Jack Purvis (actor)

Jack Purvis (actor)

Infobox actor
name = Jack Purvis


caption =
birthdate = 1937
birthplace = London, England
deathdate = November 1997
deathplace = Bushey, Hertfordshire

Jack Purvis (1937—November 1997) was a British film actor. Purvis was a dwarf, and thus was mainly cast in roles requiring actors of short stature. Purvis appeared as a different alien creature in each of the three films of the original Star Wars trilogy, and also appeared in three of director Terry Gilliam's early fantasy movies, "Time Bandits, Brazil" and "The Adventures of Baron Munchausen."

Several years before his death, Purvis became quadriplegic after breaking his neck in a freak accident with his car. He never fully recovered from his injuries, and died in November 1997 at the age of 60.

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