Maurice Bush
Acting Born Jun 3, 1930 Pimlico, London, England, UK 18 credits
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.
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Full filmography
- Doctor Who (1963) as Ogron
- The Empire Strikes Back (1980) as Dengar (uncredited)
- Return of the Jedi (1983) as Dengar - The Bounty Hunter (uncredited)
- Target (1977) as Grizzly
- Budgie (1971) as Maurice
- New Scotland Yard (1972) as Frank Gray
- On the Buses (1969)
- The Racing Game (1979)
- Scars of Dracula (1970) as Farmer
- The Creeping Flesh (1973) as Karl
- Trial by Combat (1976) as Lorry Driver #3
- The Frightened City (1961) as Basher Prebble
- Knockback: 1 (1985) as Prisoner
- Son of Dracula (1974) as Monster
- Doctor in Trouble (1970) as Russian Trawlerman (uncredited)
- Doctor Who: Day of the Daleks (1972) as Ogron
- Laughing Anne (1953) as Battling Brunius
- The Secret Life of Arnold Bax (1992) as The Doorman