Joe Melia

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Giovanni Philip William "Joe" Melia [1] (23 January 1935, Camden, London [2] - 20 October 2012, Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire) was a British actor.

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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]

Selected filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
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 StarkeyTV 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' YearsKenneth SmallTV Movie
1982 Privates on Parade Sergeant Len Bonny
1983 The Sign of Four Jonathan SmallTV Movie
1984 Pop Pirates Guard
Sakharov Sergej KovalovTV Movie

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
1959 The Larkins 4th BarristerEpisode: "Haul for One"
1961 Winning Widows 1 episode
1965Call It What You LikeVarious6 episodes
1965-6 Not Only... But Also Various2 episodes
1966Foreign AffairsSerge Volchanivov6 episodes
1967 Man in a Suitcase Hendrik OlsenEpisode: "The Sitting Pigeon"
1968 Softly, Softly LemgraceEpisode: "Proof"
Sherlock Holmes Joey DalyEpisode: "A Study in Scarlet"
1969 Public Eye Billy RayboldEpisode: "The Comedian's Graveyard"
The Mind of Mr. J.G. Reeder Mo LinskiEpisode: "The Green Mamba"
1971 Paul Temple Alex TrimmerEpisode: "The Guilty Must Die"
1973 The Goodies Builder, Estate AgentEpisode: "The New Office"
1976 Red Letter Day StanleyAmazing Stories
1979Sally AnnBernie2 episodes
1981 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Mr. Prosser1 episode
1982 Last of the Summer Wine PercyEpisode: "A Bicycle Made For Three"
1983 Give Us a Break MontyEpisode: "When It Rains, It Pours"
1984 Big Deal Mel CarterEpisode: "A Ragged Run"
1985 Minder ErnieEpisode: "From Fulham, with Love"
1986 Chance in a Millon PhotographerEpisode: "Pre-Matrimonial Tensions"
1986-88 A Very Peculiar Practice Ron Rust3 episodes
1992 Birds of a Feather Greek PriestEpisode: "Belongings"
The Bill Siddy JacobsEpisode: "Open to Offers"
1994 Love on a Branch Line Mr. Jones4 episodes
1995 The Ghostbusters of East Finchley Stan5 episodes
1997 Born to Run Albert3 episodes (final appearance)

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References

  1. "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". TheGuardian.com . 7 November 2012.
  5. "Joe Melia obituary" . Retrieved 8 October 2022.