Joe Melia Explained

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,[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

!Year!Title!Role!Notes
1959Too Many CrooksWhisper
Follow a StarStage Manager
1965The Intelligence Men Conductor
Four in the Morning Friend
1966Modesty BlaiseCrevier
1969Oh! What a Lovely War Photographer
A Talent for Loving Tortillaw
1972Antony and CleopatraMessenger No. 1
1976Peter PanStarkeyTV Movie
1977Sweeney! Ronnie Brint
Leonardo's Last Supper
1978The Odd Job Head Waiter
1980The Wildcats of St Trinian'sFlash Harry
Donkeys' YearsKenneth SmallTV Movie
1982Privates on ParadeSergeant Len Bonny
1983The Sign of FourJonathan SmallTV Movie
1984Pop PiratesGuard
SakharovSergej KovalovTV Movie

Television

!Year!Title!Role!Notes
1959The Larkins4th BarristerEpisode: "Haul for One"
1961Winning Widows 1 episode
1965Call It What You LikeVarious6 episodes
1965-6Not Only... But AlsoVarious2 episodes
1966Foreign AffairsSerge Volchanivov6 episodes
1967Man in a SuitcaseHendrik OlsenEpisode: "The Sitting Pigeon"
1968Softly, SoftlyLemgraceEpisode: "Proof"
Sherlock HolmesJoey DalyEpisode: "A Study in Scarlet"
1969Public EyeBilly RayboldEpisode: "The Comedian's Graveyard"
The Mind of Mr. J.G. ReederMo LinskiEpisode: "The Green Mamba"
1971Paul TempleAlex TrimmerEpisode: "The Guilty Must Die"
1973The GoodiesBuilder, Estate AgentEpisode: "The New Office"
1976Red Letter DayStanleyAmazing Stories
1979Sally AnnBernie2 episodes
1981The Hitchhiker's Guide to the GalaxyMr. Prosser1 episode
1982Last of the Summer WinePercyEpisode: "A Bicycle Made For Three"
1983Give Us a BreakMontyEpisode: "When It Rains, It Pours"
1984Big DealMel CarterEpisode: "A Ragged Run"
1985MinderErnieEpisode: "From Fulham, with Love"
1986Chance in a MillonPhotographerEpisode: "Pre-Matrimonial Tensions"
1986-88A Very Peculiar PracticeRon Rust3 episodes
1992Birds of a FeatherGreek PriestEpisode: "Belongings"
The BillSiddy JacobsEpisode: "Open to Offers"
1994Love on a Branch LineMr. Jones4 episodes
1995The Ghostbusters of East FinchleyStan5 episodes
1997Born to RunAlbert 3 episodes (final appearance)

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Joe Melia obituary. TheGuardian.com. 7 November 2012.
  2. Web site: Elvin . Laura . Reluctant city star Joe Melia dies, 77 . This is Leicestershire . 30 October 2012. 5 November 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20121105102005/http://www.thisisleicestershire.co.uk/Reluctant-city-star-Joe-Melia-dies-77/story-17223152-detail/story.html . 5 November 2012. dead .
  3. Web site: Archived copy . 21 July 2012. 15 May 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140515043259/http://www.wyvernians.org.uk/news_pdf/issue63.pdf . dead .
  4. Web site: Joe Melia obituary. TheGuardian.com. 7 November 2012.
  5. Web site: Joe Melia obituary. 8 October 2022.