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Personal Info

Gender

Male

Birthday

1950-03-27 (75 years old)

Place of Birth

Poole, Dorset, England, UK

Mark Northover

Biography:

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Mark Northover (27 March 1950—6 June 2004) was a British actor, with the distinctive characteristic of dwarfism, whose best-known screen character was Burglekutt in the 1988 film Willow. Another memorable role was that of Alvy in Hardware. Outside cinema, he made an appearance in the music video for Depeche Mode's "Walking In My Shoes". A native of New Orleans, Mark Northover was ten weeks past his 54th birthday when he died of a heart attack in Upton, Dorset, England. He was survived by wife Patsy and namesake son Mark. Description above from the Wikipedia article Mark Northover, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For

Acting

1999

A Kind of Hush as Uncle Chris

1990

Hardware as Alvy

1989

Mack the Knife as Jimmy Jewels
The Paradise Club as Albert Ironside

1988

Willow as Burglekutt