Pat Laffan

{{Short description|Irish actor (1939–2019)}}

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| name = Pat Laffan

| birth_name = Patrick Laffan

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1939|6|8|df=y}}

| birth_place = County Meath, Ireland

| death_date = {{Death date and age|2019|3|14|1939|6|8|df=y}}

| death_place = Dublin, Ireland

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| occupation = Actor

| years_active = 1964–2019

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}}

Patrick Laffan (8 June 1939{{cite web|url=https://www.thestage.co.uk/features/obituaries/2019/obituary-pat-laffan-father-ted/|title=Obituary: Pat Laffan – 'actor best known for playing milkman Pat Mustard in Father Ted' – Obituaries|first=Michael|last=Quinn|date=27 March 2019|publisher=}} – 14 March 2019{{cite web|url=https://notices.irishtimes.com/death/laffan-patrick-pat/54972166|title=LAFFAN, Patrick (Pat) : Death notice - Irish Times Family Notices|website=notices.irishtimes.com}}) was an Irish actor.{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-47577829 |title =Pat Laffan: Father Ted's 'Pat Mustard' dies aged 79|date=15 March 2019|publisher=BBC News|accessdate=15 March 2019}}

Laffan is best remembered for playing the lothario milkman Pat Mustard in the Channel Four sitcom Father Ted episode "Speed 3" (1998), and Mr Burgess in Roddy Doyle's The Snapper (1993).{{cite web|url=https://www.thejournal.ie/pat-laffan-death-4543001-Mar2019/ |title =Pat Laffan – who played Pat Mustard and Georgie Burgess – has died|date=14 March 2019|work=The Journal|accessdate=15 March 2019}}{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.ie/entertainment/television/tv-news/father-ted-actor-pat-laffan-best-known-as-pat-mustard-has-passed-away-aged-79-37914718.html |title =Father Ted actor Pat Laffan -– best known as 'Pat Mustard' – has passed away aged 79|date=14 March 2019|work=Irish Independent|accessdate=15 March 2019}}