Peadar Lamb

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 lending his voice to Old Piggley Winks on the children's television series Jakers! The Adventures of Piggley Winks. 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. Career Theatre Lamb had a theatrical career lasting over 60 years. Over the course of this time, he played diverse characters and appeared in a number of plays by famous playwrights including Brendan Behan, Dion Boucicault and Seán O'Casey: Estragon in Samuel Beckett's Waiting for Godot Dunlavin and Warder Regan in The Quare Fellow (Behan's first play) Monsewer in The Hostage and An Giall Police informer Harvey Duff in The Shaughraun Myles na Coppaleen in The Colleen Bawn Brennan o' the Moor in Red Roses For Me Mr. Gallogher in The Shadow of a Gunman