Patrick Drury (born 19 August 1945) is an English character actor best known for playing shopkeeper John O'Leary in the Channel 4 television comedy Father Ted and Ivan in The Beiderbecke Connection. Early life Drury was educated at Cotton College, Staffordshire. He then read English at University College Dublin before going on to train at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London. Career His film credits include the horror movie The Awakening (1980) starring Charlton Heston, and the 1984 comedy Laughterhouse (also known as Singleton's Pluck) with Ian Holm. In the 2010 production of The Woman in Black at London's Fortune Theatre Drury played the part of Arthur Kipps. Drury voiced Ermion in the 2015 video game The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt. In 2016 he played the role of the Lord Chamberlain in the Netflix series The Crown. Film and television roles I, Claudius (1976) - Courier - "A Touch of Murder", "Family Affairs" Disraeli (1978) - Montagu Corry - 2 episodes Shelley (1980) - Ken - "Expletive Deleted" The Awakening (1980) - Paul Whittier - TV film Escape (1980) - Det. Sgt. Forsyth - "Lord Lucan" Diamonds (1981) - Policeman - "Homecoming" By the Sword Divided (1983) - Capt. Bracewell - "A Silver Moon" Crown Court (1984) - John Laing - "Dirty Washing: Part 1" Florence Nightingale (1984) - Henry Nicholson - TV Movie Shine on Harvey Moon (1984, 1985) - Adrian Horowitz - 2 episodes Brat Farrar (1986) - Kevin McDermott, Q.C. - Episode #1.2 The Beiderbecke Connection (1988) - Ivan - 4 episodes Mike & Angelo (1989) - Dr. Waterstone - "Mother and the Doctor" Saracen (1989) - Bernard McGrath - "Starcross" Casualty (1990) - Gordon Robinson - "Love’s a Pain" The Manageress (1990) - Mark Sadler - 6 episodes Shoot to Kill (1990) - Detective Inspector - TV Movie TECX (1990) - Paul Forbes - "A Soldier's Death" The Men's Room (1991) - James Walton - 3 episodes The Ruth Rendell Mysteries (1988-1992) - Chief Supt. Howard Fortune - 6 episodes Rumpole of the Bailey (1992) - Desmond Casterini - "Rumpole and the Eternal Triangle" Moon and Son (1992) - Inspector Sardou - 5 episodes Inspector Morse (1993) - Frank McTeer - "The Day of the Devil" Soldier Soldier (1993) - Lt. Col Mark Osbourne - 3 episodes Harry (1993) - Monaghan - episode #1.11 Screen One (1994) - Maj. Anthony Hamilton-Smith - "A Breed