Joe Melia
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Born
23 January 1935
Giovanni Philip William Melia
23 January 1935
Camden Town, London, England
DiedOctober 20, 2012 (aged 77)
Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire, England
AlmamaterDowning College, Cambridge
Joe Melia | |
|---|---|
| Born | Giovanni Philip William Melia 23 January 1935 Camden Town, London, England |
| Died | October 20, 2012 (aged 77) Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire, England |
| Education | City of Leicester Boys' Grammar School |
| Alma mater | Downing College, Cambridge |
| Occupation | Actor |
Giovanni Philip William "Joe" Melia[1] (23 January 1935, Camden, London[2] – 20 October 2012, Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire) was a British actor known for his work on stage, in films and on television. He first came to notice in Peter Nichols's play A Day in the Death of Joe Egg (Glasgow Citizens, 1967).[3]
Born in Camden, north London, to immigrant Italian parents who had moved to Leicester during the Second World War, Melia was educated at the City of Leicester Boys' Grammar School,[4] and Downing College, Cambridge, where he read English,[1]
