Francis Patrick Roach (19 May 1937 – 17 July 2004) was an English professional wrestler, martial artist and actor. During an acting career between the 1970s and the 1990s, he appeared in multiple films; due to his large size usually cast as a henchman. He appeared in the Indiana Jones film series, as the West Country bricklayer Brian "Bomber" Busbridge in the 1980s British television series Auf Wiedersehen, Pet, and in the role of Petty Officer Edgar Evans in the television production The Last Place on Earth.
Roach was born and brought up in Birmingham, West Midlands, the son of Francis "Frank" Roach (born 1905).[citation needed] He was National Judo Champion in 1960, and Midland Area Black Belt Champion in 1962.
Roach boxed as an amateur before becoming professional as a protege of Jack Solomons.

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