An Irish performer who built his reputation on stage and screen, Duffin began his career as a character actor, eventually writing and starring in the one-man production Brendan Behan: Confessions of an Irish Rebel, a role that defined his public profile. In the early 1970s he recorded the spoken-word album Shay Duffin Is Brendan Behan, released by Potato Records, further cementing his association…
