Joseph Brady (actor)

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

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]

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

Year Title Role Company Director Notes
1972 Willie Rough Pat Gatens Lyceum Theatre, Edinburgh Bill Bryden
1972 Kidnapped James of the Glens Lyceum Theatre, Edinburgh Bill Bryden adaptation by Keith Dewhurst
1990 The Ship Gus The Ship's Company, Govan Bill Bryden play by Bill Bryden staged at Harland and Wolff, Govan

Filmography

Year Title Role Notes
1964 Father Came Too! Guy Fawkes
1975 The Firefighters Det. Sgt. Carter
1981 If You Go Down in the Woods Today Father Williams
1987 The Fourth Protocol Carmichael

References

  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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