Joseph Brady (actor)

Joseph Brady (9 October 1928 – 12 June 2001) was a Scottish actor.[1][2] He starred in a number of television shows, notably as PC Jock Weir in Z-Cars (1962–67, returning for a cameo in the final episode in 1978), as Kenny McBlane in the third series of The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin (1978–79) and as Gramps in the 1993 Rab C. Nesbitt episode "Right".[3][4]

Joseph Brady
Born(1928-10-09)9 October 1928
Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland
Died12 June 2001(2001-06-12) (aged 72)
London, England
NationalityScottish
OccupationActor

He also made appearances in films such as The Fourth Protocol and played the part of the ship's purser in Brideshead Revisited.[1]

Theatre edit

YearTitleRoleCompanyDirectorNotes
1972Willie RoughPat GatensLyceum Theatre, EdinburghBill Bryden
1972KidnappedJames of the GlensLyceum Theatre, EdinburghBill Brydenadaptation by Keith Dewhurst
1990The ShipGusThe Ship's Company, GovanBill Brydenplay by Bill Bryden staged at Harland and Wolff, Govan

Filmography edit

YearTitleRoleNotes
1964Father Came Too!Guy Fawkes
1975The FirefightersDet. Sgt. Carter
1981If You Go Down in the Woods TodayFather Williams
1987The Fourth ProtocolCarmichael

References edit

  1. ^ a b "Joseph Brady". BFI. Archived from the original on 21 October 2020.
  2. ^ "Joseph Brady | Theatricalia". theatricalia.com.
  3. ^ Stran, George (25 June 2001). "Obituary: Joseph Brady". The Guardian.
  4. ^ "Joseph Brady". aveleyman.com.

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