Derry Power (born 1935) is an Irish actor born in Dublin. He appeared
in the first production of Brendan Behan's The Quare Fellow at
Dublin's Pike Theatre in 1954. He is best known for playing management
genius Seamus Finnegan in the BBC Television sitcom The Fall and Rise
of Reginald Perrin, with the classic line "Would you be having a joke
there with a simple, tongue-tied Irishman from the land of the bogs
and the little people?". In a long stage career he has featured in
many plays in the Abbey Theatre; he has appeared in TV series from
Z-Cars to Ballykissangel and in many films made in Ireland.During
early 2016 he starred with Des Keogh in The Quiet Land by Bairbre Ni
Chaoimh at Bewley's Theatre Café, Dublin.Derry also appeared in Super
Gran as the fabulous o Finnegan (1985)
in the first production of Brendan Behan's The Quare Fellow at
Dublin's Pike Theatre in 1954. He is best known for playing management
genius Seamus Finnegan in the BBC Television sitcom The Fall and Rise
of Reginald Perrin, with the classic line "Would you be having a joke
there with a simple, tongue-tied Irishman from the land of the bogs
and the little people?". In a long stage career he has featured in
many plays in the Abbey Theatre; he has appeared in TV series from
Z-Cars to Ballykissangel and in many films made in Ireland.During
early 2016 he starred with Des Keogh in The Quiet Land by Bairbre Ni
Chaoimh at Bewley's Theatre Café, Dublin.Derry also appeared in Super
Gran as the fabulous o Finnegan (1985)
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