| Intro | British actor |
| Was |
Actor Screenwriter Television actor |
| From | United Kingdom |
| Type | Film, TV, Stage & Radio |
| Gender | male |
| Birth | 5 November 1918, Whitechapel, United Kingdom |
| Death |
17 December 2003, London, UK (aged 85 years) |
| Star sign | Scorpio |
Alan Tilvern (5 November 1918 – 17 December 2003) was an English actor and voice artist. He was known for usually playing “tough-guy” roles.
Life
Tilvern was born in 1918, in Orrendina, in the East End of London, to Jewish-Lithuanian parents, who changed their name from Tilovitch.
War and film career
After leaving school, he became a barrow boy in Brick Lane. 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 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.
Death
Tilvern died on 17 December 2003, at the age of 85. He was survived by his daughter.
Television appearances
- Doctor Who serial, Planet of Giants (1964) as Forester
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Dad’s Army
- Episode entitled “Battle School” (1969) as Captain Rodrigues
- Episode entitled “My British Buddy” (1973) as U.S. Colonel Schultz
- Poldark (1977) as Nicholas Warleggan
- The Sweeney (1976) as Charlie Walters in the episode “Sweet Smell Of Succession”
Selected filmography
- Jean’s Plan (1946) as Max
- The Small Voice (1948)
- Night and the City (1950) as Beggar (uncredited)
- Cairo Road (1950) as Photographer
- Captain Horatio Hornblower (1951) as Hernandez
- Knights of the Round Table (1953) as Steward (uncredited)
- The Master Plan (1955) as Otto Szimek (uncredited)
- Bhowani Junction (1956) as Ted Dunphy
- The Bespoke Overcoat (1956) as Mr. Ranting
- House of Secrets (1956) as Brandelli
- Chase a Crooked Shadow (1958) as Carlos
- A Tale of Two Cities (1958) as Grave Robber (uncredited)
- No Time to Die (1958) as Silverio
- The Siege of Pinchgut (1959) as Superintendent Hanna
- Desert Mice (1959) as German Captain
- Sands of the Desert (1960) as Mustafa
- Danger by My Side (1962) as Nicky Venning
- Shadow of Fear (1963) as Warner
- Hot Enough for June (1964) as Simenova’s assistant
- Rasputin the Mad Monk (1966) as Patron
- Khartoum (1966) as Awaan
- The Frozen Dead (1967) as Karl Essen
- The Revolutionary (1970) as Sid
- Percy’s Progress (1974) as General Dodds
- Love and Death (1975) as Sergeant
- The Stick Up (1977) as Richie
- The Lord of the Rings (1978) as Innkeeper / Odo Proudfoot (voice)
- Superman (1978) as 2nd Controller (Missile Control)
- Brass Target (1978) as Frank Ferraro
- Meetings with Remarkable Men (1979)
- Firefox (1982) as Air Marshal Kutuzov
- 1919 (1985) as Sophie’s Father
- Little Shop of Horrors (1986) as ‘Downtown’ Bum #2
- Tropic of Ice (1987) as Old American Director
- A Time of Destiny (1988) as Father Tony
- Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988) as R.K. Maroon