Eddie Powell
Born: 1927-03-09 in London, England, UK
Died: 2000-08-11
Known For: Crew
Biography
Eddie Powell (9 March 1927 – 11 August 2000) was a British stuntman and actor. Powell performed stuntwork in several films for Hammer Studios, serving as a regular stunt double for Christopher Lee. His credits during this time included portraying Thompson in Daleks' Invasion Earth 2150 A.D. (1966) and the Mummy in The Mummy's Shroud (1967). He also appeared in several James Bond films. Powell portrayed the Aliens for stuntwork in Alien (1979) and Aliens (1986). He also did stunts in Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989), Batman (1989), and Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves (1991). He had an uncredited part as The Goat of Mendes in The Devil Rides Out (1968).
Filmography
2002
- The Alien Saga as Self (archive footage)
1996
- Daylight ... (Stunts)
1995
- Dalekmania as Self
1994
- The World of Hammer as Self (archive footage)
1991
- Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves ... (Stunts)
- A Kiss Before Dying ... (Stunts)
- The Miracle ... (Stunts)
1990
- Nuns on the Run ... (Stunts)
- Shipwrecked ... (Stunts)
1989
- Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade ... (Stunts)
- Batman ... (Stunts)
- Erik the Viking ... (Stunts)
1988
- Willow ... (Stunts)
- High Spirits ... (Stunts)
- Buster ... (Stunts)
- An Affair in Mind ... (Stunts)
1987
- The Living Daylights ... (Stunts)
- The Fourth Protocol as Angry Motorist
1986
- Aliens as Alien Warrior (uncredited)
- Half Moon Street as S.A.S. Man (uncredited)
1985
- A View to a Kill ... (Stunts)
- Legend as Mummified Guard
- Enemy Mine ... (Stunts)
- Howling II: Stirba - Werewolf Bitch ... (Stunts)
1984
- Top Secret! as Underwater Barkeeper (uncredited)
1983
- Krull ... (Stunts)
- Octopussy ... (Stunts)
- Never Say Never Again ... (Stunts)
1981
- For Your Eyes Only ... (Stunts)
1980
- Flash Gordon as Ming's Brute
- The Sea Wolves ... (Stunts)
- S.O.S. Titanic as Steerage Passenger (uncredited)
1978
- The Boys from Brazil ... (Stunts)
1977
- The Spy Who Loved Me ... (Stunts)
- Target as Doug
- Candleshoe as Hood (uncredited)
1975
- The Sweeney ... (Stunts)
1974
- Dracula as Whitby Inn Man kilied by Dracula (uncredited)
- The Mutations ... (Stunts)
1973
- Live and Let Die ... (Stunts)
1972
- Van der Valk ... (Stunts)
1971
- Diamonds Are Forever ... (Stunts)
1970
- Kelly's Heroes ... (Stunts)
- Scars of Dracula ... (Stunts)
- Taste the Blood of Dracula ... (Stunts)
1969
- The Oblong Box as Fighting Man in Tavern (uncredited)
1968
- Where Eagles Dare ... (Stunts)
- Dracula Has Risen from the Grave ... (Stunts)
- The Devil Rides Out as The Goat of Mendes
- The Lost Continent as The Inquisitor
1967
- The Prisoner as Guardian
- You Only Live Twice ... (Stunts)
- Casino Royale as Man in Casino (uncredited)
- The Mummy's Shroud as The Mummy
1966
- Daleks' Invasion Earth: 2150 A.D. as Thompson
1965
- She as Thug (uncredited)
1964
- The Curse of the Mummy's Tomb as 2nd Arab (uncredited)
1963
- From Russia with Love ... (Stunts)
- Jason and the Argonauts ... (Stunts)
1961
- The Avengers ... (Stunt Double)
- The Guns of Navarone ... (Stunts)
1958
- The Vikings ... (Stunts)
1948
- Dick Barton: Special Agent as Henchman