Maurice Bush
Born: 1930-06-03 in Pimlico, London, England, UK
Known For: Acting
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.
Filmography
1992
- The Secret Life of Arnold Bax as The Doorman
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
1977
- Target as Grizzly
1976
- Trial by Combat as Lorry Driver #3
1974
- Son of Dracula as Monster
1973
- The Creeping Flesh as Karl
1972
- Doctor Who: Day of the Daleks as Ogron
1971
- Budgie as Maurice
1970
- Scars of Dracula as Farmer
- Doctor in Trouble as Russian Trawlerman (uncredited)
1969
1963
- Doctor Who as Ogron
1961
- The Frightened City as Basher Prebble
1953
- Laughing Anne as Battling Brunius