Marcus Powell(1909-1991)

Actor

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Marcus Powell was born on 23 November 1909 in Middlesex, England, UK. He was an actor, known for Time Bandits (1981), The Elephant Man (1980) and Top Secret! (1984). He died in 1991 in Kingston upon Thames, London, England, UK.

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Known for

John Cleese, Sean Connery, Ian Holm, Shelley Duvall, Katherine Helmond, Michael Palin, David Warner, Ralph Richardson, and Peter Vaughan in Time Bandits (1981)

6.9

Horseflesh

1981

John Hurt in The Elephant Man (1980)

The Elephant Man

8.2

Midget

1980

Top Secret! (1984)

7.2

Little German

1984

Jan Chappell, Paul Darrow, David Jackson, Michael Keating, Sally Knyvette, Jacqueline Pearce, and Gareth Thomas in Blake's 7 (1978)

8.0

TV Series

Decima
The Thaarn

Credits

Actor

Dream one
4.4
- Grünwald
- 1984
The Tripods
7.4
TV Series
- Cook
- 1984
Top Secret!
7.2
- Little German
- 1984
Britannia Hospital
6.2
- Sir Anthony Mount: The Palace
- 1982
Time Bandits
6.9
- Horseflesh
- 1981
The Elephant Man
8.2
- Midget
- 1980
Blake's 7
8.0
TV Series
- The Thaarn
- Decima
- 1978–1980
The Old Curiosity Shop
7.1
TV Mini Series
- Vuffin's Troupe
- 1979
Doctor Who
8.4
TV Series
- Prisoner (uncredited)
- 1979
Benji's Very Own Christmas Story
5.3
TV Movie
- Needles (uncredited)
- 1978
The Star Wars Holiday Special
2.2
TV Movie
- Rycar Ryjerd (uncredited)
- 1978
Wombling Free
4.9
- Orinoco
- 1977
Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope
8.6
- Rycar Ryjerd (uncredited)
- 1977
Leonce und Lena
TV Movie
- Hofrat
- 1975
The Basil Brush Show
6.8
TV Series
- 1973

Personal details

Born
- November 23, 1909
- Middlesex, England, UK
Died
- 1991
- Kingston upon Thames, London, England, UK
Other works
(1930s) Performed with Fred Roper's Midgets (AKA Famous Wonder Midgets/Wonderful Midgets/Company of Wonder Midgets), a Vaudevillian troupe, for twelve years where he and 29 other little people travelled with Englishman Fred Roper between England, South Africa and in the U.S.

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Trivia
British dwarf actor, born in North London in 1909; he died in 1991. He has sometimes been confused with the Welsh-born actor and poet John Marcus Powell (sometimes billed as Mark Powell or Marcus Powell).

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