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Mark Northover

Acting Born Mar 27, 1950 Poole, Dorset, England, UK 5 credits

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Mark Northover (27 March 1950—6 June 2004) was a British actor, with the distinctive characteristic of dwarfism, whose best-known screen character was Burglekutt in the 1988 film Willow. Another memorable role was that of Alvy in Hardware. Outside cinema, he made an appearance in the music video for Depeche Mode's "Walking In My Shoes". A native of New Orleans, Mark Northover was ten weeks past his 54th birthday when he died of a heart attack in Upton, Dorset, England. He was survived by wife Patsy and namesake son Mark. Description above from the Wikipedia article Mark Northover, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Full filmography

  • Willow (1988) as Burglekutt
  • The Paradise Club (1989) as Albert Ironside
  • Hardware (1990) as Alvy
  • Mack the Knife (1989) as Jimmy Jewels
  • A Kind of Hush (1999) as Uncle Chris