Father Ted's Frank Kelly Has Died

The Irish actor who played Father Jack in the Father Ted comedy series has died.

Frank Kelly, 77, was the feisty parody of a drunken priest whose role lampooning Catholicism helped make the series a massive hit at home and abroad.

He spent 60 years on screen and stage but revealed last November that he had been diagnosed with Parkinson's disease.

As well as appearing on the sitcom, Kelly had more recent roles in Emmerdale and Mrs Brown's Boys D'Movie, but was best known for playing the irreverent and foul-mouthed Father Jack Hackett.

The actor beat bowel cancer in 2011 and underwent procedures to remove two small skin cancers in 2014.