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{{Infobox person
| name = Peadar Lamb
| image =
| birth_date = 1930
| birth_place = [[Galway
| death_date = {{Death date|df=yes|2017|9|1}} (aged 87)
| death_place = [[Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown]], [[
| resting_place =
| nationality = Irish
| education =
| alma_mater = [[Abbey School of Acting]]
| notable_works = ''[[Mystic Knights of Tir Na Nog]]'', ''[[Jakers! The Adventures of Piggley Winks]]''▼
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| yearsactive = 1954–2015▼
▲| notable_works= ''[[Mystic Knights of Tir Na Nog]]'', ''[[Jakers! The Adventures of Piggley Winks]]''
| children = 7▼
▲| yearsactive = 1954–2015
| awards = ▼
▲| spouse = {{marriage|Geraldine Plunkett|1965|2017|reason=his death}}
▲| children = 7
▲| awards =
}}
'''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
==Early life==
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 />
==Career==
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*Mr. Gallogher in ''[[The Shadow of a Gunman]]''
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]]''. Lamb 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/>
===Television===
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==Personal life==
Lamb was married to
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=25 December 2017}}</ref>
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| 2006
| ''[[Secret of the Cave (2006 film)|Secret of the Cave]]''
| Corky
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| 2003
| ''[[Bloom (2003 film)|Bloom]]''
| Editor
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| 1990
| ''[[The Field (1990 film)|The Field]]''
| Paddy Joe O'Reilly
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| ''[[No Offence]]'', episode #1.7'
| Errol Lang
| final role
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| 2003–2007
| ''[[Jakers! The Adventures of Piggley Winks]]''
| Grandpa Piggley Winks
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| Gem Diamond
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| 2000
| ''[[My Hero (UK TV series)|My Hero]]''
| Seamus Sunday
| Series 1 Episode 5 "Old Man Riverdance"
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| 1998–1999
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| 1998
| ''[[Father Ted]]
| Fargo Boyle
| Series 3 Episode 2 ''[[Chirpy Burpy Cheap Sheep]]''
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| 1996
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[[Category:1930 births]]
[[Category:2017 deaths]]
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[[Category:Irish male voice actors]]
[[Category:Irish male television actors]]
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[[Category:20th-century Irish male actors]]
[[Category:21st-century Irish male actors]]
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