Victor Mercieca

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Victor Mercieca (10 May 1927 - 23 December 2010) was a Maltese actor and broadcaster born in Birkirkara, Malta.

After working as a school teacher, he was employed for many years within the government's Department of Information (DOI), ending his career as assistant director of this department.

On stage he was as known for his voice as he was on radio, where he initially began broadcasting during schools' broadcasts on the Rediffusion cable radio service, which were produced by the DOI under the direction of Lawrence Mizzi. Later he went on to produce several radio plays and drama serials on Radio Malta. For many years he also produced a popular history programme on Radio Malta called Art Twelidna, where was regularly accompanied by historian Ġuzé Galea.

He played small parts in many of the films shot in Malta, particularly in the 1960s and 1970s. The most notable of these is the part of these is that of Prince Cippola in Mike Hodges' Pulp in 1972.

Victor Mercieca died at Villa Messina in Rabat on Thursday 23 December 2010, surrounded by his seven children: Maryrose, Anthony, John, Bernadette, Anna, Jacqueline, and Joseph.