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Personal Info

Gender

Male

Birthday

1930-06-03 (94 years old)

Place of Birth

Pimlico, London, England, UK

Maurice Bush

Biography:

British boxer-turned-actor Maurice Bush (who was occasionally billed as Morris Bush) was a supporting player in a number of British films and television series from the 1950s to the 1990s. His filmography includes The Hellfire Club (1961), The Frightened City (1961), Scars of Dracula (1970) and The Creeping Flesh (1973). He also appeared in many popular British television series, including Dixon of Dock Green, Doctor Who (cast as an Ogron, an alien enemy of the Doctor) and Inspector Morse. Bush was selected to play mummy-like bounty hunter Dengar in Star Wars: Episode V The Empire Strikes Back (1980), uncredited and without any speaking lines.

Known For

Acting

1992

1985

Knockback: 1 as Prisoner

1983

Return of the Jedi as Dengar - The Bounty Hunter (uncredited)

1980

The Empire Strikes Back as Dengar (uncredited)

1979

1976

Trial by Combat as Lorry Driver #3

1974

Son of Dracula as Monster

1973

1972

1971

Budgie as Maurice

1970

1969

1963

Doctor Who as Ogron

1961

The Frightened City as Basher Prebble

1953

Laughing Anne as Battling Brunius