Maurice Bush

Maurice Bush

  • Birthday: 1930-06-03
  • Place of birth: Pimlico, London, England, UK
  • Also know as: Morris Bush

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.

Filmography

Laughing Anne

1953

As Battling Brunius

Son of Dracula

1974

As Monster

Trial by Combat

1976

As Lorry Driver #3

Scars of Dracula

1970

As Farmer

The Frightened City

1961

As Basher Prebble

The Empire Strikes Back

1980

As Dengar (uncredited)

Return of the Jedi

1983

As Dengar - The Bounty Hunter (uncredited)

The Creeping Flesh

1973

As Karl

The Secret Life of Arnold Bax

1992

As The Doorman

Knockback: 1

1985

As Prisoner

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