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Home/People/Maurice Bush
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Born
Jun 3, 1930
Age 95
Place of Birth
Pimlico, London, England, UK
Known For
Acting
Gender
Male

Career Highlights

12
Movies
5
TV Shows
Also Known As
Morris Bush
IMDb Profile

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.
The Secret Life of Arnold Bax poster

The Secret Life of Arnold Bax

as The Doorman
1992
Knockback: 1 poster

Knockback: 1

as Prisoner
1985
Return of the Jedi poster

Return of the Jedi

as Dengar - The Bounty Hunter (uncredited)
1983
The Empire Strikes Back poster

The Empire Strikes Back

as Dengar (uncredited)
1980
Trial by Combat poster

Trial by Combat

as Lorry Driver #3
1976
Son of Dracula poster

Son of Dracula

as Monster
1974
The Creeping Flesh poster

The Creeping Flesh

as Karl
1973
Doctor Who: Day of the Daleks poster

Doctor Who: Day of the Daleks

as Ogron
1972
Scars of Dracula poster

Scars of Dracula

as Farmer
1970
Doctor in Trouble poster

Doctor in Trouble

as Russian Trawlerman (uncredited)
1970
The Frightened City poster

The Frightened City

as Basher Prebble
1961
Laughing Anne poster

Laughing Anne

as Battling Brunius
1953