# Shay Duffin

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{{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](/source/Dublin%2C_Ireland)
| death_date   = {{death date and age|2010|4|23|1931|2|26|df=y}}
| death_place  = [Los Angeles, California](/source/Los_Angeles%2C_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](/source/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''](/source/Leprechaun_(film))<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](/source/Los_Angeles_Times)|date=2010-05-03 |access-date=2010-05-19}}</ref> with [Jennifer Aniston](/source/Jennifer_Aniston). He also had a role in the 1997 film ''[Titanic](/source/Titanic_(1997_film))''.

He  was best known for writing and acting the [title role](/source/Brendan_Behan) in the one-man play ''Brendan Behan: Confessions of An Irish Rebel.'' <ref>Obituary ''[Boston Globe](/source/Boston_Globe)'', May 1, 2010.</ref>

==Discography==
*1972: ''Shay Duffin Is Brendan Behan'' (Potato Records / POT 3202)

== Filmography ==
=== Television ===
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{| 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 ===
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{| 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
|}

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* {{IMDb name|0240474}}

{{Memory Alpha}}

{{Authority control}}

{{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

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