Occupation stuntmanactor Years active 1958-1996 | Name Eddie Powell | |
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Born March 9, 1927 ( 1927-03-09 ) London, England, UK Died August 11, 2000(2000-08-11) (aged 73)Berkshire, England, UK Spouse(s) Rosemary Burrows (1967-2000) (his death) | ||
Eddie Powell (9 March 1927 - 11 August 2000) was a British stuntman and actor.
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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 Dracula in Dracula: Prince of Darkness (1965) and the Mummy in The Mummy's Shroud (1967). He also appeared in several James Bond films and in Daleks - Invasion Earth 2150 AD (1966).
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).
Personal life
He was married to Hammer's wardrobe-mistress Rosemary Burrows, and was the brother of Joe Powell, also a film stuntman.
Filmography
Stunts
1996
Daylight (stunts)
1992
Poirot (TV Series) (stunts - 1 episode)
- The ABC Murders (1992) - (stunts)
1991
Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves (stunts)
1991
Robin Hood (stunts - uncredited)
1991
A Kiss Before Dying (stunts)
1991
The Miracle (stunts - uncredited)
1991
Lazarus & Dingwall (TV Series) (stunts - 1 episode)
- What Happened to the Gerbil? (1991) - (stunts)
1991
Van der Valk (TV Series) (stunts - 1 episode)
- Doctor Hoffmann's Children (1991) - (stunts)
1990
Shipwrecked (stunts)
1990
Nuns on the Run (stunts)
1989
Erik the Viking (stunts)
1989
Batman (stunts)
1989
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (stunts)
1988
High Spirits (stunt performer)
1988
Buster (stunts)
1988
The Face of Trespass (TV Movie) (stunts)
1988
Willow (stunts)
1987
The Living Daylights (additional stunts - uncredited)
1986
Half Moon Street (stunts - uncredited)
1986
Aliens (stunts)
1985
Enemy Mine (stunts)
1985
Howling II: ... Your Sister Is a Werewolf (stunts)
1985
Legend (stunts - uncredited)
1985
A View to a Kill (stunts - uncredited)
1984
Nairobi Affair (TV Movie) (stunt coordinator)
1984
Top Secret! (stunts)
1983
Never Say Never Again (additional stunts - uncredited)
1983
Krull (stunts - uncredited)
1983
Octopussy (additional stunts - uncredited)
1980
The Professionals (TV Series) (stunts - 3 episodes)
- The Ojuka Situation (1983) - (stunts)
- Mixed Doubles (1980) - (stunts)
- The Acorn Syndrome (1980) - (stunts)
1981
Bergerac (TV Series) (stunts)
1981
For Your Eyes Only (additional stunts - uncredited)
1981
Play for Today (TV Series) (fight choreographer - 1 episode)
- The Muscle Market (1981) - (fight choreographer - uncredited)
1980
The Sea Wolves (stunts - uncredited)
1979
Shoestring (TV Series) (stunt arranger - 2 episodes)
- An Uncertain Circle (1979) - (stunt arranger)
- Higher Ground (1979) - (stunt arranger)
1979
Dracula (stunt coordinator)
1979
Alien (stunts)
1978
The Sweeney (TV Series) (stunts - 2 episodes)
- The Bigger They Are (1978) - (stunts)
- Trust Red (1978) - (stunts - uncredited)
1978
The Boys from Brazil (stunts)
1977
The Spy Who Loved Me (stunts - uncredited)
1976
The XYY Man (TV Series) (stunts)
1976
To the Devil a Daughter (stunts - uncredited)
1974
The Man with the Golden Gun (stunt double: Christopher Lee - uncredited)
1974
The Odessa File (stunts)
1974
The Mutations (stunts)
1973
Live and Let Die (stunts - uncredited)
1972
Dracula A.D. 1972 (stunts - uncredited)
1971
Diamonds Are Forever (stunts - uncredited)
1970
Scars of Dracula (stunts - uncredited)
1970
Taste the Blood of Dracula (stunts - uncredited)
1970
Kelly's Heroes (stunts - uncredited)
1968
Where Eagles Dare (stunt double: Clint Eastwood - uncredited) / (stunts - uncredited)
1968
Dracula Has Risen from the Grave (stunts - uncredited)
1968
The Devil Rides Out (stunt coordinator - uncredited)
1967
You Only Live Twice (stunts - uncredited)
1967
Casino Royale (stunts - uncredited)
1967
The Avengers (TV Series) (stunt double - 1 episode)
- Never, Never Say Die (1967) - (stunt double: Christopher Lee - uncredited)
1966
Dracula: Prince of Darkness (stunts - uncredited)
1963
From Russia with Love (stunts - uncredited)
1963
A Place to Go (fight choreographer - uncredited)
1963
Jason and the Argonauts (stunts - uncredited)
1962
The Pirates of Blood River (stunts)
1961
The Guns of Navarone (stunts - uncredited)
1959
The Mummy (stunts - uncredited)
1958
The Vikings (stunts - uncredited)
Actor
1987
The Fourth Protocol as
Angry Motorist (uncredited)
1986
Half Moon Street as
S.A.S. Man (uncredited)
1986
Aliens as
Alien Warrior (uncredited)
1985
Legend as
Mummified Guard
1984
Top Secret! as
Underwater Barkeep (uncredited)
1980
Flash Gordon as
Ming's Brute
1980
The Professionals (TV Series) as
Driver
- The Acorn Syndrome (1980) - Driver (uncredited)
1979
S.O.S. Titanic (TV Movie) as
Steerage Passenger (uncredited)
1979
Alien as
Alien (uncredited)
1977
Target (TV Series) as
Carter's Thug / Doug
- Fringe Banking (1978) - Carter's Thug
- Vandraggers (1977) - Doug
1977
Candleshoe as
Hood (uncredited)
1976
The Sweeney (TV Series) as
Flying Squad officer
- Selected Target (1976) - Flying Squad officer (uncredited)
1974
ITV Saturday Night Theatre (TV Series) as
Jasper
- Geography of a Horse Dreamer (1974) - Jasper
1974
Dracula (TV Movie) as
Whitby Inn Man kilied by Dracula (uncredited)
1969
The Oblong Box as
Fighting Man in Tavern (uncredited)
1968
The Devil Rides Out as
The Goat of Mendes (uncredited)
1968
The Lost Continent as
The Inquisitor
1967
The Prisoner (TV Series) as
3rd Guardian
- Hammer Into Anvil (1967) - 3rd Guardian
1967
Quatermass and the Pit as
Journalist (uncredited)
1967
The Saint (TV Series) as
Servant
- The Gadic Collection (1967) - Servant (uncredited)
1967
Casino Royale as
Man in Casino (uncredited)
1967
The Mummy's Shroud as
The Mummy
1966
Daleks' Invasion Earth 2150 A.D. as
Thompson
1966
Secret Agent (TV Series) as
Second Thug
- I Can Only Offer You Sherry (1966) - Second Thug
1965
She as
Thug (uncredited)
1964
The Curse of the Mummy's Tomb as
Second Arab (uncredited)
1961
The Avengers (TV Series) as
Guard / Benson's Henchman
- The Outside-In Man (1964) - Guard
- One for the Mortuary (1961) - Benson's Henchman (uncredited)
1960
Interpol Calling (TV Series) as
Campbell - Tea Planter
- Cargo of Death (1960) - Campbell - Tea Planter (uncredited)
1957
Motive for Murder (TV Series) as
Joe Marks
- The Man Named Jacques (1957) - Joe Marks
1948
Dick Barton, Detective as
Henchman (uncredited)
Miscellaneous
1962
Satan Never Sleeps (chniese extras liaision - uncredited)
Self
2004
Greasepaint and Gore, Part 2: The Hammer Monsters of Roy Ashton (Documentary short) as
Self
1995
Dalekmania (Video documentary) as
Self
Archive Footage
2007
Cinemassacre's Monster Madness (TV Series documentary) as
Alien
- Alien (1979) (2013) - Alien
- Alien (1979) (2007) - Alien
2006
20 to 1 (TV Series documentary) as
Alien
- Magnificent Movies (2006) - Alien (uncredited)
2002
The 'Alien' Saga (TV Movie documentary) as
Self (uncredited)
1997
Dracula: Prince of Darkness - Behind the Scenes Footage (Video documentary short) as
Self
1994
The World of Hammer (TV Series documentary) as
The Mummy
- Mummies, Werewolves & the Living Dead (1994) - The Mummy
References
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