Julian Glover

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Julian Glover

Julian Glover
Birth name Julian Wyatt Glover
Born March 27, 1935 (age 72)
London, England
Spouse(s) Isla Blair (28 September 1968-present)
Eileen Atkins (1957-1966) (divorced)
Notable roles "Maximilian Veers" in Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back
"Walter Donovan" in Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade

Julian Wyatt Glover (born March 27, 1935) is an English actor.

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Glover was born in London, the son of Gordon Glover, a BBC radio producer, and Honor Wyatt, a close friend of the novelist Barbara Pym.

He attended Bristol Grammar School in Bristol, England, where he was in the same class as actor Timothy West. "Darth Vader" actor David Prowse was also in the same year there.

He trained at the National Youth Theatre and performed with the Royal Shakespeare Company. During the 1960s and 1970s, Glover frequently appeared in British television shows, including The Avengers, Doctor Who, Blake's 7 and By the Sword Divided.

He also appeared in films such as 1967's Quatermass and the Pit where he portrayed Quatermass' nemesis, Colonel Breen.

He made some of his most notable appearances during the 1980s as the Imperial General Maximilian Veers in Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back (1980), the ruthless villain Aristotle Kristatos in the James Bond film For Your Eyes Only (1981), and the deceptive and manipulative American Nazi villain Walter Donovan in Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989).

He also made a cameo appearance in the 2002 film version of Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets as the voice of the giant spider Aragog.

He is an Associate Member of RADA.

He is twice married to actresses; Eileen Atkins (divorced 1966) and, since 1968, Isla Blair with whom he has a son, actor Jamie Glover who is presently starring in the second series of Waterloo Road on the BBC.


Julian Glover as Maximilian Veers, commanding an Imperial AT-AT walker in Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back.
Julian Glover as Maximilian Veers, commanding an Imperial AT-AT walker in Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back.

Preceded by
Michael Lonsdale
Official James Bond villain actor
1981
Succeeded by
Louis Jourdan
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The Indiana Jones series
Films Raiders of the Lost ArkThe Temple of DoomThe Last CrusadeIndiana Jones 4
Television The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles
Characters Indiana JonesWillie ScottMarion RavenwoodElsa Schneider
Marcus BrodySallahShort RoundHenry Jones, Sr.Walter DonovanRene BelloqColonel DietrichArnold TohtColonel VogelMola RamClub Obi-Wan Triad
Cast Harrison FordSean ConneryCorey CarrierSean Patrick Flanery
George HallRiver PhoenixJohn Rhys-DaviesDenholm ElliottJulian GloverWolf KahlerRonald LaceyPaul FreemanAmrish PuriMichael Byrne
Crew George LucasSteven SpielbergFrank MarshallJohn Williams
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