John Hollis
Born: 1931-01-24 in Nottinghamshire, England, UK
Died: 2005-10-18
Known For: Acting
Biography
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.
Filmography
1999
- Esther as Harbona
1995
- The Great Kandinsky as Cannonball
1987
- Superman IV: The Quest for Peace as Russian General 3 (Kremlin)
1986
- Valhalla as Hymer (voice)
1983
- James Bond: The First 21 Years as Ernst Stavro Blofeld (archive footage)
- Brass as Arthur
1981
- For Your Eyes Only as Ernst Stavro Blofeld
- The Day of the Triffids as Alf
1980
- The Empire Strikes Back as Lando's Aide
- Flash Gordon as Klytus Observer No. 2
- Superman II as Krypton Elder
1975
- The Adventure of Sherlock Holmes' Smarter Brother as Moriarty's Gunman
1974
- Captain Kronos: Vampire Hunter as Barman
1973
- Ghost in the Noonday Sun as Kanaris
- The Adventures Of Don Quixote as 1st Prisoner
1972
- Doctor Who: The Mutants as Sondergaard
1971
- The Onedin Line as Corry
- Detective Waiting as Blond
- Creatures the World Forgot as Masked Attacker
1970
- Freelance as Hartley
1968
- On the Run as Baldy
1967
- Casino Royale as Fred (uncredited)
- The Dirty Dozen as German Porter at Chateau (uncredited)
1966
- Low Water as Narrator
- Adam Adamant Lives!
1965
- BBC Play of the Month as 1st Prisoner
1964
- The Wednesday Play as Sacramoro
- Theatre 625 as Ivan
1963
- Doctor Who as Sondergaard
- Crane as Hamid
1962
- The Saint as Tordoff
- Dr. Finlay's Casebook
- Man of the World as Lopez
- The Andromeda Breakthrough as Kaufman
1961
- The Avengers as Kanwitch
- A for Andromeda as Kaufman
1960
1959
1956
- Armchair Theatre as Blond