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John Hollis
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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 co…
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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.
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Esther
as Harbona
No Poster
The Great Kandinsky
as Cannonball
Superman IV: The Quest for Peace
as Russian General 3 (Kremlin)
Blake's 7: Aftermath
as Lom
Valhalla
as Hymer (voice)
James Bond: The First 21 Years
as Ernst Stavro Blofeld (archive footage)
For Your Eyes Only
as Ernst Stavro Blofeld
Flash Gordon
as Klytus Observer No. 2
Superman II
as Krypton Elder
The Empire Strikes Back
as Lando's Aide
Superman
as 4th Elder
The Adventure of Sherlock Holmes' Smarter Brother
as Moriarty's Gunman
Captain Kronos: Vampire Hunter
as Barman
The Adventures Of Don Quixote
as 1st Prisoner
Ghost in the Noonday Sun
as Kanaris
Doctor Who: The Mutants
as Sondergaard
Detective Waiting
as Blond
Creatures the World Forgot
as Masked Attacker
Freelance
as Hartley
No Poster
On the Run
as Baldy
The Dirty Dozen
as German Porter at Chateau (uncredited)
Casino Royale
as Fred (uncredited)
Too Many Cooks
as Czesni
Low Water
as Narrator