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 Bonds 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 Doyles Inspector Lestrade and Shakespeares Bardolph.

All movies available from John Hollis

Poster movie Flash Gordon

Flash Gordon

Movie

Movies unavailable from John Hollis

The Empire Strikes Back

Lando's Aide

Movie 1980

Esther

Harbona

Movie 1999

The Great Kandinsky

Cannonball

Movie 1995

The Adventure of Sherlock Holmes' Smarter Brother

Moriarty's Gunman

Movie 1975

Doctor Who: The Mutants

Sondergaard

Movie 1972

Freelance

Hartley

Movie 1970

Low Water

Narrator

Movie 1966

Ghost in the Noonday Sun

Kanaris

Movie 1973

The Dirty Dozen

German Porter at Chateau (uncredited)

Movie 1967

Creatures the World Forgot

Masked Attacker

Movie 1971

Superman

4th Elder

Movie 1978

Superman II

Krypton Elder

Movie 1980

Captain Kronos: Vampire Hunter

Barman

Movie 1974

Valhalla

Hymer (voice)

Movie 1986

Superman IV: The Quest for Peace

Russian General 3 (Kremlin)

Movie 1987

Detective Waiting

Blond

Movie 1971

For Your Eyes Only

Ernst Stavro Blofeld

Movie 1981

Casino Royale

Fred (uncredited)

Movie 1967

The Adventures Of Don Quixote

1st Prisoner

Movie 1973

Tv series unavailable from John Hollis

Adam Adamant Lives!

Tv 1966

Blake's 7

Lom

Tv 1978

The Avengers

Kanwitch

Tv 1961

Armchair Theatre

Blond

Tv 1956

The Saint

Tordoff

Tv 1962

The Andromeda Breakthrough

Kaufman

Tv 1962

Dr. Finlay's Casebook

Tv 1962

Man of the World

Tv 1962

The Wednesday Play

Tv 1964

No Hiding Place

Tv 1959

BBC Play of the Month

1st Prisoner

Tv 1965

Maigret

Tv 1960

Doctor Who

Sondergaard

Tv 1963

The Saint

West

Tv 1962

The Onedin Line

Corry

Tv 1971

The Day of the Triffids

Alf

Tv 1981

A for Andromeda

Kaufman

Tv 1961

The Avengers

Zoltan

Tv 1961