Dan and BJ were also in a large number of plays together at the Lyric Theatre and in a TV sitcom, Foreign Bodies. It's always stupid, fun things. But, of course, nowhere was BJ's loss felt more keenly than in the bosom of his family: his wife Elish; two children, Nathan and Abigail; and grandchild Georgia. In America he was a hoot after the authorities wouldn't allow him to fire blanks from a musket on stage Paddy Jenkins. It worked a treat.

It wasn't in any shape or form like a goodbye and he later sent me a video of his new home. "I have very few memories of him that don't involve laughing and having a great time with great craic. Charlie Lawson said BJ Hogg was a gifted actor and a "dear friend". Renowned Northern Irish actor BJ Hogg has died, aged 65. It just so happened in this case the room was about four and half miles away, but it still worked. Sections, Actor BJ Hogg, star of Give My Head Peace, Actor BJ Hogg with Marty Reid as his sidekick Uncle Andy. Ipso, An INM Website "It was really quite distressing for all of us. "We're such a tight-knit family when we're on tour. © BelfastTelegraph.co.uk, Q&A: Everything you need to know about latest coronavirus restrictions in Northern Ireland, BBC's Nolan to go to police over online abuse after GAA pitch invasion coverage, Coronavirus Northern Ireland: ‘This is a wake-up call’ – Stormont leaders sound alarm bells as Covid-19 restrictions come into force across NI, Disgraced NI accountant Gareth Booth jailed for £600k fraud, Students suspended as almost 200 Covid notices issued after Belfast Holyland unrest, The Belfast Telegraph is a member of IPSO and subscribes to its Editors' Code of Practice.

We were in the Bobby Sands movie Hunger together and his portrayal of a loyalist orderly in the Maze was terrifyingly ice-cold and brilliant. And even though BJ was and will forever be Big Mervyn in the minds of most people in Northern Ireland, one of his GMHP co-stars, Olivia Nash, said she hoped his "incredible" performances in serious plays, films and TV series would also be recognised and remembered. Actor B.J. William Henry Brian Hogg (30 April 1955 – 30 April 2020), better known by his stage name BJ Hogg, was a Northern Irish actor best known for playing Big Mervyn in the BBC sitcom Give My Head Peace. Northern Irish comedy actor and of Game of Thrones and The Fall actor BJ Hogg passed away at the age of 65. The conversation was usually about building houses or about cattle. He was always talking about them.". They were also watching it live and we were able to hear them laughing, which was great. Give My Head Peace actor Tim McGarry has said the show will go on without beloved former co-star BJ Hogg, who died in April.

"It was a very weird experience not to have live human beings in front of us, but it worked very well and we're delighted. "The last time I saw him was in February in the Duke of York pub in Belfast and he bought us a bottle of champagne and gave us a huge hug. The Game of Thrones actor last appeared in the first season of Game of Thrones on HBO and he is known for his roles in … Hogg Wife & Children He also said it was too early to think about how the GMHP writers would deal with the loss of BJ after the comedy show returns.

"It's tough in these circumstances, but the BBC has to be commended for the way it handled it. His father William was a plater in Harland and Woolfe shipyard in Belfast, and his mother May ran a general store in their home town. Paddy said: "We were like the Odd Couple living in each other's pockets and at times we were doing each other's heads in. "It was bit odd as due to Covid-19 we couldn't have an audience. The Hole in the Wall Gang who created the immensely popular BBC NI TV comedy were trying to come to terms with the sad reality that the passing of the Big Man with the big heart would leave a hole in their professional and personal lives that they could never fill. But then that Icelandic volcano stranded us with its ash clouds. "I think it's a great innovation by the BBC and I could certainly see it working in the future. We just about got the funeral home to give him a round of applause out of the home. Wednesday, 23 September 2020 | 12.8°C Belfast, Menu His father William was a plater in Harland and Woolfe shipyard in Belfast, and his mother May ran a general store in their home town. And he was in great form. "BJ was part of the family. Our thoughts are with his wife Elish, son Nathan and daughter Abigail at this time.” Actor BJ Hogg’s cause of death is still not made public, we will soon update you on BJ Hogg’s cause of death. He had been through that serious illness and I sensed that he knew how lucky he had been and he was looking on every day as precious and that life was to be cherished. We're all obviously in shock but it's been nice to think back on BJ's funniest moments in GMHP as Elvis or as the last Orangeman to walk down the Garvaghy Road in Portadown in record quick time - 15.2 seconds.". ", In Holland, BJ and Paddy spent two months sharing a tiny log cabin and having to sit together on a tour bus. Hogg, an actor who appeared in 'Game of Thrones,' 'The Fall,' and the BBC Northern Ireland series 'Give My Head Peace,' has died at 65. It was just an enormous loss to us. "He was an old-style theatre person... the show must go on no matter what and he was certainly a man who embraced the entire ethos of that.

Dan recalled how he and BJ first met on the set of Four Days In July, a 1984 Troubles TV drama in Belfast directed by the acclaimed Englishman Mike Leigh and which also starred Stephen Rea and Coronation Street veteran Charlie Lawson. And he knew Belfast like the back of his hand. BJ Hogg, a true Ulsterman, was born in Lisburn, Co. Antrim.

“He was a fine actor, a great colleague, and a true friend. "We haven't been on air for nine months, so we had plenty to talk about. He also used to give magnificent hugs and you could have trusted him with your innermost secrets.". ", The Belfast Telegraph is a member of IPSO and subscribes to its Editors' Code of Practice "He had a beautiful sensitivity and he was amazing in The Fall, for example.