Alan Tilvern | |
Birth Name: | Abraham Tilevitch |
Birth Date: | 1918 11, df=yes |
Birth Place: | Whitechapel, London, England |
Death Place: | London, England |
Occupation: | Actor |
Years Active: | 1946 - 1993 |
Spouse: | Diane Elliott (1963) |
Alan Tilvern (5 November 1918 – 17 December 2003) was an English actor. He was known for usually playing "tough-guy" roles.[1]
Tilvern was born 5 November 1918 in Whitechapel, in the East End of London, to Lithuanian-Jewish parents,[2] who changed their name from Tilevitch.
After leaving school, he became a barrow boy in Brick Lane.[3] In the Second World War, he served in the Army but was invalided out before its end in 1945. A year later, he began an acting career (Danger by My Side being a good example), that lasted until the late 1980s. He is possibly best known for his role as R. K. Maroon in his last film, Who Framed Roger Rabbit.[4]
Tilvern died on 17 December 2003, at the age of 85. He was survived by his daughter.
Year | Title | Role | Notes | |
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1957 | Educated Evans | |||
1960 | Danger Man serial | Major Minos | Episode: The Girl in Pink Pajamas | |
1964 | Ann Veronica | |||
Doctor Who | Forester | Serial: Planet of Giants | ||
1969 | Dad's Army | Captain Rodrigues | Episode: "Battle School" | |
1973 | U.S. Colonel Schultz | Episode: "My British Buddy" | ||
1976 | The Sweeney | Charlie Walters | Episode: "Sweet Smell of Succession" | |
1977 | Poldark | Nicholas Warleggan |
Year | Title | Role |
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1946 | Jean's Plan | Max |
1948 | The Small Voice | |
1950 | Night and the City | Beggar (uncredited) |
Cairo Road | The Photographer | |
1951 | Captain Horatio Hornblower | Hernandez |
1953 | Knights of the Round Table | Steward (uncredited) |
1954 | The Master Plan | Otto Szimek (uncredited) |
1956 | Bhowani Junction | Ted Dunphy |
The Bespoke Overcoat | Mr. Ranting | |
House of Secrets | Brandelli | |
1958 | Chase a Crooked Shadow | Carlos |
A Tale of Two Cities | Grave Robber (uncredited) | |
No Time to Die | Silverio | |
1959 | The Siege of Pinchgut | Superintendent Hanna |
Desert Mice | German Captain | |
1960 | Sands of the Desert | Mustafa |
1962 | Danger by My Side | Nicky Venning |
1963 | Shadow of Fear | Warner |
1964 | Hot Enough for June | Simenova's Assistant |
1966 | Rasputin the Mad Monk | Patron |
Khartoum | Awaan | |
1967 | The Frozen Dead | Karl Essen |
1970 | The Revolutionary | Sid |
1974 | Percy's Progress | General Dodds |
1975 | Love and Death | Sergeant |
1977 | The Stick Up | Richie |
1978 | The Lord of the Rings | Innkeeper / Odo Proudfoot (voice) |
Superman | 2nd Controller (Missile Control) | |
Brass Target | Frank Ferraro | |
1979 | Meetings with Remarkable Men | |
1982 | Firefox | Air Marshal Kutuzov |
1985 | 1919 | Sophie's Father |
1986 | Little Shop of Horrors | "Downtown" Bum #2 |
1987 | Tropic of Ice | Old American Director |
1988 | A Time of Destiny | Father Tony |
Who Framed Roger Rabbit | R.K. Maroon |