Maurice Bush

Known for: Acting
Born: June 3, 1930
Birthplace: Pimlico, London, England, UK

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

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The Secret Life of Arnold Bax 1992
as The Doorman
Knockback: 1 1985
as Prisoner
Return of the Jedi 1983
as Dengar - The Bounty Hunter (uncredited)
The Empire Strikes Back 1980
as Dengar (uncredited)
Trial by Combat 1976
as Lorry Driver #3
Son of Dracula 1974
as Monster
The Creeping Flesh 1973
as Karl
Doctor Who: Day of the Daleks 1972
as Ogron
Scars of Dracula 1970
as Farmer
Doctor in Trouble 1970
as Russian Trawlerman (uncredited)
The Frightened City 1961
as Basher Prebble
Laughing Anne 1953
as Battling Brunius

Credits from TMDB.