Giovanni Philip William "Joe" Melia (23 January 1935, Camden, London – 20 October 2012, Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire) was a British actor known for his work on stage, in films and on television. He first came to notice in Peter Nichols's play A Day in the Death of Joe Egg (Glasgow Citizens, 1967).
Biography Born in Camden, north London, to immigrant Italian parents who had moved to Leicester during the Second World War, Melia was educated at the City of Leicester Boys' Grammar School, and Downing College, Cambridge, where he read English,
Selected filmography
Film +YearTitleRoleNotes1959Too Many CrooksWhisperFollow a StarStage Manager1965The Intelligence Men ConductorFour in the Morning Friend1966Modesty BlaiseCrevier1969Oh! What a Lovely War PhotographerA Talent for Loving Tortillaw1972Antony and CleopatraMessenger No. 11976Peter PanStarkeyTV Movie1977Sweeney! Ronnie BrintLeonardo's Last Supper–1978The Odd Job Head Waiter1980The Wildcats of St Trinian'sFlash HarryDonkeys' YearsKenneth 1982Privates on ParadeSergeant Len Bonny1983The Sign of FourJonathan SmallTV Movie1984Pop PiratesGuardSakharovSergej KovalovTV Movie
Television +YearTitleRoleNotes1959The Larkins4th BarristerEpisode: "Haul for One"1961Winning Widows –1 episode1965Call It What You LikeVarious6 episodes1965-6Not Only... But AlsoVarious2 episodes1966Foreign AffairsSerge Volchanivov6 episodes1967Man 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 Stories1979Sally AnnBernie2 episodes1981The Hitchhiker's Guide to the GalaxyMr. Prosser1 episode1982Last 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 MillionPhotographerEpisode: "Pre-Matrimonial Tensions"1986-88A Very Peculiar PracticeRon Rust3 episodes1992Birds of a FeatherGreek PriestEpisode: "Belongings"The BillSiddy JacobsEpisode: "Open to Offers"1994Love on a Branch LineMr. Jones4 episodes1995The Ghostbusters of East FinchleyStan5 episodes1997Born to RunAlbert 3 episodes (final appearance)
References
External links Obituary, The Guardian, 7 November 2012