Goodbye pat roach

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R.I.P. Pat Roach who sadly passed away last night.

From Auf Wiedersehen Pet to James Bond films, he was a star.

I am proud to say that he once came down my street, about 10 years ago, in his Dodge Pick-up.
No, it wasn’t a flashy Dodge, but a recovery truck he was using to collect a car at the end of my road.
Not known to many, he had a firm called ‘Pat Roach Car and Commercial’, which was a vehicle dismantlers / salvage yard in Winson Green, opposite the Prison in Birmingham.

The last time I saw him was 2 years ago in Erdington,Birmingham.

I was coming up from Spaghetti and let him out of a side road in his old white Rolls Convertible.

Good Night Bomber, and God Bless.

Niall.

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What a brilliant actor and to think he started out as a profesional wrestler against others such as Les Kellet and Mick McManus RIP Pat :frowning:

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What part did he play in Bond?

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He looked like a scrap dealer too :stuck_out_tongue:

Also was in Indiana Jones Fillem

RIP Bomber Man

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allikat:
What part did he play in Bond?

He played a character called Lippe in Never Say Never Again.

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I remember seeing him wrestle he was pretty good.
A good actor as well although the majority of his roles were smaller parts but he will be missed.

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Pat hasler wrote

What a brilliant actor and to think he started out as a profesional wrestler against others such as Les Kellet and Mick McManus

He did indeed pat, i remember my old man taking me to see him wrestle at the winter gardens and he had teamed up in tag with Big daddy and they wrestled Giant haystacks and cry baby bobby barnes . those were the days lol

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wot a shame i never heard of it on tv only through this site … i liked him in auf weidersehen, no more bomber

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OMG… This is really Tragic news… :cry: :cry: :cry:

I knew Pat quite well… not as in friends, but he knew me by name and face, along with my dad too.
I do a lot of voluntry work with a charity called Special Olympics - Sport for people with Learning Disabillities, and Pat was a very very active follower of this charity. He would always come to any games that were going on, and would always be doing everything he could to help, not just ‘appear’ as a TV face, but he would get involved, from organising, to escorting the athletes, to presenting medals. and he was always so down to earth, friendly, helpful, and full of fun and life…

Special Olympics has lost a great ambassedor, as has Great Britain…

My sincere condolences to his Family at this very sad time…

All the Best Pat… take care buddy… :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry:

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Sadly news!! :cry: I love Auf Weidersehen Pet, but no more for Bomber!!!

but Bomer said “let have a rest in peace”

Ben

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RIP bomber :cry:
i grew up watching him wrestle,then AWP 1st series was fantastic
he looked vain and ill in the 4th series
so long pat
a true star
jon
ps i have just bought a copy of his book if :the pat roach story from amazon as a mark of respect
the book has a foreward by arny swaz

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Used to watch him on ITV World of Sport every Saturday.

Made his name as Bomber in Auf Wiedersehen Pet, which I enjoyed every minute of.

The world will be a much poorer place without ‘The Gentle Giant’.