John Hollis

John Hollis

Birthday: 1931-01-24

Deathday: 2005-10-18

Place of birth: Nottinghamshire - England - UK

Also known as: Bertie Wyn Hollis

imdb_id: nm0391197

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.

Played in movies:

The Empire Strikes Back

Score: 8.4

The Dirty Dozen

Score: 7.6

Doctor Who: The Mutants

Score: 7.5

Superman

Score: 7.2

Superman II

Score: 6.7

Valhalla

Score: 6.7

Esther

Score: 6.7

For Your Eyes Only

Score: 6.5

Flash Gordon

Score: 6.2

Captain Kronos: Vampire Hunter

Score: 6.1

The Adventure of Sherlock Holmes' Smarter Brother

Score: 6.0

The Great Kandinsky

Score: 6.0

Casino Royale

Score: 5.2

Creatures the World Forgot

Score: 5.0

James Bond: The First 21 Years

Score: 5.0

Superman IV: The Quest for Peace

Score: 4.6

Ghost in the Noonday Sun

Score: 4.1

Freelance

Score: 3.8

On the Run

Score: 0.0

The Adventures Of Don Quixote

Score: 0.0

Detective Waiting

Score: 0.0

Low Water

Score: 0.0

Played in tv shows:

Doctor Who

Score: 7.9

The Avengers

Score: 7.7

The Avengers

Score: 7.7

The Avengers

Score: 7.7

Adam Adamant Lives!

Score: 7.5

The Saint

Score: 7.3

The Saint

Score: 7.3

Blake's 7

Score: 7.2

Man of the World

Score: 7.0

Man of the World

Score: 7.0

Maigret

Score: 6.9

The Onedin Line

Score: 6.8

The Day of the Triffids

Score: 6.5

Dr. Finlay's Casebook

Score: 6.0

The Andromeda Breakthrough

Score: 6.0

Armchair Theatre

Score: 5.8

BBC Play of the Month

Score: 5.0

A for Andromeda

Score: 5.0

The Wednesday Play

Score: 4.5

No Hiding Place

Score: 3.7

Crane

Score: 0.0