Michael Melia
Birthday
1945/07/25 (80 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Eton, Buckinghamshire, England, UK
Also know as
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Biography
Michael Melia (born 1945) is an established British actor best known for his work on television. He appeared as Queen Vic landlord Eddie Royle in BBC One soap opera EastEnders between 1990 and 1991. Melia was born in Berkshire and attended St Mary's College, Strawberry Hill, the oldest Roman Catholic college in England. Before taking up acting he was a teacher. At one stage he ran a bar in Spain and thought about applying for a pub tenancy in England. However the idea was vetoed by his wife, former actress turned teacher, Celia Melia.
Acting
(1985) Christmas Present
as Hammonds Security Guard
(1988) The Girl in a Swing
as Policeman
(1988) Reasonable Force
as DCI 'Rubber Heels'
(1989) Here Is the News
as Det. Sgt. Good
(1980) Fox
as Hough
(1974) Juggernaut
as Navigator
(1990) Sweet Nothing
as Dustman
(1982) Doctor Who: The Visitation
as Terileptil Leader
(1986) Car Trouble
as Fireman
(2013) Grim Tales: Revisiting the Visitation
as Self
(1984) The Bill
as ---
(1963) Doctor Who
as Terileptil
(1978) Blake's 7
as Federation Trooper
(1980) The Gentle Touch
as ---
(1979) Tales of the Unexpected
as Detective Sergeant
(1985) Dempsey and Makepeace
as Paul Marshall
(1979) Minder
as Freddie
(1976) When the Boat Comes In
as ---
(1981) The Chinese Detective
as ---
(1975) The Sweeney
as Rudd
(1975) Rumpole of the Bailey
as Frank Armstrong
(1986) London's Burning
as ---
(1985) EastEnders
as Eddie Royle
(1992) Maigret
as ---
(1995) Dangerfield
as D.I. Frank Dagley
(2004) New Tricks
as Vernon Murnaghan
(1979) Minder
as Fletcher
(1989) Campion
as 'Sock' Petrie
(1993) The Detectives
as Brian
(1985) C.A.T.S. Eyes
as Bert Black
(1988) After Henry
as Barman