Joe Melia

Giovanni Philip William "Joe" 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,[1] he first came to notice in Peter Nichols’s A Day in the Death of Joe Egg (Glasgow Citizens, 1967).[4]

Selected filmography

Film

Year Title Role Notes
1959 Too Many Crooks Whisper
Follow a Star Stage Manager
1965 The Intelligence Men Conductor
Four in the Morning Friend
1966 Modesty Blaise Crevier
1969 Oh! What a Lovely War Photographer
A Talent for Loving Tortillaw
1972 Antony and Cleopatra Messenger No. 1
1976 Peter Pan Starkey TV Movie
1977 Sweeney! Ronnie Brint
Leonardo's Last Supper –
1978 The Odd Job Head Waiter
1980 The Wildcats of St Trinian's Flash Harry
Donkeys' Years Kenneth
1982 Privates on Parade Sergeant Len Bonny
1983 The Sign of Four Jonathan Small TV Movie
1984 Pop Pirates Guard
Sakharov Sergej Kovalov TV Movie

Television

Year Title Role Notes
1959 The Larkins 4th Barrister Episode: "Haul for One"
1961 Winning Widows – 1 episode
1965 Call It What You Like Various 6 episodes
1965-6 Not Only... But Also Various 2 episodes
1966 Foreign Affairs Serge Volchanivov 6 episodes
1967 Man in a Suitcase Hendrik Olsen Episode: "The Sitting Pigeon"
1968 Softly, Softly Lemgrace Episode: "Proof"
Sherlock Holmes Joey Daly Episode: "A Study in Scarlet"
1969 Public Eye Billy Raybold Episode: "The Comedian's Graveyard"
The Mind of Mr. J.G. Reeder Mo Linski Episode: "The Green Mamba"
1971 Paul Temple Alex Trimmer Episode: "The Guilty Must Die"
1973 The Goodies Builder, Estate Agent Episode: "The New Office"
1976 Red Letter Day Stanley Amazing Stories
1979 Sally Ann Bernie 2 episodes
1981 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Mr. Prosser 1 episode
1982 Last of the Summer Wine Percy Episode: "A Bicycle Made For Three"
1983 Give Us a Break Monty Episode: "When It Rains, It Pours"
1984 Big Deal Mel Carter Episode: "A Ragged Run"
1985 Minder Ernie Episode: "From Fulham, with Love"
1986 Chance in a Million Photographer Episode: "Pre-Matrimonial Tensions"
1986-88 A Very Peculiar Practice Ron Rust 3 episodes
1992 Birds of a Feather Greek Priest Episode: "Belongings"
The Bill Siddy Jacobs Episode: "Open to Offers"
1994 Love on a Branch Line Mr. Jones 4 episodes
1995 The Ghostbusters of East Finchley Stan 5 episodes
1997 Born to Run Albert 3 episodes (final appearance)

References

  1. ^ a b "Joe Melia obituary". TheGuardian.com. 7 November 2012.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ "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)
  4. ^ "Joe Melia obituary". Retrieved 8 October 2022.


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