Pat Roach


 
 

Patrick Roach (May 19, 1937- July 17, 2004) was a wrestler and actor from Birmingham, England. He was a tall (6'5") and broad-shouldered man weighing in at nearly 280 pounds (127 kg). His most famous role is that of Bomber Busbridge in Auf Wiedersehen, Pet. He was also the only actor besides Harrison Ford to appear in all three films in the Indiana Jones trilogy (Raiders of the Lost Ark, Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom and Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade).

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Before Roach broke into acting, he was a wrestler under the name of "Bomber" Roach. He was trained by Alf Kent and his first official wrestling match was against George Selko.

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Roach held both the British & European Heavyweight Wrestling Championships. He made his acting debut as the red bearded bouncer in the Korova Milkbar in Stanley Kubrick's A Clockwork Orange in 1971. He became a quick success as the warrior muscle-bound enforcer beside some of Hollywood's biggest actors.

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His subsequent film roles have included:

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