Pat Roach

Acting

Pat Roach

Overview

Known for
Acting
Gender
Other
Birthday
May 19, 1937 (88 years old)
Death date
Jul 17, 2004

Pat Roach

Known For

Willow: Behind the Magic
34min
DOLBY
Movie 2023

Willow: Behind the Magic

Featuring the breakout stars from the series and returning legends,...

Kull the Conqueror
1h 35m
DOLBY
Movie 1997

Kull the Conqueror

A barbarian named Kull becomes ruler after defeating the old...

Blobbyvision
1h 11m
DOLBY
Movie 1994

Blobbyvision

Mr Blobby displays his skills as only he can in...

Masters of the Canvas
1h
DOLBY
Movie 1992

Masters of the Canvas

When pop artist Peter Blake confessed that his fantasy was...

The Big Man
1h 56m
DOLBY
Movie 1990

The Big Man

An unemployed Scottish miner is forced into bare-knuckle boxing to...

The Return of the Musketeers
1h 42m
DOLBY
Movie 1989

The Return of the Musketeers

It's 1649: Mazarin hires the impoverished D'Artagnan to find the...

Red Sonja
1h 29m
DOLBY
Movie 1985

Red Sonja

The tyrant Gedren seeks the total power in a world...

The Last Place on Earth
7 Episodes
DOLBY
TV Show 1985

The Last Place on Earth

The Last Place on Earth is a 1985 Central Television...

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