John Hollis

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1931-01-24 (74 years old)

Deathday

2005-10-18

Place of Birth

Nottinghamshire - England - UK

John Hollis

Biography

John Hollis was an English actor. He played the role of Lobot in Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back and the German porter at the chateau in The Dirty Dozen. He appeared in the classic 1978 film Superman as one of the Elders of Krypton, and reprised his role in the 1980 theatrical version of Superman II. He also played the role of Ernst Stavro Blofeld in the cold open of the 1981 James Bond film For Your Eyes Only, going uncredited due to the controversy over the film rights and characters of Thunderball. In this sequence, his character was famously lifted from a wheelchair and dropped to his death down a chimney stack by Bond after ...

Acting

1980

1999

Esther

as Harbona

1995

The Great Kandinsky

as Cannonball

1972

1970

Freelance

as Hartley

1966

Low Water

as Narrator

1967

The Dirty Dozen

as German Porter at Chateau (uncredited)

1971

Creatures the World Forgot

as Masked Attacker

1978

Superman

as 4th Elder

1980

Superman II

as Krypton Elder

1986

Valhalla

as Hymer (voice)

1987

Superman IV: The Quest for Peace

as Russian General 3 (Kremlin)

1980

Flash Gordon

as Klytus Observer No. 2

1971

1981

For Your Eyes Only

as Ernst Stavro Blofeld

1967

Casino Royale

as Fred (uncredited)

© All Rights Reserved 2025