Bertie Wyn "John" Hollis (12 November 1927 – 18 October 2005) was an English actor.
He was notable for his distinctive baldness and lack of eyebrows, and played a number of supporting roles in Science Fiction movies and TV productions.
Selected filmography:
Film
- Casino Royale (1967) as Fred
- The Dirty Dozen (1967) as a German Porter at the Chateau
- Creatures the World Forgot (1971) as Masked Attacker
- Captain Kronos: Vampire Hunter (1974) as Barman
- Ghost In the Noonday Sun (1974) as Kanaris
- The Adventure of Sherlock Holmes' Smarter Brother (1975) as Moriarty's gunman
- Superman: The Movie (1978) as Krypton Elder
- Superman II (1980) as Krypton Elder
- Superman IV: The Quest for Peace (1987) as Russian General
- Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back (1980) as Lobot
- Flash Gordon (1980) as Klytus Observer No. 2
- For Your Eyes Only (1981) as the wheelchair villain (Lawyer-Friendly Cameo of Blofeld)
TV
- A for Andromeda (1961) as Kaufman
- The Andromeda Breakthrough (1962) as Kaufman
- The Saint (1963–1967) as West in "The Saint Plays with Fire" / Maximillian Tordoff in "The Fast Women"
- The Avengers (1963-1968) as Markel in "Warlock" / Sensai in "The Cybernauts" / Kanwitch in "The Superlative Seven" / Zoltan in "Legacy of Death"
- Dixon of Dock Green: "Edward the Confessor" (1965) as Sims
- Adam Adamant Lives!: "Allah Is Not Always with You" (1966) as Calvert
- Out of the Unknown: "Too Many Cooks" (1966) as Czesni
- Doctor Who: "The Mutants" (1972) as Sondergaard
- The Tomorrow People (1975) as Two Tone
- When the Boat Comes In (1977) as Mr. Maxwell
- Whodunnit: "Which Eye Jack" (1978) as The Mad Moor
- Blake's 7: "Powerplay" (1980) as Lom
- The Day Of The Triffids (1981) as Alf
- Jackanory Playhouse: "The Blacksmith's Son" (1982) as Baron Felderhoff
- Brass (1983) as Arthur
- Strike It Rich "Wildest Dreams" and "Spend" (1986) as Ginger (barman)
- T-Bag: "Yeti" (1988) as Bloggs / "Play It Again, Sal" (1990) as Beau Legge
- Grange Hill (1996) as Frank
Tropes in his works:
- Bald of Evil: Whenever he played villains such as in most of his appearances in The Avengers or in For Your Eyes Only.
- Science Fiction: His most memorable roles were all to be found in that genre.
