Dermot Morgan
| Dermot Morgan | |
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Morgan in 1993
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| Born |
Dermot John Morgan 31 March 1952 Dublin, Ireland |
| Died | 28 February 1998 (aged 45) Hounslow, London, England |
| Cause of death | Heart attack |
| Resting place | Deansgrange Cemetery, South County Dublin |
| Nationality | Irish |
| Alma mater | University College Dublin |
| Occupation | Actor, comedian, satirist |
| Years active | 1979–1998 |
| Known for |
Father Ted Crilly in Father Ted |
| Television | Father Ted |
| Spouse(s) | Susanne Morgan |
| Partner(s) | Fiona Clarke |
| Children | 3 (Don, Rob, Ben) |
| Awards |
Best Comedy Performance 1999 Father Ted |
Dermot John Morgan (31 March 1952 – 28 February 1998) was an Irish comedian, actor and previously a schoolteacher, who achieved international renown for his role as Father Ted Crilly in the Channel 4 sitcom Father Ted.
Morgan was born on 31 March 1952. His parents were Donnchadh Morgan, an artist and sculptor with a passion for drama, and Hilda "Holly" Stokes, a "celebrated beauty" from Dún Laoghaire. Donnchadh died young of an aneurysm, leaving Hilda with four children: Dermot, Paul, Denise, and Ruth, who died in childhood.
Dermot married Susanne Garmatz, a native of Hamburg, and they had two sons: Don (born 1978) and Rob (born 1980). He later began a relationship with Fiona Clarke, with whom he had another son, Ben (born 1993).
Born in Dublin and educated at Oatlands College, Stillorgan, and University College, Dublin (UCD), Morgan came to prominence as part of the team behind the highly successful RTÉ television show The Live Mike, presented by Mike Murphy. Morgan made his debut in the media on the Morning Ireland radio show produced by Gene Martin, whose sister Ella was the mother of one of Morgan's friends. It was through this contact that Morgan made the break into radio and eventually television. Between 1979 and 1982 Morgan, who had been a teacher at St. Michael's College, Ailesbury Road, played a range of comic characters who appeared between segments of the show, including Father Trendy, an unctuous trying-to-be-cool Catholic priest (inspired by Father Brian D'Arcy) given to drawing ludicrous parallels with non-religious life in two-minute 'chats' to camera. His other characters included a GAA bigot who waved his hurley stick around aggressively while verbally attacking his pet hates. He lampooned the Thomas Osborne Davis' song "A Nation Once Again" by singing about a dog who saves his Irish Republican Army (IRA) master by eating a grenade during a search by notorious British paramilitary unit the Black and Tans. When the dog farts and the grenade detonates, the British commented: "It must have been something he ate." The song climaxed with the words: "I hope that I shall live to see Fido an Alsatian once again."
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