Peter Caffrey, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Peter Caffrey

Irish actor

Date of Birth: 18-Apr-1949

Place of Birth: Dublin, Leinster, Ireland

Date of Death: 01-Jan-2008

Profession: television actor, film actor

Nationality: Ireland

Zodiac Sign: Aries


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About Peter Caffrey

  • Peter Caffrey (18 April 1949 – 1 January 2008) was an Irish actor best known for playing Padraig O'Kelly on Series 1-4 of Ballykissangel and Bracken and also well regarded for his role as a transvestite in the film Night Train, and for his role as an unlikely protagonist in I Went Down.
  • He was also known for playing the role of the judge in the Irish comedy Father Ted on the episode A Song For Europe and for voicing a popular Christmas radio advertisement for Barry's Tea in 1994. He was born in Dublin and he studied at a seminary for two years before switching to an English degree, in University College Dublin.
  • He worked for a year as a primary school teacher, before becoming involved with Dublin's Project Theatre.
  • He appeared in nearly thirty television and film roles, and also had a solid theatre career in both Dublin and London.
  • After moving to London in 1983 he became a familiar face on UK television., with minor roles in Casualty, The Bill and Peak Practice.
  • His success in Ballykissangel came after overcoming cancer of the mouth for which he was diagnosed in 1990, and, despite suffering a stroke in 2000 which left him paralysed on the right side, he managed to play a similarly afflicted character in Sweet Dancer in 2005 (film unreleased). He never fully recovered from this stroke, and died, aged 58, on January 1, 2008 in Shrewsbury.
  • His body was returned to Ireland for cremation in Mount Jerome Cemetery, Dublin, on January 8, 2008.
  • Caffrey was survived by three sisters, Linda, Carol, and Sheila.
  • His brother David pre-deceased him in July 2007. He was married to Brenda Banks in 1980, the marriage ended with a divorce in 1990.

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