{{Short description|Irish character actor}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Infobox person | name = Shay Duffin | image = | image_size = | alt = | caption = | birth_name = | birth_date = {{birth date|1931|2|26|df=y}} | birth_place = Dublin, Ireland | death_date = {{death date and age|2010|4|23|1931|2|26|df=y}} | death_place = Los Angeles, California, U.S. | other_names = | occupation = Actor | years_active = 1976–2007 | spouse = | partner = | children = Laura, Linda, Ruth, Susan<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/shay-duffin-one-man-show-23096|title = Shay Duffin, one-man show on stage, dies|website = The Hollywood Reporter|date = 28 April 2010}}</ref> | website = shayduffin.net }}
'''Shay Duffin''' (26 February 1931 – 23 April 2010) was an Irish character actor of the stage and screen. He was in the 1993 film ''Leprechaun''<ref name=latimes>{{cite news |first=Valerie J.|last=Nelson|title=Shay Duffin dies at 79; actor portrayed Brendan Behan|url= http://articles.latimes.com/2010/may/03/local/la-me-0503-shay-duffin-20100503/|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100506080227/http://articles.latimes.com/2010/may/03/local/la-me-0503-shay-duffin-20100503|url-status= dead|archive-date= 6 May 2010|work=Los Angeles Times|date=2010-05-03 |access-date=2010-05-19}}</ref> with Jennifer Aniston. He also had a role in the 1997 film ''Titanic''.
He was best known for writing and acting the title role in the one-man play ''Brendan Behan: Confessions of An Irish Rebel.'' <ref>Obituary ''Boston Globe'', May 1, 2010.</ref>
==Discography== *1972: ''Shay Duffin Is Brendan Behan'' (Potato Records / POT 3202)
== Filmography == === Television === <!-- Rowspans are only allowed for the "Year" column per WP:FILMOGRAPHY --> {| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" |+ {{Screen reader-only|Shay Duffin' television credits}} |- ! scope="col" | Year ! scope="col" | Title ! scope="col" | Role ! scope="col" class="unsortable" | Notes |- | {{dts|1976|format=y}} ! ''Law and Order'' | {{N/A}} | Television film |- | {{dts|1976|format=y}} ! ''{{sortname|Switch| |Switch (American TV series)}}'' | {{sortname|Father|Gorman|nolink=1}} | Episode: "The Twelfth Commandment" |- | {{dts|1977|format=y}} ! ''{{sortname|The|Amazing Howard Hughes}}'' | {{sortname|Butler| |nolink=1}} | Television film |- | {{dts|1977|format=y}} ! ''{{sortname|Captains|Courageous|Captains Courageous (1977 film)}}'' | {{sortname|Chief|Steward|nolink=1}} | Television film |- | {{dts|1978|format=y}} ! ''The Other Side of Hell'' | {{sortname|Miller| |nolink=1}} | Television film |- | {{dts|1978|format=y}} ! ''{{sortname|Mother,|Juggs & Speed|Mother, Jugs & Speed#TV version}}'' | {{sortname|Whiplash|Moran|nolink=1}} | Television film |- | {{dts|1979|format=y}} ! ''{{sortname|Mary|and Joseph: A Story of Faith|nolink=1}}'' | {{sortname|Rabbi|Bartholomew|nolink=1}} | Television film |- | {{dts|1985|format=y}} ! ''{{sortname|American|Playhouse}}'' | {{sortname|Judge|Hathorne|nolink=1}} | Episode: "Three Sovereigns for Sarah: Part I" |- | {{dts|1987|format=y}} ! ''{{sortname|J.|Edgar Hoover|J. Edgar Hoover (film)}}'' | {{sortname|NY|Chief of Police|nolink=1}} | Television film<hr>Uncredited |- | {{dts|1987|format=y}} ! ''{{sortname|Cagney|& Lacey}}'' | {{sortname|Bartender| |nolink=1}} | Episode: "Video Verite" |- | {{dts|1990|format=y}} ! ''{{sortname|City| |City (TV series)}}'' | {{sortname|Sean| |nolink=1}} | 9 episodes |- | {{dts|1992|format=y}} ! ''{{sortname|Murder,|She Wrote}}'' | {{sortname|Brian|Mulrain|nolink=1}} | Episode: "The Wind Around the Tower" |- | {{dts|1994|format=y}} ! ''{{sortname|Star Trek:|The Next Generation}}'' | {{sortname|Ned|Quint|nolink=1}} | Episode: "{{sortname|Sub|Rosa|Sub Rosa (Star Trek: The Next Generation)}}" |- | {{dts|1995|format=y}} ! ''{{sortname|Due|South}}'' | {{sortname|Father|Behan|nolink=1}} | 4 episodes |}
=== Film === <!-- Rowspans are only allowed for the "Year" column per WP:FILMOGRAPHY --> {| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" |+ {{Screen reader-only|Shay Duffin' film credits}} |- ! scope="col" | Year ! scope="col" | Title ! scope="col" | Role ! scope="col" class="unsortable" | Notes |- | {{dts|1977|format=y}} ! ''{{sortname|The|White Buffalo|dab=film}}'' | {{sortname|Tim|Brady (bartender)|nolink=1}} | Film debut role |- | {{dts|1978|format=y}} ! ''{{sortname|Bloodbrothers| |Bloodbrothers (1978 film)}}'' | {{sortname|Banion's|Bar Man #5|nolink=1}} | |- | {{dts|1979|format=y}} ! ''{{sortname|Butch|and Sundance: The Early Days}}'' | {{sortname|Engineer| |nolink=1}} | |- | {{dts|1979|format=y}} ! ''{{sortname|The|Main Event|The Main Event (1979 film)}}'' | {{sortname|Fight|Announcer|nolink=1}} | Main role |- | {{dts|1979|format=y}} ! ''{{sortname|The|Frisco Kid}}'' | {{sortname|O'Leary| |nolink=1}} | |- | {{dts|1980|format=y}} ! ''{{sortname|The|Baltimore Bullet}}'' | {{sortname|Big|Al|nolink=1}} | |- | {{dts|1980|format=y}} ! ''{{sortname|Raging|Bull}}'' | {{sortname|Ring|announcer for Janiro Fight|nolink=1}} | |- | {{dts|1983|format=y}} ! ''{{sortname|10|to Midnight}}'' | {{sortname|Nestor| |nolink=1}} | |- | {{dts|1992|format=y}} ! ''{{sortname|Memoirs|of an Invisible Man|Memoirs of an Invisible Man (film)}}'' | {{sortname|Patrick| |nolink=1}} | |- | {{dts|1992|format=y}} ! ''{{sortname|Newsies| }}'' | {{sortname|Captain|McSwain|nolink=1}} | |- | {{dts|1992|format=y}} ! ''{{sortname|The|Public Eye|The Public Eye (film)}}'' | {{sortname|Chief|of Police|nolink=1}} | |- | {{dts|1993|format=y}} ! ''{{sortname|Leprechaun| |Leprechaun (film)}}'' | {{sortname|Dan|O'Grady|nolink=1}} | |- | {{dts|1995|format=y}} ! ''{{sortname|Number|One Fan|nolink=1}}'' | {{sortname|Bartender| |nolink=1}} | |- | {{dts|1996|format=y}} ! ''{{sortname|Precious|Find}}'' | {{sortname|Poker|Player #1|nolink=1}} | |- | {{dts|1996|format=y}} ! ''{{sortname|Head|Above Water|Head Above Water (film)}}'' | {{sortname|Policeman| |nolink=1}} | |- | {{dts|1997|format=y}} ! ''{{sortname|Titanic| |Titanic (1997 film)}}'' | {{sortname|Pubkeeper| |nolink=1}} | |- | {{dts|2003|format=y}} ! ''{{sortname|Seabiscuit| |Seabiscuit (film)}}'' | {{sortname|Sunny|Fitzsimmons|nolink=1}} | |- | {{dts|2006|format=y}} ! ''{{sortname|The|Departed}}'' | {{sortname|Bartender|at Brasserie|nolink=1}} | |- | {{dts|2007|format=y}} ! ''{{sortname|The|Still Life|The Still Life (2007 film)}}'' | {{sortname|Bartender| |nolink=1}} | |- | {{dts|2007|format=y}} ! ''{{sortname|Beowulf| |Beowulf (2007 film)}}'' | {{sortname|Scylding's|Watch|nolink=1}} | Final film role |}
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Duffin, Shay}} Category:1931 births Category:2010 deaths Category:Irish expatriate male actors in the United States Category:Male actors from Dublin (city) Category:20th-century Irish dramatists and playwrights Category:Irish male film actors