Name
P.H. Moriarty
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1939-01-27
Deathday
2025-02-03 (86 years old)
Place of Birth
Deptford, London, UK
Biography
P.H. Moriarty was a British actor best known for playing hard men and gangsters. He began acting late in life, having worked for many years in several professions including a boxer and a longshoresman. It was whilst working in the latter role that his film career started; a production company, shooting on the docks spotted him one day and asked him to act in their film. Moriarty's film credits include Guy Ritchie's feature film debut Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels, The Long Good Friday, Jaws 3-D and the Western-inspired sci-fi film Outland (1981). He also starred in various British television programmes and TV movies.
Known For
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A card shark and his unwillingly-enlisted friends need to make a lot of cash quick after l...
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In the late 1970s, Cockney crime boss Harold Shand, a gangster trying to become a legitima...
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Based on the 1973 rock opera album of the same name by The Who, this is the story of 60s t...
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Soldier Tony Tucker returns from the Falklands War; a bitter and angry man, he soon makes ...
- 1998 Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels as 'Hatchet' Harry Lonsdale
- 1980 The Long Good Friday as Razors
- 2007 The Riddle as D.I. Willis / Constable Frederick (as P H Moriarty)
- Soon The Chelsea Cowboy as Justice Mars-Jones
- 1985 Number One as Mike the Throat
- 1980 Bloody Kids as Police 1
- 1983 Jaws 3-D as Jack Tate
- 1992 Chaplin as Workhouse Official
- 1991 Palmer as Clayton
- 2014 Evil Never Dies
- 1992 Patriot Games as Court Guard
- 1989 The Accountant as Anthony James May
- 1980 Fox as Wesley
- 1979 Scum as Mr. Hunt
- 2005 Submerged as Chief
- 1984 Slayground as Seeley
- 1985 A Sense of Freedom as Prison Warder
- 1981 Outland as Hitman #1
- 2006 Manilla Envelopes as James Thoms
- 1979 Quadrophenia as Barman at Villain's Pub
- 1990 Dear Sarah as Warder Deans
- 1983 The Making of Jaws 3-D: Sharks Don't Die
- 2021 Rise of the Footsoldier: Origins as Ian Jarvis
- 1982 Jake's End as Taylor
- 1984 The Bill ( 1 episode )
- 1977 The Professionals ( 1 episode ) as Harris
- 1981 The Chinese Detective ( 1 episode )
- 2001 Judge John Deed ( 3 episodes )
- 2003 Frank Herbert's Children of Dune ( 3 episodes ) as Gurney Halleck
- 2000 Frank Herbert's Dune ( 3 episodes ) as Gurney Halleck
- 1983 The Nation's Health ( 4 episodes ) as Chris Hogan
- 1989 The Paradise Club ( 1 episode ) as Evil Jim Dalton
- 1974 Playhouse ( 1 episode ) as Taylor
- 1982 Bird of Prey ( 2 episodes ) as Security Guard
- 1991 For the Greater Good ( 1 episode ) as DAC Spittal
- 1978 Strangers ( 1 episode ) as Jimmy McNemany
- 1989 Screen One ( 1 episode ) as Anthony James May
