Maurice Bush
1930-06-03 (1930)Pimlico, London, England, UKActing
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.
Known For
Doctor Who
TV • 1963
Target
TV • 1977
Budgie
TV • 1971
The Empire Strikes Back
MOVIE • 1980
Return of the Jedi
MOVIE • 1983
On the Buses
TV • 1969
Scars of Dracula
MOVIE • 1970
The Racing Game
TV • 1979
The Creeping Flesh
MOVIE • 1973
Doctor in Trouble
MOVIE • 1970
Trial by Combat
MOVIE • 1976
Son of Dracula
MOVIE • 1974
The Secret Life of Arnold Bax
MOVIE • 1992
The Frightened City
MOVIE • 1961
Knockback: 1
MOVIE • 1985
Doctor Who: Day of the Daleks
MOVIE • 1972
Laughing Anne
MOVIE • 1953