P.H. Moriarty
Date of birth: 1939-01-27
Place of birth: Deptford, London, UK
Known for: Acting
Also known as: P. H. Moriarty
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.
Movie Credits
Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels
1998-08-28
A card shark and his unwillingly-enlisted friends need to make a lot of cash quick after losing a sk
The Long Good Friday
1980-11-01
In the late 1970s, Cockney crime boss Harold Shand, a gangster trying to become a legitimate propert
The Riddle
2007-10-14
A journalist investigates a series of murders that follows the discovery of an unpublished novel by
The Chelsea Cowboy
The rise and fall of underworld hard-man turned actor Bindon, who despite a successful acting career
Number One
1985-03-01
A down on his luck Irishman in London decides to play snooker for money.
Bloody Kids
1980-03-22
Two boys pull a Saturday night prank on the police in a seaside British town.
Jaws 3-D
1983-07-22
A giant thirty-five-foot shark becomes trapped in a SeaWorld theme park and it's up to the sons of p
Chaplin
1992-12-17
An aged Charlie Chaplin narrates his life to his autobiography's editor, including his rise to wealt
Palmer
1991-01-05
Eddie Palmer attempts to run a private investigation bureau while coping with eccentric staff, an ac
Patriot Games
1992-06-04
When CIA Analyst Jack Ryan interferes with an IRA assassination, a renegade faction targets Jack and
Evil Never Dies
2014-01-13
Ex-gangster Harry Payne confronts his violent past and vengeance from beyond the grave.
Scum
1979-09-12
Powerful, uncompromising drama about two boys' struggle for survival in the nightmare world of Brita
The Accountant
1989-09-24
London middle class Jewish accountant Lionel is preparing for his son's bar mitzvah when he does a l
Fox
1980-03-10
The thirteen-part series recounted the lives of the titular Fox family, who lived in Clapham in Sout
Submerged
2005-05-06
Chris Kody, imprisoned member of the US military, is released from prison and reunited with his old
Slayground
1983-12-01
After thieves botch an armored truck robbery that leads to the death of an innocent young girl, her
A Sense of Freedom
1985-10-18
The true story of Jimmy Boyle, who was reputed to be Scotland's most violent man.
Outland
1981-05-22
On the sunless moon Io, Marshall William T. O’Niel goes toe-to-toe with the corrupt manager of a min
Manilla Envelopes
2006-01-01
Also known as The Battersea Ripper, this is a comic crime thriller set in London concerning a young
Quadrophenia
1979-09-14
Based on the 1973 rock opera album of the same name by The Who, this is the story of 60s teenager Ji
Dear Sarah
1990-02-07
Giuseppe Conlon and his son Gerry are convicted of an IRA bombing as part of the Maguire Seven in 19
The Making of Jaws 3-D: Sharks Don't Die
1983-07-15
Academy Award winner Lou Gossett Jr. takes you underwater on the trail of the great white shark and
Rise of the Footsoldier: Origins
2021-09-03
A brutal account of how real-life, hard-as-nails Falklands War veteran Tony Tucker came to be involv
Jake's End
1982-05-14
'Motors can stall, shooters can jam. But Jake's end of it'll be all right.' Jake's a professional, a