Peadar Lamb: Difference between revisions

| name = Peadar Lamb

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| birth_date = 1930

| birth_place = [[Galway]], [[Connacht]], Ireland

| death_date = {{Death date|df=yes|2017|9|1}} (aged 87)

| nationalityeducation = Irish

| residenceyearsactive = 1954–2015

| occupationchildren = Actor7

'''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 lendingvoicing his voice to OldGrandpa Piggley Winks on the children's television series ''[[Jakers! The Adventures of Piggley Winks]]''.

Lamb grew up in An 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.<ref name=rte />

Lamb appearedhad ina numeroustheatrical playscareer lasting over 60 years. Over the course of his more than 60-year career. During histhis lifetimetime, Lambhe 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 (play)|The Country Boy]]'' and as the blind man in [[W. B. Yeats]]' ''[[On Baile's Strand]]''. HeLamb toured America and Canada in 1990 with [[John Millington Synge]]'s ''[[The Playboy of the Western World]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.firstcallmanagement.ie/peadar-lamb/|title=Peadar Lamb|website=Firstcallmanagement.ie|accessdate=3 September 2017}}</ref> 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.<ref name=rte/>

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]]''.

Lamb was married to fellow actoractress [[Geraldine Plunkett]] sincefrom 1965. They had seven children.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.ie/lifestyle/passion-play-runs-and-runs-26241834.html|title=Passion play runs and runs|website=Independent.ie|accessdate=8 November 2017}}</ref>

Lamb died in his sleep at his home in [[Glenageary]], Ireland, on 1 September 2017 at the age of 87.<ref name=rte>{{cite web|url=https://www.rte.ie/entertainment/2017/0902/901726-actor-peadar-lamb-dies/|title=Celebrated actor Peadar Lamb dies at the age of 87|date=4 September 2017|publisher=[[Raidió Teilifís Éireann]]|accessdate=325 SeptemberDecember 2017}}</ref>

| [[Cré na Cille (film)|''Cré na Cille'']]

| ''[[Secret of the Cave (2006 film)|Secret of the Cave]]''

| ''[[Bloom (2003 film)|Bloom]]''

| ''[[The Field (1990 film)|The Field]]''

| Grandpa Piggley Winks/Grandpa (voice)

| ''[[Father Ted]]'', episode ''Chripy Burpy Cheap Sheep''

[[Category:PeopleMale actors from County Galway]]

[[Category:People from ConnachtCarraroe]]