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
[edit]Film
[edit]| 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
[edit]| 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 Millon | 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
[edit]- ^ a b "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". Retrieved 8 October 2022.
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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
- 20th-century English male actors
- 21st-century English male actors
- English people of Italian descent
- Actors from the London Borough of Camden
- People from Camden Town
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