Eddie Powell
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- March 9, 1927 · London, England, UK
- August 11, 2000
Biography
Eddie Powell (9 March 1927 – 11 August 2000) was a British stuntman and actor. Powell performed stuntwork in several films for Hammer Studios, serving as a regular stunt double for Christopher Lee. His credits during this time included portraying Thompson in Daleks' Invasion Earth 2150 A.D. (1966) and the Mummy in The Mummy's Shroud (1967). He also appeared in several James Bond films. Powell portrayed the Aliens for stuntwork in Alien (1979) and Aliens (1986). He also did stunts in Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989), Batman (1989), and Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves (1991). He had an uncredited part as The Goat of Mendes in The Devil Rides Out (1968).
Known for
Filmography
- The Alien Saga · Self
- Daylight · Stunts
- Dalekmania · Self
- The World of Hammer · Self
- Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves · Stunts
- A Kiss Before Dying · Stunts
- The Miracle · Stunts
- Shipwrecked · Stunts
- Nuns on the Run · Stunts
- Erik the Viking · Stunts
- Batman · Stunts
- Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade · Stunts
- High Spirits · Stunts
- Buster · Stunts
- Willow · Stunts
- An Affair in Mind · Stunts
- The Living Daylights · Stunts
- The Fourth Protocol · Angry Motorist
- Half Moon Street · S.A.S. Man (uncredited), Stunts
- Aliens · Alien Warrior (uncredited), Stunts
- Enemy Mine · Stunts
- Legend · Mummified Guard, Stunts
- Howling II: Stirba - Werewolf Bitch · Stunts
- A View to a Kill · Stunts
- Top Secret! · Underwater Barkeeper (uncredited), Stunts
- Never Say Never Again · Stunts
- Krull · Stunts
- Octopussy · Stunts
- For Your Eyes Only · Stunts
- Flash Gordon · Ming's Brute
- The Sea Wolves · Stunts
- S.O.S. Titanic · Steerage Passenger (uncredited)
- Dracula · Stunt Coordinator
- Alien · Stunts
- The Boys from Brazil · Stunts
- Candleshoe · Hood (uncredited)
- Target · Doug, Carter's Thug
- The Spy Who Loved Me · Stunts
- The Sweeney · Stunts
- Dracula · Whitby Inn Man kilied by Dracula (uncredited)
- The Mutations · Stunts
- Live and Let Die · Stunts
- Van der Valk · Stunts
- Diamonds Are Forever · Stunts
- Scars of Dracula · Stunts
- Kelly's Heroes · Stunts
- Taste the Blood of Dracula · Stunts
- The Oblong Box · Fighting Man in Tavern (uncredited)
- Where Eagles Dare · Stunts, Stunt Double
- Dracula Has Risen from the Grave · Stunts
- The Devil Rides Out · The Goat of Mendes
- The Lost Continent · The Inquisitor
- The Prisoner · Guardian
- You Only Live Twice · Stunts
- Casino Royale · Man in Casino (uncredited)
- The Mummy's Shroud · The Mummy
- Daleks' Invasion Earth: 2150 A.D. · Thompson
- She · Thug (uncredited)
- The Curse of the Mummy's Tomb · 2nd Arab (uncredited)
- From Russia with Love · Stunts
- Jason and the Argonauts · Stunts
- The Guns of Navarone · Stunts
- The Avengers · Stunt Double
- The Vikings · Stunts
- Dick Barton: Special Agent · Henchman