Person Details

Birthday: 1931-01-24 14:31:01

Death: 2005-10-18 14:31:01

Aliases: Bertie Wyn Hollis

Gender: Male

Place of birth: Nottinghamshire - England - UK

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Movie Involvements: 14

TV Involvements: 10


Most Famous Work

Biography

John Hollis was an English actor. He played the role of Lobot in Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back and the German porter at the chateau in The Dirty Dozen. He appeared in the classic 1978 film Superman as one of the Elders of Krypton, and reprised his role in the 1980 theatrical version of Superman II. He also played the role of Ernst Stavro Blofeld in the cold open of the 1981 James Bond film For Your Eyes Only, going uncredited due to the controversy over the film rights and characters of Thunderball. In this sequence, his character was famously lifted from a wheelchair and dropped to his death down a chimney stack by Bond after he had attempted to kill Bond by using a remote control link to Bond's MI6 helicopter. Hollis also took the role of Sondergaard in the Jon Pertwee era of Doctor Who in the story The Mutants, and appeared in The Avengers episode The Cybernauts as a sensei and also in The Tomorrow People. John Hollis was a versatile character actor for BBC Radio. Notable roles include Magwitch in Great Expectations, Leonard Bast in Howards End, Conan Doyle's Inspector Lestrade and Shakespeare's Bardolph.

Most Famous Work

The Avengers
Average
8

The Avengers

(1961) Zoltan
Doctor Who
Average
8

Doctor Who

(1963) Sondergaard
Play of the Month
Average
5

Play of the Month

(1965) 1st Prisoner
The Onedin Line
Average
7

The Onedin Line

(1971) Corry
Blake's 7
Average
7

Blake's 7

(1978) Lom
The Saint
Average
7

The Saint

(1962) West
Superman
Average
7

Superman

(1978) 4th Elder (uncredited)
The Empire Strikes Back
Average
8

The Empire Strikes Back

(1980) Lando's Aide

Acting

Year Character Movie/Tv
1999 Harbona
1995 Cannonball
1987 Russian General 3 (Kremlin)
1986 Hymer (voice)
1981 Ernst Stavro Blofeld
1980 Krypton Elder
Klytus Observer No. 2
Lando's Aide
1978 4th Elder (uncredited)
Lom
1975 Moriarty's Gunman
1974 Barman
1973 Kanaris
1972 Sondergaard
1971 Corry
Blond
1970 Hartley
1967 German Porter at Chateau (uncredited)
Fred (uncredited)
1966 N/A
Narrator
1965 1st Prisoner
1964 N/A
1963 Sondergaard
1962 West
Tordoff
N/A
N/A
Kaufman
1961 Zoltan
Kanwitch
1960 N/A
1959 N/A
1956 Blond
Year Character Movie/Tv

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