- In 1982, Joe Melia won a "Best Actor in a Supporting Role" Laurence Olivier Award for the play, "Good".
- National service with the Intelligence Corps.
- Born over a barbershop in Camden Town.
- Son of Italian parents, born in Islington. His family moved to Leicester during World War II.
- Studied language at Cambridge University. Was spotted by a talent scout while performing with the Cambridge Footlights Revue.
- He rehearsed a scene in a maternity ward waiting room with Norman Wisdom for the film A Stitch in Time (1963) but it was never filmed.
- He was cast along with Dilys Laye, Derek Godfrey, Jack Shepperd and Felicity Kendall in 'Seven Who Were Hanged' but it was canceled when the finance ran out.
- Filmed a role in the comedy A Stitch in Time but it was cut out.
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