Dermot Crowley

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

Dermot Crowley
Headshot of Dermot Crowley
Born	(1947-03-19) 19 March 1947 Cork, Ireland
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1976–present

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.[1] His first television role was playing George Bernard Shaw in the UK TV series Victorian Scandals in 1976.[2]

In 2011, he appeared in The Cripple of Inishmaan with the Druid Theatre Company at the Kirk Douglas Theater 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.[3] He played Sergent François Duval in Son of the Pink Panther. Crowley went on to appear in Call Red, Father Ted (as Father Liam Deliverance), Dangerfield, Jonathan Creek, A Touch of Frost, Holby City, The Bill, "Midsomer Murders" and Luther, among others. In 1987 Crowley auditioned for the role of the Seventh Doctor in Doctor Who. Footage of his screen test was included on the special features of the DVD release of Time and the Rani.

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'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 and HBO. He played "George Ballard", an MI6 Spy Chief in episodes 4 and 5.[4]

Crowley often appears on BBC radio in drama such as Mind's Eye. In 2013, he played Pay Whyte in Father Figure. In 2017, he played the role of Lazar Kaganovich in the critically acclaimed political satire, The Death of Stalin.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1976	The Fruits of Philosophy	George Bernard Shaw
1982	Giro City	Flynne
1983	Return of the Jedi	General Crix Madine	Also known as Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi
	Octopussy	Lieutenant Kamp
	Teamwork	Patrick Molloy
1985	The Doctor and the Devils	Mr Webb
1987	Little Dorrit	Mr. Simpson
1990	Wilt	Braintree
	The March	Roy Cox
1993	Son of the Pink Panther	Sergeant Francois Duval
1994	Staggered	Dr Barnet
2000	The Legend of Bagger Vance	Dougal McDermott
2002	Before You Go	Father Cunningham
2006	Babel	Barth
2008	Gud, lukt och henne
2009	Holy Water	Father Grogan
2013	The Best Offer	Lambert
2014	Mrs. Brown's Boys D'Movie	P.R. Irwin
2015	The Lady in the Van	Priest
	National Theatre Live: Everyman	Death
2017	The Foreigner	Hugh McGrath
	The Death of Stalin	Lazar Kaganovich
2018	Black '47	Judge Bolton

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1989	Agatha Christie's Poirot	Arthur Simpson	1 episode[5]
1991–2007	The Bill	Various roles	4 episodes
1996	The Sculptress	Father Julian	4 episodes
1996	Father Ted	Father Liam Deliverance	Episode: Rock a Hula Ted
1998	Jonathan Creek	Norman Strangerson	Episode: "Time Waits for Norman"
1998	Falling for a Dancer	Neeley Scollard	Television film
2002	Ultimate Force	Jack Cullen	Episode: The Killing Of A One-Eyed Bookie
2005	Bleak House	Mr. Vholes	6 episodes
2007	Foyle's War	Henry Townsend	Episode: Casualties of War
2010–19	Luther	DSU Martin Schenk	18 episodes
2012	Raw	Dan Kelly	6 episodes
2013	Father Figure	Pat Whyte	6 episodes

References

1. Phillips, Michael (2 April 1999). "Fears Spill Over the Dam in 'The Weir'". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 6 April 2010.
2. Crowley, Dermot. "Mr". IMDb. Retrieved 21 December 2015.
3. "McCarter's holiday tradition continues". MyCentralJersey.com. 16 December 2008. Retrieved 6 April 2010.
4. "Hunted". Radio Times. Retrieved 29 June 2015.
5. The Adventure of the Clapham Cook, retrieved 19 November 2018

External links

• Dermot Crowley on IMDb
• Dermot Crowley at the Internet Broadway Database
• Dermot Crowley at Internet Off-Broadway Database