Pat Roach

Made films the shows talk about.

Counted as actor. The films the hosts said they acted in, which the two lists below run through too: A Clockwork Orange (1971); Barry Lyndon (1975); Indiana Jones movies. Count them as craft (1 film) instead.

Draws on

What the speakers say they, or a film of theirs, drew on. Each is a speaker's account: “the maker said so” when they report the maker's own words, “the host's read” when the read is theirs.

Anthony Burgess: 2 lines

  1. unmapped (book vs film) · through A Clockwork Orange (1971), which they acted in: Anthony Burgess ⇒ A Clockwork Orange (the host's read). Reading the novel again, the speaker finds it almost the same as the film, dialogue and all.
    “The dialogue is, it's just unbelievable how little he changed”
    Blank Check — Patreon · A Clockwork Orange with Alex Ross Perry (Ad-Free) · 1:17:42 · Alex Ross Perry (0.80 sure it was them)
  2. lineage (adaptation) · through A Clockwork Orange (1971), which they acted in: Anthony Burgess ⇒ A Clockwork Orange (the host's read). The film adapts Burgess's novel, and Kubrick found he had to change very little.
    “Kubrick reads the book and is like, I didn't have to do much.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · A Clockwork Orange with Alex Ross Perry (Ad-Free) · 1:20:24 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

2001: A Space Odyssey (1968): 1 line

  1. unmapped (self-reference) · through A Clockwork Orange (1971), which they acted in: 2001: A Space Odyssey ⇒ A Clockwork Orange (the host's read). The record store scene shows the 2001 soundtrack, which the speakers read as Kubrick nodding at his own movie.
    “but he's kind of like being like, guys, I made that movie.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · A Clockwork Orange with Alex Ross Perry (Ad-Free) · 1:44:54 · Alex Ross Perry (0.50 sure it was them)

Cabaret (1972): 1 line

  1. people (casting source) · through Barry Lyndon (1975), which they acted in: Cabaret ⇒ Barry Lyndon (the host's read). Kubrick cast Berenson after loving her in Cabaret.
    “Yeah, he loved her in cabaret.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Barry Lyndon with Karina Longworth (Ad-Free) · 1:14:15 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

William Makepeace Thackeray: 1 line

  1. lineage (adaptation) · through Barry Lyndon (1975), which they acted in: William Makepeace Thackeray ⇒ Barry Lyndon (the host's read). Kubrick adapted Thackeray's novel Barry Lyndon into the film.
    “versus just reading Barry Lindon once and then going, oh, I could just adapt this.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Barry Lyndon with Karina Longworth (Ad-Free) · 0:24:16 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

Drawn on by

What the speakers say drew on them or a film of theirs, marked the same way.

Her Smell (2018): 1 line

  1. lineage (inspiration) · through A Clockwork Orange (1971), which they acted in: A Clockwork Orange ⇒ Her Smell (the maker said so: Alex Ross Perry, the writer of Her Smell, speaking on this episode). The speaker says the film's five-act structure was a huge inspiration while writing Her Smell.
    “This movie, I think, and this was a huge inspiration in when I was writing her smell.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · A Clockwork Orange with Alex Ross Perry (Ad-Free) · 1:28:51 · Alex Ross Perry (0.80 sure it was them)

Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma (2026): 1 line

  1. lineage (lineage) · through A Clockwork Orange (1971), which they acted in: A Clockwork Orange ⇒ Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma (the host's read). The contrapuntal needle drop descends from Singin' in the Rain in Clockwork Orange and Stuck in the Middle with You in Reservoir Dogs.
    “all the way back to singing in the rain in Clockwork Orange or stuck in the middle with you in, in, in, in Reservoir dogs.”
    The Big Picture · The Final Girl Film Canon and ‘Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma’ With Gillian Anderson, Hannah Einbinder, and Jane Schoenbrun! · 0:22:08 · Adam Nayman (0.55 sure it was them)

The Simpsons (TV): 1 line

  1. unmapped (parodied) · through A Clockwork Orange (1971), which they acted in: A Clockwork Orange ⇒ The Simpsons (TV) (the host's read). The Simpsons reference this film a lot.
    “But the Simpsons reference is clockwork orange. a lot.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · A Clockwork Orange with Alex Ross Perry (Ad-Free) · 2:29:53 · Griffin Newman (0.40 sure it was them)

What the speakers said they did

Craft (1) everyone in craft

Acting (3) everyone in acting

What was said about them, by kind

people (2)

  1. people (shared actor): Pat Roach → Indiana Jones movies. Roach is the stuntman who plays the big British tough guy over and over, including across the Indiana Jones movies.
    “Who's Pat Roach, who's like that stuntman who exists 5 times over the Indiana Jones movies, plays like the German mechanic and the thuggy guard, whatever.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Barry Lyndon with Karina Longworth (Ad-Free) · 0:58:46 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)
  2. people (shared actor): Pat Roach → A Clockwork Orange. Corporal Toole's actor is the milk bar bouncer in Clockwork Orange.
    “he's the bouncer at the milk bar in Clockwork Orange, that kind.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Barry Lyndon with Karina Longworth (Ad-Free) · 0:59:01 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

Fun items about them

  1. fun, about Pat Roach: The Corporal Toole actor is the stuntman who plays the big British tough guy for smaller heroes to fight, and the milk bar bouncer in Clockwork Orange.
    “It's just this ultimate, like, big British unit tough guy for smaller heroes to fight.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Barry Lyndon with Karina Longworth (Ad-Free) · 0:58:54 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)