Michael Redmond (born October 1950)My health: Michael Redmond
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. He has a deadpan style of delivery and has been described as the "possessor of comedy's most mournful moustache".Dixon, Stephen (1999) ''Gift of the Gag: The Explosion in Irish Comedy'', Blackstaff Press Ltd, , p. 83 He is best known for playing Father Stone in the ''

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'' episode " Entertaining Father Stone".Michael Redmond
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'', 16 August 2010, retrieved 2010-11-23 Redmond began his career as a writer for Irish radio and television, before moving to London and launching a successful stand-up career in 1987. His live show ''Eamon, Older Brother of Jesus'' was adapted for a

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series, but scrapped on the decision of the station's new Scottish Catholic controller. Parts of the series were subsequently broadcast on Alan Davies'

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show. After his work on ''Father Ted'', he continued to appear in projects as diverse as ''

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'', and '' Stewart Lee's Comedy Vehicle'', and is a regular participant at the

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. Redmond played another priest in the film ''Voodoophone''. He also plays Bishop Briggs in Radio 4's '' Fags, Mags and Bags''.

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Q & A with Michael Redmond
- from '' Rebel Magazine'' Living people 1950 births People from Blackrock, Dublin Irish male television actors Irish stand-up comedians Writers from County Dublin Male actors from County Dublin {{comedian-stub