Father Figure''. In 2017, he played the role of

Lazar Kaganovich Lazar Moiseyevich Kaganovich (; – 25 July 1991) was a Soviet politician and one of Joseph Stalin's closest associates. Born to a Jewish family in Ukraine, Kaganovich worked as a shoemaker and joined the Russian Social Democratic Labour Party ...

in the critically acclaimed political satire, '' The Death of Stalin''.

Filmography

Film

Television

References

External links

* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Crowley, Dermot 1947 births Living people Actors from County Cork Irish male television actors Irish male film actors Irish male stage actors