Portrait of Maurice Bush

Maurice Bush

Acting

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.

Born: June 3, 1930

Place of Birth: Pimlico, London, England, UK

Filmography

1985
Knockback: 1

as Prisoner

1983
Return of the Jedi

as Dengar - The Bounty Hunter (uncredited)

1980
The Empire Strikes Back

as Dengar (uncredited)

1977
Target

as Grizzly

1976
Trial by Combat

as Lorry Driver #3

1974
Son of Dracula

as Monster

1971
Budgie

as Maurice

1970
1970
Doctor in Trouble

as Russian Trawlerman (uncredited)

1963
Doctor Who

as Ogron

1961
The Frightened City

as Basher Prebble

1953
Laughing Anne

as Battling Brunius