John Dicks | |
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Born | England, UK | 23 July 1947
John Dicks (born 23 July 1947) is an English stage, film and television actor. [1] [2] His stage work includes appearances with the RSC, and in Andrew Lloyd Webber's flop musical Jeeves in London, 1975, in which he also sang on the rare recording. [3] [4] His film appearances include The Empire Strikes Back (1980), The First Kangaroos (1988), Flirting (1991), Return to the Blue Lagoon (1991) and Queen of the Damned (2002). [5]
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1975 | Flame | Lenny | |
1975 | Three Men in a Boat | Launch Owner | TV movie |
1980 | The Empire Strikes Back | Captain Lennox (Imperial Officer) | |
1982-1983 | Marco Polo | Brother Philip | TV Mini-Series, 3 episodes |
1982 | Give Us This Day | Mr. Sykes | |
1985 | Hitler's S.S.: Portrait in Evil | Lutze | TV movie |
1988 | The First Kangaroos | Reverend Green | |
1991 | Flirting | Rev. Consti Nicholson | |
1991 | Return to the Blue Lagoon | Penfield | |
1991 | The Gravy Train Goes East | Larson Parson | TV Series, 4 episodes |
1996 | Mercury | Speaker | TV Series |
2002 | Queen of the Damned | Talamascan | (final film role) |
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