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Pat Roach
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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

7.019

Willow
1988-05-20

Clash of the Titans

6.9

Clash of the Titans
1981-06-12

Conan the Destroyer

6.1

Conan the Destroyer
1984-06-29

Kull the Conqueror

5.2

Kull the Conqueror
1997-08-29

Unidentified Flying Oddball

5.4

Unidentified Flying Oddball
1979-07-19

Willow: Behind the Magic

3.9

Willow: Behind the Magic
2023-01-25

3

Crust
2003-12-12

Never Say Never Again

6.053

Never Say Never Again
1983-10-07

Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom

7.295

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

Raiders of the Lost Ark

7.92

Raiders of the Lost Ark
1981-06-12

Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade

7.8

Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
1989-05-24

5.345

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

6.9

Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves
1991-06-14

5.1

The Big Man
1990-08-31

8.006

Barry Lyndon
1975-12-18

Masters of the Canvas

0

Masters of the Canvas
1992-01-31

The Zany Adventures of Robin Hood

5.25

The Zany Adventures of Robin Hood
1984-05-22

The Monster Club

5.977

The Monster Club
1981-04-11

The Return of the Musketeers

6.2

The Return of the Musketeers
1989-04-12

6.7

Wings of Fame
1990-03-23

The Portrait of a Lady

6

The Portrait of a Lady
1996-10-17

5.5

Rising Damp
1980-05-03

0

Pasmore
1980-10-21

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

7.4

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

6.6

Jackass
2000-04-12

7

Heartbeat
1992-04-10

5.7

Space Precinct
1994-10-03

The New Adventures of Robin Hood

6.4

The New Adventures of Robin Hood
1997-01-13

Auf Wiedersehen, Pet

7.9

Auf Wiedersehen, Pet
1983-11-11

5.3

Hazell
1978-01-16

The Last Place on Earth

6.8

The Last Place on Earth
1985-02-18

7.1

Bullseye
1981-09-28

6.8

Minder
1979-10-29

6

Casualty
1986-09-06

6.7

The Detectives
1993-01-27

6.1

Play for Today
1970-10-15

5.8

Juliet Bravo
1980-08-30

The Storyteller: Greek Myths

8.063

The Storyteller: Greek Myths
1991-12-01

Starhunter ReduX

4.7

Starhunter ReduX
2018-05-29