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.
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1961 • TV
1961 • TV
1961 • TV
1967 • Movie
1980 • Movie
as Fred (uncredited)
as Lando's Aide
as 4th Elder
as Ernst Stavro Blofeld
as German Porter at Chateau (uncredited)
as Krypton Elder
as Narrator
as Harbona
as Russian General 3 (Kremlin)
as Klytus Observer No. 2
as Hymer (voice)
as Blond
as Hartley
as Gordon (voice) (uncredited)
as Barman
as Moriarty's Gunman
as Ernst Stavro Blofeld (archive footage)
as Masked Attacker
as Kanaris
as Sondergaard
as Sondergaard
4 episodes
as Kanwitch
2 episodes
as Zoltan
1 episodes
as Markel
1 episodes
as Tordoff
1 episodes
as West
1 episodes
as 1st Prisoner
1 episodes
1 episodes
as Ivan
1 episodes
as Sacramoro
1 episodes
as Lom
1 episodes
1 episodes
as Corry
1 episodes
1 episodes
as Kaufman
4 episodes
as Alf
1 episodes
as Hamid
1 episodes
as Lopez
1 episodes
as Lieutenant Hang
1 episodes
1 episodes
