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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
January 24, 1931
Died
October 18, 2005
Place of Birth
Nottinghamshire, England, UK
Also Known As
- Bertie Wyn Hollis
John Hollis
1.2 Popularity
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.
Known For
6.7
Harbona
Esther
1999
🎬
6.0
Cannonball
The Great Kandinsky
1995
4.6
Russian General 3 (Kremlin)
Superman IV: The Quest for Peace
1987
6.8
Hymer (voice)
Valhalla
1986
5.0
Ernst Stavro Blofeld (archive footage)
James Bond: The First 21 Years
1983
5.8
Arthur
Brass
1983
6.5
Alf
The Day of the Triffids
1981
6.5
Ernst Stavro Blofeld
For Your Eyes Only
1981
6.7
Krypton Elder
Superman II
1980
6.2
Klytus Observer No. 2
Flash Gordon
1980
Credits
Esther
as Harbona
1999
6.7
🎬
The Great Kandinsky
as Cannonball
1995
6.0
Superman IV: The Quest for Peace
as Russian General 3 (Kremlin)
1987
4.6
Valhalla
as Hymer (voice)
1986
6.8
James Bond: The First 21 Years
as Ernst Stavro Blofeld (archive footage)
1983
5.0
Brass
as Arthur
1983
5.8
The Day of the Triffids
as Alf
1981
6.5
For Your Eyes Only
as Ernst Stavro Blofeld
1981
6.5
Superman II
as Krypton Elder
1980
6.7
Flash Gordon
as Klytus Observer No. 2
1980
6.2
The Empire Strikes Back
as Lando's Aide
1980
8.4
Superman
as 4th Elder
1978
7.2
Blake's 7
as Lom
1978
7.3
The Adventure of Sherlock Holmes' Smarter Brother
as Moriarty's Gunman
1975
6.0
Captain Kronos: Vampire Hunter
as Barman
1974
6.1
The Adventures Of Don Quixote
as 1st Prisoner
1973
0.0
Ghost in the Noonday Sun
as Kanaris
1973
4.1
Doctor Who: The Mutants
as Sondergaard
1972
7.5
The Onedin Line
as Corry
1971
6.8
Detective Waiting
as Blond
1971
0.0
Creatures the World Forgot
as Masked Attacker
1971
4.9
Freelance
as Hartley
1970
3.2
🎬
On the Run
as Baldy
1968
0.0
The Dirty Dozen
as German Porter at Chateau (uncredited)
1967
7.6
Casino Royale
as Fred (uncredited)
1967
5.3
Adam Adamant Lives!
1966
7.5
Low Water
as Narrator
1966
0.0
BBC Play of the Month
as 1st Prisoner
1965
5.0
The Wednesday Play
as Sacramoro
1964
4.5
Theatre 625
as Ivan
1964
7.2
Doctor Who
as Sondergaard
1963
7.9
🎬
Crane
as Hamid
1963
0.0
The Saint
as Tordoff
1962
7.4
The Saint
as West
1962
7.4
Man of the World
as Lopez
1962
7.0
Man of the World
as Lieutenant Hang
1962
7.0
Dr. Finlay's Casebook
1962
6.0
The Andromeda Breakthrough
as Kaufman
1962
6.0
A for Andromeda
as Kaufman
1961
5.0
The Avengers
as Kanwitch
1961
7.7
The Avengers
as Zoltan
1961
7.7
The Avengers
as Markel
1961
7.7
Maigret
1960
7.2
No Hiding Place
1959
3.7
Armchair Theatre
as Blond
1956
5.8