Joe Melia
Joe Melia (né Giovanni Philip William Melia; [1] 23 January 1935, Camden, London[2] - 20 October 2012, Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire) was a British actor.
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
Selected television roles
- Winning Widows (1961, one episode)
- Not Only... But Also (1966, guest appearance)
- Public Eye (1969) - Billy Raybold
- The Goodies (1973) - Builder, Estate Agent
- 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
- Give Us a Break (1983, Episode: When It Rains, It Pours) - Monty
- 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 appearance)."
References
- "Joe Melia obituary". TheGuardian.com. 7 November 2012.
- Elvin, Laura (30 October 2012). "Reluctant city star Joe Melia dies, 77". This is Leicestershire. Archived from the original on 5 November 2012. Retrieved 5 November 2012.
- "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 May 2014. Retrieved 21 July 2012.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - "Joe Melia obituary". TheGuardian.com. 7 November 2012.
- "Joe Melia obituary". Retrieved 8 October 2022.
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