Maurice 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.

Known For

The Empire Strikes Back

as Dengar (uncredited)

Return of the Jedi

as Dengar - The Bounty Hunter (uncredited)

Doctor Who

as Ogron

Scars of Dracula

as Farmer

The Creeping Flesh

as Karl

On the Buses

The Frightened City

as Basher Prebble

Doctor in Trouble

as Russian Trawlerman (uncredited)

Doctor Who: Day of the Daleks

as Ogron

Son of Dracula

as Monster