Pat Roach

Pat Roach

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

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TV Series

Jackass

Jackass

6.6
Heartbeat

Heartbeat

7.125
Space Precinct

Space Precinct

5.941
The New Adventures of Robin Hood

The New Adventures of Robin Hood

6.3
Auf Wiedersehen, Pet

Auf Wiedersehen, Pet

7.9
Hazell

Hazell

5.3
The Last Place on Earth

The Last Place on Earth

6.8
Bullseye

Bullseye

7.1
Minder

Minder

6.833
Casualty

Casualty

6.139
The Detectives

The Detectives

6.7
Play for Today

Play for Today

6.333
Juliet Bravo

Juliet Bravo

5.8
The Storyteller: Greek Myths

The Storyteller: Greek Myths

8.082
Starhunter ReduX

Starhunter ReduX

4.7
Gangsters

Gangsters

8
Ellington

Ellington

0

Movies

Willow

Willow

7.012
Clash of the Titans

Clash of the Titans

6.905
Conan the Destroyer

Conan the Destroyer

6.126
Kull the Conqueror

Kull the Conqueror

5.113
Unidentified Flying Oddball

Unidentified Flying Oddball

5.4
Willow: Behind the Magic

Willow: Behind the Magic

4.1
Crust

Crust

3
Never Say Never Again

Never Say Never Again

6.051
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom

Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom

7.303
Raiders of the Lost Ark

Raiders of the Lost Ark

7.925
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade

Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade

7.847
Red Sonja

Red Sonja

5.375
Give Us a Kiss, Christabel

Give Us a Kiss, Christabel

0
Blobbyvision

Blobbyvision

0
Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves

Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves

6.861
The Big Man

The Big Man

5.1
Barry Lyndon

Barry Lyndon

8.003
Masters of the Canvas

Masters of the Canvas

0
The Zany Adventures of Robin Hood

The Zany Adventures of Robin Hood

5.25
The Monster Club

The Monster Club

5.924
The Return of the Musketeers

The Return of the Musketeers

6.218
Wings of Fame

Wings of Fame

6.4
The Portrait of a Lady

The Portrait of a Lady

5.961
Rising Damp

Rising Damp

5.5
Pasmore

Pasmore

0
The Making of 'Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom'

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

7.4