Tributes flood in for TV ‘institution’ Frank Kelly

The actor Frank Kelly, best known for playing the hard- drinking and foul-mouthed priest Father Jack in the TV comedy Father Ted, has died at the age of 77.

Frank Kelly (right) as Father Jack with the Father Ted cast.

Kelly was a veteran of stage and screen for 60 years, including appearances on RTÉ’s satirical show Hall’s Pictorial Weekly and as Father Jack Hackett on the Channel 4 sitcom from 1995 to 1998.

Kelly passed away exactly 18 years after the death of his Father Ted co-star Dermot Morgan, who also died on a Sunday.