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Pat Roach
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1937-05-19,Birmingham, England, UK
Gender
Male
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

Filmography

7.005

Willow
1988-05-20

Clash of the Titans

6.927

Clash of the Titans
1981-06-12

Conan the Destroyer

6.139

Conan the Destroyer
1984-06-29

Kull the Conqueror

5.015

Kull the Conqueror
1997-08-29

Unidentified Flying Oddball

5.6

Unidentified Flying Oddball
1979-07-19

Willow: Behind the Magic

4.313

Willow: Behind the Magic
2023-01-25

3.5

Crust
2003-12-12

Never Say Never Again

6.1

Never Say Never Again
1983-10-07

Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom

7.311

Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
1984-05-23

Raiders of the Lost Ark

7.926

Raiders of the Lost Ark
1981-06-12

Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade

7.854

Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
1989-05-24

5.367

Red Sonja
1985-04-09

Give Us a Kiss, Christabel

0

Give Us a Kiss, Christabel
1977-10-27

0

Blobbyvision
1994-10-10

Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves

6.856

Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves
1991-06-14

4.762

The Big Man
1990-08-31

8

Barry Lyndon
1975-12-16

Masters of the Canvas

0

Masters of the Canvas
1992-01-31

The Zany Adventures of Robin Hood

6.833

The Zany Adventures of Robin Hood
1984-05-22

6.5

Wings of Fame
1990-03-23

The Return of the Musketeers

6.195

The Return of the Musketeers
1989-04-12

The Monster Club

5.827

The Monster Club
1981-04-11

The Portrait of a Lady

5.986

The Portrait of a Lady
1996-10-17

5.639

Rising Damp
1980-05-03

0

Pasmore
1980-10-21

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

7.563

The Making of 'Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom'
1984-12-04

Harry's Kingdom

0

Harry's Kingdom
1987-09-27

6.654

Jackass
2000-04-12

7.2

Heartbeat
1992-04-10

6.2

Space Precinct
1994-10-03

The New Adventures of Robin Hood

6.467

The New Adventures of Robin Hood
1997-01-13

Auf Wiedersehen, Pet

7.925

Auf Wiedersehen, Pet
1983-11-11

The Last Place on Earth

7.4

The Last Place on Earth
1985-02-18

7.556

Bullseye
1981-09-28

7.2

Minder
1979-10-29

6.2

Casualty
1986-09-06

6.909

The Detectives
1993-01-27

6.6

Play for Today
1970-10-15

6.5

Juliet Bravo
1980-08-30

The Storyteller: Greek Myths

8.2

The Storyteller: Greek Myths
1991-12-01

Starhunter ReduX

5

Starhunter ReduX
2018-05-29

8.5

Gangsters
1976-09-09

8

Ellington
1996-04-11

5.2

Hazell
1978-01-16

4.7

Film '72
1971-11-16

7

Premiere
1977-09-22

Sunday Premiere

7

Sunday Premiere
1986-08-31