Peadar Lamb

Peadar Lamb (1930 – 1 September 2017) was an Irish actor. He was known for his roles in numerous Irish-language stage productions, including playing King Fin Varra in the television series Mystic Knights of Tir Na Nog, and lending his voice to Old Piggley Winks on the children's television series Jakers! The Adventures of Piggley Winks.

Peadar Lamb
Born1930
Galway, Ireland
Died(2017-09-01)1 September 2017 (aged 87)
Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown, Ireland
NationalityIrish
Alma materAbbey School of Acting
OccupationActor
Years active1954–2015
Notable work
Mystic Knights of Tir Na Nog, Jakers! The Adventures of Piggley Winks
Home townCarraroe, Ireland
Spouse(s)
Children7

Early life

Lamb grew up in Cheathrú Rua, Carraroe. His father, Charles Lamb, was a well-known painter. Peadar Lamb trained at the Abbey Theatre and first appeared on stage in 1954.[1]

Career

Theatre

Lamb had a theatrical career lasting over 60 years. Over the course of this time, he played diverse characters and appeared in a number of plays by famous playwrights including Brendan Behan, Dion Boucicault and Seán O'Casey:

Other stage performances include a role as Curly in John Murphy's The Country Boy and as the blind man in W. B. Yeats' On Baile's Strand. Lamb toured America and Canada in 1990 with John Millington Synge's The Playboy of the Western World.[2] In June 2002, Peadar Lamb and his wife Geraldine Plunkett played leading roles in a production of Tony Guerin's play Hummin', performed by the Waterford-based Red Kettle Company.[1]

Television

Lamb appeared on many series broadcasts on RTÉ One, including television soap operas Fair City and Ros na Rún. He appeared in a 1998 episode of the sitcom Father Ted and played Mr. Hasson in the British drama film The Railway Station Man, opposite Donald Sutherland and Julie Christie. He also played fairy King Fin Varra in the television series Mystic Knights of Tir Na Nog, loosely based on Irish mythology and voiced Old Piggley Winks on the children's television series Jakers! The Adventures of Piggley Winks.

Teaching

Lamb qualified as a primary school teacher[3] before becoming an actor full time and later taught young actors at his alma mater, Abbey School of Acting.[4]

Personal life

Lamb was married to actress Geraldine Plunkett from 1965. They had seven children.[5]

Lamb died in his sleep at his home in Glenageary, Ireland, on 1 September 2017 at the age of 87.[1]

Filmography
Film
Year Title Role Notes
2007 Cré na Cille An Máistir Mór
2006 Secret of the Cave Corky
2004 Man About Dog Fitzgerald the Farmer
2003 Bloom Editor
1998 This Is My Father Man in Pub
1994 The Bishop's Story Bishop
1992 Far and Away Farmer
1992 The Railway Station Man Mr. Hasson
1991 December Bride Registrar
1990 The Field Paddy Joe O'Reilly
1987 Budawanny Bishop
1984 Reflections Doctor
1971 Von Richthofen and Brown German staff Major
1967 Jules Verne's Rocket to the Moon Soldier
1965 The Secret of My Success Superintendent Henderson
1959 This Other Eden Young Devereaux
Television
Year Title Role Notes
2015 No Offence, episode #1.7' Errol Lang
2003–2007 Jakers! The Adventures of Piggley Winks Piggley Winks/Grandpa (voice)
2004 Killinaskully, episode The New Priest Fr. Mullarkey
2002 Bobbie's Girl Priest
2001 Custer's Last Stand-up, episode Play It Again, Gem Gem Diamond
2000 My Hero Seamus Sunday Series 1 Episode 5 "Old Man Riverdance"
1998–1999 Mystic Knights of Tir Na Nog Fin Varra
1998 Father Ted, episode Chirpy Burpy Cheap Sheep Fargo Boyle
1996 Ros na Rún P.J. Doherty
1996 Screen Two (drama series), episode Loving Eldon
1991 The Treaty Sir John Lavery
1990 Shoot to Kill Mr. Tighe
1989 Brotherhood of the Rose Doctor
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References
  1. "Celebrated actor Peadar Lamb dies at the age of 87". Raidió Teilifís Éireann. 4 September 2017. Retrieved 25 December 2017.
  2. "Peadar Lamb". Firstcallmanagement.ie. Retrieved 3 September 2017.
  3. Irish News
  4. Irish Times
  5. "Passion play runs and runs". Independent.ie. Retrieved 8 November 2017.
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