Frank Kelly (Father Jack) Is Dead

[Irockz]

[quote]Frank Kelly, the actor who played Father Jack in Father Ted, has died aged 77.

In a career spanning 60 years, Kelly played a string of comic and soap roles, both on the Irish channel RTÉ and in the UK.

His first role, uncredited, was as a prison officer in The Italian Job (1969). In the film's opening sequence, he can be seen escorting gangster Charlie Croker (Michael Caine) out of prison.

Over the years that followed, he spent a five-month stint on Emmerdale, and two years on the RTÉ soap Glenroe. In his last major role, he appeared in Mrs Brown's Boys D'Movie (2014), playing a judge.

But it was his role as the rude, drunken and bellicose Father Jack Hackett that made him popular. He will be particularly remembered for his catchphrase, "Feck".

His death comes 18 years to the day after the death of his co-star Dermot Morgan, who played the eponymous Father Ted.

Kelly had a string of health problems over the last years of his life. He was given the all-clear in 2011 after contracting bowel cancer, while in 2015 he was treated for skin cancer.

When hospitalised for heart failure in 2015, he was told he had Parkinson's disease. Speaking at the time, he said: "I've been working as an actor for over 50 years, and a shaky hand certainly won't stop me."[/quote]

[url]http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/frank-kelly-dead-father-ted-jack-hackett-a6901221.html[/url]

[Coldmute]

Damn, loved the series, watched it with my parents when I was still a kid. Need to rewatch it now.

[Christof P]

Feck. May he get all the booze he requires in the moldy armchair in the sky.

[Occlusion2018]

18 years to the day, bizarre. He was a great part of a great show, RIP.

[h4ngman]

[video=youtube;Cy4-snbDcIM]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cy4-snbDcIM[/video]

Rest in peace you amazing man

[Teeteegone]

He can finally live out his dreams of chasing nuns through Craggy Island's beautiful hills forever.

[The bird Woman]

[B]FUCK[/B]

[C.C]

Don't worry guys he just drank a load of floor Polish again, he'll be back.

Rip.

[The bird Woman]

This man inspired me to become an alcoholic.

[Papytendo]

feck off death

[TCWilliamson]

[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R1ZU6UMDfgY[/media]

Godspeed you magnificent bastard.

[spoder55]

may he be scared of nuns forever more. rest in peace.

[Lawligagger]

[video=youtube;viv9ZH4qpsw]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=viv9ZH4qpsw[/video]

I literally just discovered Father Jack's existence from this video a few days ago too.

Dammit.

[Scoops]

feck off cup

:(

[L'Citizen]

He's not dead, just sober

[video=youtube;zJ72tSlnXAA]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zJ72tSlnXAA[/video]

[Aphtonites]

[QUOTE=Lawligagger;49831406][video=youtube;viv9ZH4qpsw]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=viv9ZH4qpsw[/video]

I literally just discovered Father Jack's existence from this video a few days ago too.

Dammit.[/QUOTE]
What the fuck, did I accidentally predict something? I only made that video a few days ago :disappoint:
I'm not sure how to feel now

[Jeff the Hobo]

[QUOTE=The bird Man;49830516][B]FUCK[/B][/QUOTE]

Correction: [b]FECK[/b]

[Lawligagger]

[QUOTE=Aphtonites;49832548]What the fuck, did I accidentally predict something? I only made that video a few days ago :disappoint:
I'm not sure how to feel now[/QUOTE]

we must download his personality from all of his appearances in media and compile it into a robot personality and put it into a Boston Dynamics robot.