Derry Power (born 1935) is an Irish actor born in Dublin. He appeared in the first production of Brendan Behan's The Quare Fellow at Dublin's Pike Theatre in 1954. He is best known for playing management genius Seamus Finnegan in the

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'', with the classic line "Would you be having a joke there with a simple, tongue-tied Irishman from the land of the bogs and the little people?". In a long stage career he has featured in many plays in the

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; he has appeared in TV series from ''

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'' to ''

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'' and in many films made in Ireland. During early 2016 he starred with Des Keogh in The Quiet Land by Bairbre Ni Chaoimh at Bewley's Theatre Café, Dublin. Derry also appeared in Super Gran as the fabulous o Finnegan (1985)

Selected filmography

* '' Never Put It in Writing'' (1964) * '' Underground'' (1970) * '' Warlords of Atlantis'' (1978) * ''

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'' (1983) * '' Rawhead Rex'' (1986) * '' My Left Foot'' (1989) * ''

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'' (1992) * ''

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'' (2001) * '' The Tiger's Tail'' (2006)

External links

* Irish male television actors 1935 births Living people Place of birth missing (living people) {{Ireland-actor-stub