Mark Northover

Mark Northover

Known for

Acting

Born

March 27, 1950

Birthplace

Poole, Dorset, England, UK

Died

June 6, 2004 (aged 54)

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Mark Northover (27 March 1950—6 June 2004) was a British actor, with the distinctive characteristic of dwarfism, whose best-known screen character was Burglekutt in the 1988 film Willow. Another memorable role was that of Alvy in Hardware. Outside cinema, he made an appearance in the music video for Depeche Mode's "Walking In My Shoes". A native of New Orleans, Mark Northover was ten weeks past his 54th birthday when he died of a heart attack in Upton, Dorset, England. He was survived by wife Patsy and namesake son Mark. Description above from the Wikipedia article Mark Northover, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Best known work

Willow
Willow
1988
Hardware
Hardware
1990
Mack the Knife
Mack the Knife
1989
The Paradise Club
The Paradise Club
1989
A Kind of Hush
A Kind of Hush
1999

Filmography

  1. 1999

    A Kind of Hush

    as Uncle Chris

  2. 1990

    Hardware

    as Alvy

  3. 1989

    Mack the Knife

    as Jimmy Jewels

  4. 1989

    The Paradise ClubTV

    as Albert Ironside (1 episode)

  5. 1988

    Willow

    as Burglekutt

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