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Derry Power
Actor
Born January 1, 1935 (89 years)
Derry Power is an Irish actor born in Dublin. He appeared in the first production of Brendan Behan's The Quare Fellow at Dublin's Pike Theatre in 1954. He is best known for playing management genius Seamus Finnegan in the BBC Television sitcom The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin, with the classic line "Would you be having a joke there with a simple, tongue-tied Irishman from the land of the bogs and the little people?". In a long stage career he has featured in many plays in the Abbey Theatre; he has appeared in TV series from Z-Cars to Ballykissangel and in many films made in Ireland.
Filmography
| 2013 | Vikings (TV Series) · as Older Man |
| 2006 | Rough Diamond (TV Series) · as Dick Dooley |
| 2006 | The Tiger's Tail · as Eddie |
| 2003 | Intermission · as Elderly Man On Bus |
| 2001 | Disco Pigs · as Old Man On Bus |
| 2000 | Saltwater · as Old Man In Bookies |
| 1998 | Falling for a Dancer (TV Series) · as Johnny Thade |
| 1996 | The Disappearance of Finbar · as Barman |
| 1996 | September · as Barman |
| 1996 | Ballykissangel (TV Series) · as Bookie |
| 1995 | Kidnapped · as Landlord Hawes Inn |
| 1995 | Frankie Starlight · as Friend At Wedding No. 2 |
| 1993 | Mission Top Secret (TV Series) · as Mr. O'reilly |
| 1992 | Into the West · as Hotel Clerk |
| 1992 | Far and Away · as Peter |
| 1989 | My Left Foot · as Customer In Bar |
| 1986 | The Fantasist · as Racegoer |
| 1986 | Rawhead Rex · as Sean Power |
| 1985 | Bulman (TV Series) · as Warty Davies |
| 1985 | Super Gran (TV Series) · as The Fabulous O'finnegan |
| 1984 | Screen Two (TV Series) · as Franz's Father |
| 1983 | Educating Rita · as Photographer |
| 1983 | The Irish R. M. (TV Series) · as James Canty |
| 1982 | Remington Steele (TV Series) · as Mikeline O'flynn |
| 1980 | Murphy's Stroke · as Tim Finn |
| 1980 | Cribb (TV Series) · as Carse |
| 1978 | Warlords of the Deep · as Jacko |
| 1976 | The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin (TV Series) · as Seamus Finnegan |
| 1976 | The XYY Man (TV Series) · as Donnelly |
| 1973 | The Catholics · as Dirty Monk |
| 1970 | Underground · as Pommard |
| 1970 | Play for Today (TV Series) · as King Donoghue |
| 1969 | Lock Up Your Daughters! · as Constable |
| 1969 | ITV Saturday Night Theatre (TV Series) · as Dirty Monk |
| 1967 | |
| 1965 | Play of the Month (TV Series) · as Johnny Cashman |
| 1965 | Young Cassidy · as Captain White's Platoon Member |
| 1964 | Never Put It in Writing · as Taxi Driver |
| 1963 | Love Story (1963) (TV Series) · as Willie Dowd |
| 1962 | The Quare Fellow · as Stretcher Bearer |
| 1962 | Z Cars (TV Series) · as Terry Mooney |
| 1960 | BBC Sunday-Night Play (TV Series) · as Drunk |
| 1959 | Maigret (1960) (TV Series) · as Police Telephonist |
| 1959 | Home Is the Hero · as Pub Customer |
| 1959 | This Other Eden · as Jarvey |
| 1958 | The Larkins (TV Series) · as Paddy |
| 1956 | Armchair Theatre (TV Series) · as Pretty Boy |