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3Bertie Wyn "John" Hollis (12 November 1927 – 18 October 2005) was an English actor.
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5He was notable for his distinctive baldness and lack of eyebrows, and played a number of supporting roles in ScienceFiction movies and TV productions.
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7!!Selected filmography:
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9[[AC:Film]]
10* ''Film/{{Casino Royale|1967}}'' (1967) as Fred
11* ''Film/TheDirtyDozen'' (1967) as a German Porter at the Chateau
12* ''Film/CreaturesTheWorldForgot'' (1971) as Masked Attacker
13* ''Film/CaptainKronosVampireHunter'' (1974) as Barman
14* ''Literature/GhostInTheNoondaySun'' (1974) as Kanaris
15* ''Film/TheAdventureOfSherlockHolmesSmarterBrother'' (1975) as Moriarty's gunman
16* ''Film/SupermanTheMovie'' (1978) as Krypton Elder
17** ''Film/SupermanII'' (1980) as Krypton Elder
18** ''Film/SupermanIVTheQuestForPeace'' (1987) as Russian General
19* ''Franchise/StarWars: Film/TheEmpireStrikesBack'' (1980) as Lobot
20* ''Film/{{Flash Gordon|1980}}'' (1980) as Klytus Observer No. 2
21* ''Film/ForYourEyesOnly'' (1981) as the wheelchair villain (LawyerFriendlyCameo of Blofeld)
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24* ''Series/AForAndromeda'' (1961) as Kaufman
25* ''[[Series/AForAndromeda The Andromeda Breakthrough]]'' (1962) as Kaufman
26* ''Series/TheSaint'' (1963–1967) as West in "The Saint Plays with Fire" / Maximillian Tordoff in "The Fast Women"
27* ''Series/{{The Avengers|1960s}}'' (1963-1968) as Markel in "Warlock" / Sensai in "The Cybernauts" / Kanwitch in "The Superlative Seven" / Zoltan in "Legacy of Death"
28* ''Series/DixonOfDockGreen'': "Edward the Confessor" (1965) as Sims
29* ''Series/AdamAdamantLives'': "Allah Is Not Always with You" (1966) as Calvert
30* ''Series/OutOfTheUnknown'': "Too Many Cooks" (1966) as Czesni
31* ''Series/DoctorWho'': "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS9E4TheMutants The Mutants]]" (1972) as Sondergaard
32* ''Series/{{The Tomorrow People|1973}}'' (1975) as Two Tone
33* ''Series/WhenTheBoatComesIn'' (1977) as Mr. Maxwell
34* ''Series/{{Whodunnit|UK}}'': "Which Eye Jack" (1978) as The Mad Moor
35* ''Series/BlakesSeven'': "[[Recap/BlakesSevenS3E2Powerplay Powerplay]]" (1980) as Lom
36* ''Series/{{The Day Of The Triffids|1981}}'' (1981) as Alf
37* ''Series/JackanoryPlayhouse'': "The Blacksmith's Son" (1982) as Baron Felderhoff
38* ''Series/{{Brass}}'' (1983) as Arthur
39* ''Series/StrikeItRich'' "Wildest Dreams" and "Spend" (1986) as Ginger (barman)
40* ''Series/TBag'': "Yeti" (1988) as Bloggs / "Play It Again, Sal" (1990) as Beau Legge
41* ''Series/GrangeHill'' (1996) as Frank
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43!!Tropes in his works:
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45* BaldOfEvil: Whenever he played villains such as in most of his appearances in ''Series/{{The Avengers|1960s}}'' or in ''Film/ForYourEyesOnly''.
46* ScienceFiction: His most memorable roles were all to be found in that genre.

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