Joe Black, (6 May 1918 — 12 August 1999), was a British actor best known for playing Garstang in Come Back Mrs. Noah.
His parents worked on stage as a variety double act. Black followed in their footsteps, and in 1932 began appearing onstage as a music hall comedian. In 1973, he made his first appearance on TV, playing a driver in an episode of Emmerdale.
He followed his Emmerdale appearance with minor roles in Red Letter Day and The New Avengers in 1976. In 1977, he appeared in the Pilot of Come Back Mrs. Noah and stuck with the series when it ran for five more episodes in 1978, playing Garstang, who changes the lightbulbs onboard the Britannia Seven.
After Come Back Mrs. Noah came to an end, Black played guest roles in Oh No, It's Selwyn Froggitt and Coronation Street, before playing Harvey in almost every episode of the Dramedy Shillingbury Tales. Black went on to only play minor roles for the rest of The '80s, appearing in series such as In Loving Memory, Screen Two, and The Kenny Everett Television Show. His final acting role came in the 1991 miniseries Ashenden.
He died at the age of 81.
Works on TV Tropes he appeared in:
Series- Emmerdale, 1 episode (1973) — Driver
- The New Avengers, episode "Cat Amongst the Pigeons" (1976) — Hudson
- Come Back Mrs. Noah, 6 episodesshow list (1977-78) — Garstang
- Coronation Street, 2 episodes (1979) — Herbert Cook
- Screen Two, episode "Unfair Exchanges" (1984) — Mavis' Dad
