Joe Melia
Joe Melia (23 January 1935, Islington, London[1] – 20 October 2012,[2] Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire) was a British actor. He was educated at the City of Leicester Boys' Grammar School[3] and Downing College, Cambridge, where he read English.[4]
He first came to notice in Peter Nichols’s A Day in the Death of Joe Egg (Glasgow Citizens, 1967).[5]
Filmography
Film
- Too Many Crooks (1959) - Whisper
- Follow a Star (1959) - Stage Manager
- The Intelligence Men (1965) - Conductor
- Four in the Morning (1965) - Friend
- Modesty Blaise (1966) - Crevier
- Oh! What a Lovely War (1969) - The Photographer
- A Talent for Loving (1969) - Tortillaw
- Antony and Cleopatra (1972) - Messenger No. 1
- Sweeney! (1977) - Ronnie Brent
- Leonardo's Last Supper (1977)
- The Odd Job (1978) - Head Waiter
- The Wildcats of St Trinians (1980) - Flash Harry
- Privates on Parade (1982) - Sergeant Len Bonny
- The Sign of Four (1983) - Jonathan Small
- Sakharov (1984) - Sergej Kovalov
- Pop Pirates (1984) - Guard
Television roles
- Winning Widows (1961, one episode)
- Not Only... But Also (1966, guest appearance)
- Public Eye (1969) - Billy Raybold
- Full House (1972–1973) - host
- Double Dare (1976)
- The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (1981) - Mr. Prosser
- Last of the Summer Wine (1982, Episode: "A Bicycle Made For Three") - Percy
- Minder (1985) - Ernie
- A Very Peculiar Practice (1986–1988) - Ron Rust
- Love on a Branch Line (1994) - Mr. Jones
- Born to Run (1997) - Albert (final appearnace)
References
- ^ https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0577705/
- ^ Elvin, Laura (2012-10-30). "Reluctant city star Joe Melia dies, 77". This is Leicestershire. Archived from the original on 2012-11-05. Retrieved 2012-11-05.
- ^ http://www.wyvernians.org.uk/news_pdf/issue63.pdf
- ^ https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2012/nov/07/joe-melia
- ^ https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/culture-obituaries/theatre-obituaries/9665308/Joe-Melia.html
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- 1935 births
- 2012 deaths
- Alumni of Downing College, Cambridge
- People educated at City of Leicester Boys' Grammar School
- English male film actors
- English male television actors
- Male actors from London
- People from Islington (district)
- 20th-century English male actors
- 21st-century English male actors
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