Pat Roach

Pat Roach

Birthday: 1937-05-19

Deathday: 2004-07-17

Place of birth: Birmingham, England, UK

Also known as: 'Bomber' Pat Roach, Francis Patrick Roach, 'Big' Pat Roach

imdb_id: nm0730053

Biography:

Proud and passionate Angle, Pat Roach, was born and raised in Birmingham, England and grew to be a mountain of a man standing at six feet, five inches tall, with doorway-wide shoulders and a barrel chest. Pat wrestled competitively under the name of "Bomber" Roach, and at one time held both the British and European Heavyweight Wrestling Championships. While still in the wrestling game, Roach broke into acting with a bit part in the Stanley Kubrick film Barry Lyndon (1975). He quickly became popular as an enforcer or warrior figure and appeared on-screen with some of Hollywood's biggest names. Many people would remember him as the muscle-bound, bald German guard who hands out a beating toHarrison Ford in Les aventuriers de l'arche perdue (1981), before being cut down by a spinning plane propeller. In other film roles, Roach nearly eliminates 007 Sean Connery in the Bond film Never Say Never Again (1983), in dual roles as a resurrected demon and as a fierce warrior, he fought Arnold Schwarzenegger in the Conan sequel Conan the Destroyer (1984), and was back as a ferocious Indian guard pummeling poor Harrison Ford once again in Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984), before falling into a rock crusher. He also appeared in Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989), Red Sonja (1985) and Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves (1991). Apart from his film activity, Pat ran a gymnasium in Birmingham, operated a used appliance business in the local markets and was known as a warm-hearted and genial man who was happy to chat with admiring fanatics, sign autographs and pose for photographs. Roach was also very popular with English television audiences for his portrayal of gentle giant "Brian 'Bomber' Busbridge" in the series Auf Wiedersehen, Pet (1983) and was scheduled to appear in the fifth series of the show, when he died of cancer on July 17, 2004. He was 67 years old. - IMDb Mini Biography

Played in movies:

Barry Lyndon

Score: 8.0

Raiders of the Lost Ark

Score: 7.9

Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade

Score: 7.8

The Making of 'Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom'

Score: 7.4

Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom

Score: 7.3

Willow

Score: 7.0

Clash of the Titans

Score: 6.9

Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves

Score: 6.9

Wings of Fame

Score: 6.4

The Return of the Musketeers

Score: 6.2

Conan the Destroyer

Score: 6.1

Never Say Never Again

Score: 6.1

The Portrait of a Lady

Score: 6.0

The Monster Club

Score: 5.9

Rising Damp

Score: 5.5

Unidentified Flying Oddball

Score: 5.4

Red Sonja

Score: 5.4

The Zany Adventures of Robin Hood

Score: 5.3

The Big Man

Score: 5.1

Kull the Conqueror

Score: 5.1

Willow: Behind the Magic

Score: 4.1

Crust

Score: 3.0

Harry's Kingdom

Score: 0.0

Pasmore

Score: 0.0

Masters of the Canvas

Score: 0.0

Blobbyvision

Score: 0.0

Give Us a Kiss, Christabel

Score: 0.0

Played in tv shows:

The Storyteller: Greek Myths

Score: 8.1

Gangsters

Score: 8.0

Auf Wiedersehen, Pet

Score: 8.0

Heartbeat

Score: 7.1

Bullseye

Score: 7.1

Minder

Score: 6.8

The Last Place on Earth

Score: 6.8

The Detectives

Score: 6.7

Jackass

Score: 6.6

Play for Today

Score: 6.3

The New Adventures of Robin Hood

Score: 6.3

Casualty

Score: 6.1

Space Precinct

Score: 5.9

Juliet Bravo

Score: 5.8

Starhunter ReduX

Score: 5.0

Hazell

Score: 4.8

Ellington

Score: 0.0