1931-01-24 ( 94 years old ) in Nottinghamshire - England - UK
John Hollis was an English actor. He played the role of Lobot in Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back and the German porter at the chateau in The Dirty Dozen. He appeared in the classic 1978 film Superman as one of the Elders of Krypton, and reprised his role in the 1980 theatrical version of Superman II. He also played the role of Ernst Stavro Blofeld in the cold open of the 1981 James Bond film For Your Eyes Only, going uncredited due to the controversy over the film rights and characters of Thunderball. In this sequence, his character was famously lifted from a wheelchair and dropped to his death down a chimney stack by Bond after he had attempted to kill Bond by using a remote control link to Bond's MI6 helicopter. Hollis also took the role of Sondergaard in the Jon Pertwee era of Doctor Who in the story The Mutants, and appeared in The Avengers episode The Cybernauts as a sensei and also in The Tomorrow People. John Hollis was a versatile character actor for BBC Radio. Notable roles include Magwitch in Great Expectations, Leonard Bast in Howards End, Conan Doyle's Inspector Lestrade and Shakespeare's Bardolph.
Movies
Esther
1999-03-29
The Great Kandinsky
1995-10-13
Superman IV: The Quest for Peace
1987-07-24
Valhalla
1986-05-12
For Your Eyes Only
1981-06-24
Superman II
1980-12-12
Flash Gordon
1980-09-01
The Empire Strikes Back
1980-05-20
Superman
1978-12-14
Captain Kronos: Vampire Hunter
1974-04-07
The Adventures Of Don Quixote
1973-01-07
Ghost in the Noonday Sun
1973-01-01
Doctor Who: The Mutants
1972-05-13
Detective Waiting
1971-09-14
Creatures the World Forgot
1971-09-01
Freelance
1970-01-01
The Dirty Dozen
1967-06-15
Casino Royale
1967-04-13
Low Water
1966-01-01
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