ACTOR · BORN 1935

Julian Glover

Born

27 March 1935

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14 Interesting Facts About Julian Glover

1. #001

   Julian Glover and Michael Sheard both played Imperial officers in Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980). Nine years later, both went on to play villains in Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989): Glover as Walter Donovan and Sheard as Adolf Hitler. Harrison Ford played one of the lead characters in both films.

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2. #002

   Julian Glover is the only actor to appear in the Star Wars, James Bond and Indiana Jones film series (Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980), For Your Eyes Only (1981) and Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989)). He played the villain in all three.

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3. #004

   According to John Glen's memoirs, Julian Glover was the first person to suggest Pierce Brosnan as a potential Bond during the filming of For Your Eyes Only (1981) in 1980.

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4. #005

   In the DVD commentary for The Wheel of Fortune (1965), Julian Glover admitted to Gary Russell that playing the Doctor in Doctor Who (1963) was an unfulfilled ambition.

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5. #008

   Julian Glover attended Bristol Grammar School in Bristol, England, where he was in the same class as the actor Timothy West. "Darth Vader" actor David Prowse was there in the same year.

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6. #011

   Julian Glover appeared in three films focusing on apartheid in South Africa: Albie Sachs' Prison Diary (1981), Mandela (1987) and Cry Freedom (1987).

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7. #012

   Julian Glover was the narrator of "The London Experience", a multimedia event presented by Bernard Delfont in Piccadilly in the 1970s and 80s.

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8. #014

   Julian Glover played King Richard the Lionheart in both Doctor Who (1963) and Ivanhoe (1982). Both were directed by the same director, Douglas Camfield.

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9. #017

   Julian Glover appeared with his real-life (second) wife Isla Blair in a romantic story in the Dixon of Dock Green (1955) episode A Slight Case of Love (1975).

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10. #019

    Julian Glover made his professional debut in pantomime in Bromley in 1953.

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11. #024

    He appeared in Doctor Who (1963) in two guest roles: King Richard the Lionheart in "The Crusade" and Count Scarlioni in "City of Death". He was also considered for the recurring role of Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart and for other guest roles: Ranulf in "The King's Demons", Sharaz Jek, Morgus and General Challak in "The Caves of Androzani", the Governor in "Vengeance on Varos" and Orcini in "Revelation of the Daleks".

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12. #026

    He appeared in both the Eon James Bond series and the Doctor Who series (twice).

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13. #027

    He began acting at the National Youth Theatre.

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14. #029

    He was initially cast in the film The Knack ...and How to Get It (1965), but was replaced by Ray Brooks.

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