death_date death_place birth_place image_size birth_date known_for spouse image article_title name occupation
1 january 2008 shrewsbury , england dublin , ireland 150px 18 april 1949 portraying '' padraig o'kelly on series 1-4 of '' ballykissangel brenda banks 1980 1990 petercaffrey.jpg peter caffrey
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peter caffrey

peter caffrey -lrb- 18 april 1949 -- 1 january 2008 -rrb- 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 `` 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 .
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 -lrb- film unreleased -rrb- .
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 married brenda banks in 1980 , the marriage ending in divorce in 1990 .
