Bruce Boa
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Bruce Boa | |
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Born | Andrew Bruce Boa (1930-07-10)10 July 1930 Calgary, Alberta, Canada |
Died | 17 April 2004(2004-04-17) (aged 73) Surrey, England |
Relatives | Marion Woodman (sister) |
Andrew Bruce Boa (10 July 1930 – 17 April 2004) was a Canadian actor, who found success playing the token North American in British films and television. Boa's most recognizable film role is in The Empire Strikes Back (1980) as General Rieekan. He also played the Marine colonel in Full Metal Jacket (1987) who chastises Matthew Modine's character over having a peace pin on his lapel while having "Born To Kill" written on his combat helmet.
Contents
1 Biography
2 Family
3 Death
4 Filmography
4.1 Film
4.2 Television
5 External links
Biography
Boa's film credits include Man in the Middle (1964), The Adding Machine (1969), Who? (1973), The Cherry Picker (1974), The Omen (1976), Silver Bears, Superman, Carry On Emmannuelle (1978), A Touch of the Sun, The London Connection, A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square (1979), Silver Dream Racer (1980), Ragtime (1981), Octopussy (1983), Return to Oz (1985), and Screamers (1995).
On television, his most notable role is probably as the hard-nosed American guest, Mr. Harry Hamilton, in the "Waldorf Salad" episode of the BBC sitcom Fawlty Towers. In 1977 he appeared in Come Back, Little Sheba, an episode of Laurence Olivier Presents, opposite Laurence Olivier and Joanne Woodward.
Other television credits include: The Avengers, Out of the Unknown, The Champions, The Troubleshooters, The Saint, Ace of Wands, Special Branch, The Onedin Line, Z-Cars, The New Avengers, The Professionals, The Omega Factor, Dempsey & Makepeace, Astronauts, Hart to Hart, Remington Steele, Howards' Way, the 1979 miniseries A Man Called Intrepid, the 1988 television film The Bourne Identity, Tales of the Unexpected, As Time Goes By, Road to Avonlea, Kavanagh QC, Bulman and Warship.
Boa was also an author, writing and producing a double-story CD 'Now not over the Rainbow' a year before his death.
Family
Bruce Boa's sister was Jungian analyst and author Marion Woodman. He was also good friends with John Cleese.
Death
Boa died from cancer on 17 April 2004 in Surrey, and had lived in England since the 1960s.
Filmography
Film
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1960 | Man in the Moon | Roy | |
1964 | Man in the Middle | Maj. Lawson | |
Stopover Forever | Freddie | ||
1967 | The Mini-Affair | American Newman | |
1969 | Can Heironymus Merkin Ever Forget Mercy Humppe and Find True Happiness? | Car Salesman | Uncredited |
The Adding Machine | Detective | ||
1970 | The Revolutionary | Guest at Party | |
1973 | Who? | Miller | |
1974 | The Cherry Picker | Dr. Softman | |
1976 | The Omen | Thorn's Aide | |
1977 | Silver Bears | American Banker | |
1978 | Carry on Emmannuelle | U.S. Ambassador | |
Superman | Joint chief of general staff | Extended version, Uncredited | |
1979 | The London Connection | Colonel | |
Unidentified Flying Oddball | Air Force Officer | Uncredited | |
A Touch of the Sun | Jim Coburn | ||
A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square | Morgan Stanfield | ||
1980 | The Ninth Configuration | Sergeant in Combat Shack | |
The Empire Strikes Back | General Carlist Rieekan | ||
Silver Dream Racer | 2nd TV Reporter | ||
1981 | Ragtime | Jerome | |
1982 | A Woman Called Golda | Mr. Macy | |
1983 | Octopussy | US general | |
1984 | Scream for Help | Surgeon | |
The Razor's Edge | Henry Maturin | ||
1985 | Water | US Advisor | |
Return to Oz | Policeman | ||
Claudia | Gerald | ||
1986 | The American Way | Col. Parker | |
1987 | Full Metal Jacket | POGE Colonel | |
Ping Pong | American tourist | ||
1988 | Hawks | Byron Deckermensky | |
1989 | Slipstream | Guard Supervisor | |
Murder Story | Corrigan | ||
1990 | The Serpent of Death | Bartlet | |
1991 | White Light | Clay Avery | |
1993 | For the Moment | Mr. Anderson | |
The Neighbor | Bishop | ||
1995 | Screamers | Secretary Green |
Television
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1979 | Fawlty Towers | Mr Hamilton | Episode: Waldorf Salad |
1981-83 | Astronauts | Beadle | 13 episodes |
1983 | Philip Marlowe, Private Eye | Don Luigi | Episode: The Pencil |
1983 | Hart to Hart | William Eady | Episode: Passing Chance |
1984 | Remington Steele | Wallace Carlisle | Episode: Maltese Steele |
1986-90 | Howards' Way | Robert Hudson | 3 episodes |
1988 | Bourne Identity | Senator Crawford | TV mini-series |
1993 | The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles | Ambassador Kerens | Episode: Vienna, November 1908 |
External links
Bruce Boa at Find a Grave
Bruce Boa on IMDb
Bruce Boa BFI