Peadar Lamb

Peadar Lamb

Born: January 1, 1930
Died: September 1, 2017

Movies for Peadar Lamb...

Ballast
Title: Ballast
Character: Michael
Released: July 7, 2020
Type: Movie
A man living in the rural west of Ireland builds the means to escape the pains of his existence.
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Cré na Cille
Title: Cré na Cille
Character: An Máistir Mór
Released: February 17, 2007
Type: Movie
Caitríona is dead and eagerly awaiting the death of her sister, Nell, so that the war between them in life can continue.
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Bloom
Title: Bloom
Character: Editor
Released: April 16, 2004
Type: Movie
Adapted from James Joyce's Ulysses, Bloom is the enthralling story of June 16th, 1904 and a gateway into the consiousness of its three main characters: Stephen Dedalus, Molly Bloom and the extraordinary Leopold Bloom.
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Title: Jakers! The Adventures of Piggley Winks
Character: Grandpa Piggley (voice)
Released: September 7, 2003
Type: TV
The adventures of Piggley, a spunky eight-year-old pig, and his friends Dannan the Duck and Ferny the Bull on Raloo Farm in Ireland.
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Tubberware
Title: Tubberware
Character: Fear Áitiúil
Released: December 20, 2002
Type: Movie
A day in the life of a remote well in Connemara - with visits from locals, tourists, pilgrims and other interested parties. This is a satirical look at the negative effects of tourism in a formerly peaceful spot.
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Yesterday's Children
Title: Yesterday's Children
Character: Arthur McSweeney
Released: October 15, 2000
Type: Movie
After having strange dreams, Jenny Cole discovers that in her last incarnation she was Mary Sutton, an Irishwoman who died in the 1930s. Suspicious, Jenny goes to Ireland to investigate her past life.
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Title: My Hero
Character: Seamus Sunday
Released: February 4, 2000
Type: TV
My Hero is a BBC sitcom created by Paul Mendelson. The programme ran for six series, first broadcast in February 2000, and concluding in September 2006. The series follows the antics of the dim-witted superhero "Thermoman", portrayed by Ardal O'Hanlon in series one to five and by James Dreyfus in the final series. The series was regularly directed by John Stroud. In the UK, the digital channel Gold regularly re-runs the programme, although the last series has yet to appear on the channel. In the United States it was shown on PBS and, briefly, BBC America. In Australia, UKTV offered re-runs of the first three series, while BBC Entertainment provided repeats for Scandinavia.
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This Is My Father
Title: This Is My Father
Character: Man in Pub
Released: May 7, 1999
Type: Movie
When schoolteacher Kieran Johnson discovers that his father was not a French sailor (as he had been led to believe) but rather an Irish farmer, he looks to his mother for answers. When she refuses to provide any, Kieran travels to Ireland.
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Title: The Mystic Knights of Tir Na Nog
Character: King Fin Varra
Released: September 12, 1998
Type: TV
Four young knights, Rohan, Deirdre, Angus and Ivar, defend their ancient homeland of Kells from attacks by the evil Queen Maeve who is intent on ruling the island kingdom. The knights bravely resist Maeve's dark sorcery, battling giants, ogres and evil mythical creatures. Their quest to restore peace to the land leads the knights to discover their mystic armor and their dragon ally, Pyre, who joins them on adventures filled with danger, magic, and the roguish little people who inhabit the enchanted underworld of Tir Na Nog.
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Loving
Title: Loving
Character: Eldon
Released: October 19, 1996
Type: Movie
An upper class English family owns a villa in the Irish countryside. When the man of the house leaves to fight in WW2, his mother, wife, dying butler, maid and other staff's life becomes a bit hectic and some love affairs start to bloom.
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The Bishop's Story
Title: The Bishop's Story
Character: Bishop
Released: January 1, 1994
Type: Movie
During a conversation he has with a young priest, a bishop reveals to him a love story that turned his beliefs upside down.
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The Railway Station Man
Title: The Railway Station Man
Character: Mr Hasson
Released: October 18, 1992
Type: Movie
An Irish artist, widowed by an IRA bombing, gradually learns that the American man she has become involved with is not who he seems.
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Far and Away
Title: Far and Away
Character: Farmer
Released: May 22, 1992
Type: Movie
A young man leaves Ireland with his landlord's daughter after some trouble with her father, and they dream of owning land at the big giveaway in Oklahoma ca. 1893. When they get to the new land, they find jobs and begin saving money. The man becomes a local barehands boxer, and rides in glory until he is beaten, then his employers steal all the couple's money and they must fight off starvation in the winter, and try to keep their dream of owning land alive. Meanwhile, the woman's parents find out where she has gone and have come to America to find her and take her back.
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The Treaty
Title: The Treaty
Character: Sir John Lavery
Released: December 5, 1991
Type: Movie
How the Anglo-Irish Treaty between the unrecognised Irish Republic, represented by Michael Collins, and the British government was concluded after high-stakes negotiations in 1921.
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The Field
Title: The Field
Character: Paddy Joe O'Reilly
Released: September 21, 1990
Type: Movie
"Bull" McCabe's family has farmed a field for generations, sacrificing much in the name of the land. When the widow who owns the field decides to sell it in a public auction, McCabe knows that he must own it. While no local dare bid against him, a wealthy American decides he requires the field to build a highway. "Bull" and his son decide they must try to convince the American to let go of his ambition and return home, but the consequences of their plot prove sinister.
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The Lilac Bus
Title: The Lilac Bus
Released: January 1, 1990
Type: Movie
The lives of seven friends who share a bus from their village to Dublin every day get complicated as the reasons for their discontent are revealed.
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Title: Brotherhood of the Rose
Character: Doctor
Released: January 22, 1989
Type: TV
Romulus and Remus were picked up at an orphanage at a young age, raised together as brothers and trained to supersede every other CIA agents.
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Budawanny
Title: Budawanny
Character: Bishop
Released: March 2, 1987
Type: Movie
During a conversation he has with a young priest, a bishop reveals to him a love story that turned his beliefs upside down. Remade as "The Bishop's Story" in 1994.
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Shergar
Title: Shergar
Character: Cosgrove
Released: March 23, 1986
Type: Movie
Malachy: "Who do you kidnap? You can't touch children, women, no sons of Irish mothers. What's left?" When Frankie is released from Portlaoise Prison, his old comrades are expecting some action. He hits on a plan for raising £2 million, but his plan goes wrong.
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The Price
Title: The Price
Character: O'Hanlon
Released: January 10, 1985
Type: Movie
Geoffrey Carr is a wealthy, key player in Britain's emerging computer industry, and newly married to Frances , a much younger woman, with wilful daughter Clare from a previous marriage. He'll do anything to make them happy, including stretching his finances to buy a Georgian estate in County Wicklow, where Frances grew up. Frank Crossan is an Irish Republican hitman on the run from British authorities. Seeking refuge with old girlfriend Kate, he creates a plan to kidnap a wealthy Brit for a ransom to fund a major arms deal. Their two worlds collide when Frances and Clare are brutally snatched away to a bleak hideaway and taken hostage. Geoffrey initially wants to cave in to the kidnapper's demands “ but nothing is simple when a personal crisis plays out against the forces of political intrigue, high finance and with the eyes of the media on them.
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Reflections
Title: Reflections
Character: Doctor
Released: April 1, 1984
Type: Movie
A historian writing a biography of Isaac Newton spends a Summer with a dysfunctional family in Co. Cork, Ireland.
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Katie: The Year of a Child
Title: Katie: The Year of a Child
Character: Police sergeant
Released: December 13, 1979
Type: Movie
Katie, the 14-year-old daughter of a travelling family, is left in charge of an ailing mother and her nine brothers and sisters in Dublin whilst her father is in England seeking his fortune.
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The Flame Is Love
Title: The Flame Is Love
Character: Dr. Mirell
Released: October 15, 1979
Type: Movie
In this melodrama from Barbara Cartland's 1975 bestseller, a turn-of-the-century American heiress, while en route to her betrothal to an English duke, encounters love and intrigue in the arms of a French journalist.