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Maurice Bush

Maurice Bush

Born: 1930-06-03 • 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
The Secret Life of Arnold Bax poster
The Secret Life of Arnold Bax
1992 • The Doorman
Knockback: 1 poster
Knockback: 1
1985 • Prisoner
Return of the Jedi poster
Return of the Jedi
1983 • Dengar - The Bounty Hunter (uncredited)
The Empire Strikes Back poster
The Empire Strikes Back
1980 • Dengar (uncredited)
Trial by Combat poster
Trial by Combat
1976 • Lorry Driver #3
Son of Dracula poster
Son of Dracula
1974 • Monster
The Creeping Flesh poster
The Creeping Flesh
1973 • Karl
Doctor Who: Day of the Daleks poster
Doctor Who: Day of the Daleks
1972 • Ogron
Scars of Dracula poster
Scars of Dracula
1970 • Farmer
Doctor in Trouble poster
Doctor in Trouble
1970 • Russian Trawlerman (uncredited)
The Frightened City poster
The Frightened City
1961 • Basher Prebble
Laughing Anne poster
Laughing Anne
1953 • Battling Brunius